“I want to create the airplane that flies in the rarified atmosphere of Mars. This is what galvanizes a generation to want to become scientists and engineers in the first place, not we need a scientist to develop a plane that's 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the one your parents flew.” WantNeedsFirstsParentGenerationsPercentScientistPlanesAtmosphereFuelEfficientAirplaneEngineersMarsFlewScientists And Engineers Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When American producers see my film, they think that I had a big budget to do it, like 23 million. But in fact I had 10 percent of that budget. I did Mars et Avril for only 2.3 million.” ThinkingFactsBigsFilmMillionsPercentProducersBudgetsMars Author:Martin Villeneuve
“Everything we do understand about the universe - the periodic table of elements, Einstein's laws, Newton's laws, all of chemistry, all of biology - that's 4 percent of the universe. We got to the moon on the 4 percent we do understand. We landed on Mars on the 4 percent we do understand. So the day we crack the nut of the rest of that 95 percent... Oh my gosh.” LawUniverseMoonElementsPercentTablesBiologyCracksChemistryNutsMarsNewtonOh My GoshPeriodic TableNewton's Laws Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson