December 20th 2016: The Costa Report Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
My guest this week is popular astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, who will be here to dispel many of the myths we have about the universe and explain why space exploration is vital to the United States.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. In 2014 he hosted the popular science documentary t.v. series, Cosmos. With a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Columbia University, Tyson has written several books for the general public, including Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries and The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.