Extended Classic: The Future of Humanity, with Elon Musk

About This Episode

Now extended with a new segment from the Cosmic Crib featuring Neil Tyson and Bill Nye discussing human space exploration: the Apollo-era, Bill’s childhood science inspirations, and recapturing the extraordinary optimism of the past.

Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the future of humanity with one of the men forging that future: billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. Join us as Neil and Elon talk about NASA funding, getting humans excited for the colonization of Mars, and why Elon feels it’s important to not be stuck here on Earth. You’ll also find out why sustainable production and consumption of energy is critically important, but flying cars may not be such a good idea. Meanwhile, back in the studio, guest engineer Bill Nye schools Neil and Chuck Nice about SpaceX’s major innovations and how they’ve improved efficiency and lowered the cost of commercial space flight. They discuss the value of human exploration of space, life on Mars, and Bill’s next book about climate change, Unbounded. Finally, you’ll discover why Elon, who was programming computers at the age of 9, is afraid of the consequences for mankind of developing an artificial super intelligence.

NOTE: All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: Extended Classic: The Future of Humanity, with Elon Musk, as well as Neil’s extended interview with Elon Musk here.

In This Episode

Host

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist
Guest

Chuck Nice
Comedian
Guest

Elon Musk
Elon Musk, CEO of Space-X and Tesla Motors, co-founder of PayPal
Guest

Bill Nye
The Science Guy