{"id":83309,"date":"2018-10-05T04:42:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/neil-degrasse-tyson-says-trumps-space-force-is-not-a-crazy-idea"},"modified":"2018-10-07T17:01:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T00:01:45","slug":"neil-degrasse-tyson-says-trumps-space-force-is-not-a-crazy-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/neil-degrasse-tyson-says-trumps-space-force-is-not-a-crazy-idea","title":{"rendered":"Neil deGrasse Tyson says Trump\u2019s \u201cSpace Force\u201d is \u201cnot a crazy idea\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/neil-degrasse-tyson-says-trumps-space-force-is-not-a-crazy-idea.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all stardust,\u201d astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garret on this week\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Takeout.\u201d \u201cAnd you have a connectivity to the universe that for me is uplifting rather than ego-busting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyson joined the podcast to discuss his new book, \u201cAccessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysicists and the Military.\u201d The book, written with co-author Avis Lang, explores the long and complicated history of how the study of astrophysics changed warfare.<\/p>\n<p>In July, \u201cThe Takeout\u201d welcomed NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, who described how reliant we are on space technology.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsn.ws\/2NrpbbH\">https:\/\/cbsn.ws\/2NrpbbH<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe are all stardust,\u201d astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tells CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garret on this week\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Takeout.\u201d \u201cAnd you have a connectivity to the universe that for me is uplifting rather than ego-busting.\u201d Tyson joined the podcast to discuss his new book, \u201cAccessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83413,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83309\/revisions\/83413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}