That was an earlier chapter in my life. And odd that you would mention my ethnicity there. And i say that because i once thought about that. And i realized that i may be the most visible scientist of any discipline, of any ethnicity, of any skin color, in america today. And the reason why i went through that mental exercise was because there i am trying to bring the frontier of science to the public, and i said, i dont want to do that alone. I want some others there with me. And i looked around to see whos there with me. You know, do we have a geologist there with me, and a biologist . And there are a few that are known you know, e. L. Wilson and brian greene and michio kaku. But given the size of that science frontier, we need many more. And so im disappointed that im sitting there alone with that kind of distinction. Hinojosa so when i was growing up, the most famous scientist was carl sagan. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Hinojosa and you actually got a chance to meet him, hang out with him, Excha
Hinojosa hes been described as the carl sagan of the 21st century astrophysicist, Hayden Planetarium director, and nova science now host Neil Degrasse tyson. Im maria hinojosa. This is one on one. Neil degrasse tyson, thank you so much for being with us. Its about time you had me on the show. Hinojosa just in case people dont know who you are. Okay. Hinojosa but of course, everybody knows. You are the most famous astrophysicist in the country. African american astrophysicist. You are the director of the Hayden Planetarium in new york city. Youre the host of nova science now. And you write books, and you dance, too. I once danced. Not much anymore. That was an earlier chapter in my life. And odd that you would mention my ethnicity there. And i say that because i once thought about that. And i realized that i may be the most visible scientist of any discipline, of any ethnicity, of any skin color, in america today. And the reason why i went through that mental exercise was because there