Neil deGrasse Tyson: Rocket Lab ‘should’ve happened decades ago’

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Rocket Lab ‘should’ve happened decades ago’
Neil deGrasse Tyson is in NZ touring his show, Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation. (Image: Think Inc)
Ben Moore
Neil deGrasse Tyson “doesn’t know any good rebuttal” against Rocket Lab and other space-focused businesses expanding our horizons, except perhaps compromising the “sanctity of the night sky".Tyson is in New Zealand for the start of the tour of his latest talk, based on his book Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization.The book, and the speaking events that take place on Saturday in Auckland and Sunday in Wellington, focuses on what it means to look back at earth from space, strip away the arbitrary labe...

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