Neil deGrasse Tyson - We Stopped Dreaming (Episode 1)

[@StarTalk]

Don't stop dreaming - keep looking up!

[@ZL1379]

StarTalk omg love you guys

[@tepoztlitlacatl634]

I always will and so will my future children with your help.

[@RCHomemadeHobbies]

Thank you! I’m 17 and rewatched every Saturn V and Apollo mission Over 1000 Times!

[@malcolmcanning9553]

@@RCHomemadeHobbies no good trying to tell you 8inches over a mile squared. Buzz and woody.is real too

[@robomop9711]

Still am after all these years.

[@RobbieKhan]

Thankfully one saving grace is that the younger generation who are growing up seeing videos like this and listening to people like NDT will have the knowledge and access to information like no generation before them and will hopefully make a difference for generations after them.

[@MindstateCollective]

LMAO they tell you what they want you to think. No one has the time or energy to verify "facts" so they are accepted. This guy is not who he seems to be. History and science are both written by the people in power. Scientific studies abd their outcomes are purchased. We are moving backwards.

[@nexioseptimus5099]

"NASA got founded on the fear factor of Sputnik" People need to remember this history. Too many think that NASA was founded because we had The Right Stuff and were uncontrollably awesome; that we did these things, as JFK said, not because they were easy, but because they were hard. But the reality is that while we were kicking back congratulating ourselves after WWII, and putting some of the Smart Germans we had acquired as a result of that war to work building The Bomb, Russia had taken the Smart Germans they had acquired and told them to instruct a new generation of Smart Russians. And when those Russians put Sputnik in orbit, we were terrified: were they spying on us? Preparing to drop the bomb on us? (They were doing neither of those things with Sputnik; they were just exploring the newest final frontier.) Eisenhower created NASA on the spot, but we were unprepared in the skills we needed to create the future... we lacked the Smart Americans needed to counter the Smart Russians. But a few years later the Russians put Yuri Gagarin in space, and (after we changed out of our freshly-soiled shorts) even JFK - a staunch opponent of 'wasteful' space programs - decided we needed to do the only thing the Russians *hadn't* done yet, and put someone on the moon. There was a lot of flag-waving and a surge of national pride, but the real reason we went to the moon was not simply that we were awesome, but that it would be a propaganda coup in the Cold War. One thing this new commitment to going to space resulted in was a change in our education system. People who started school in the 60s probably recall - likely with a PTSD-induced tremor - learning 'New Math', a grade-school curriculum of set theory, modular math, matrix math, Boolean logic, and non-base-10 math, modeled after the college-level math the Smart Germans were teaching in their effort to make the kind of Smart Russians who could, e.g. put Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin in orbit. The other result was that people who were slightly older, who had already finished grade-school, and who had an interest in science but were not yet old enough and cynical enough to see JFK's speech for the propaganda it was, heard the call and stepped up to the plate to become the scientists and engineers and, eventually, astronauts that we would need in our glorious new space-faring future. Those people got their university degrees in aeronautics and math and electrical/mechanical/chemical engineering, then showed up to build the space program that would take us to the stars at the exact moment that our politicians turned into bureaucrats and the Cold War died down. If our space-faring efforts had been based on how intelligent, dedicated, and awesome these people were, we would have colonized Mars by now. But those efforts were actually driven by propaganda and fear, without which we had nothing. Once we were more afraid of stock market crashes than we were of the Russians, nobody cared about space anymore. And the Smart Americans, the people who had heard the call and done the work to become the builders of the future, realized that the dream that had inspired them was just a dream. Most of them have been lurching around in a fugue state ever since... Robert Zubrin, the co-creator of Mars Direct and the creator (and President) of the Mars Society, is basically the poster child for these people, who discovered too late that the focus and idealism that JFK demanded were no longer needed, and had never really been about getting us to the stars. Our goal as a nation was never to go that high; all we really wanted was to get higher than the Russians, so we could resume kicking back and congratulating ourselves on how awesome we were.

[@tohrazul]

Well said. I would add that when we had reached the peak of the mountain, and saw that no one else was standing with us, let alone trying to climb to higher peaks, we stopped trying to go higher. We also became content in our position, and lazy, which brought disaster. I was a kid in elementary school when the Challenger blew up, and that seemed to put a fear in us. Space exploration is dangerous, and we had forgotten that fact. Some years later, the Columbia was destroyed upon re-entry, again, reminding us that complacency in our position atop the mountain could lead to disaster. The result is that we stopped our manned space program just a few years later. I think this will be incredibly disastrous, assuming someone else doesn't try to reach a higher peak. We need heroes. Probably no one can name a single satellite that launched into space last year, but everyone knows Sputnik. Name the 50th person to go to space. We can't do it. But Yuri Gagarin, we all know he was first. Very few people know the name of the 7th person to step on the moon, but all over the world, people know the name Neil Armstrong. Who will be first to step foot on Mars? Will we find life on Titan or Europa? these are the questions we should be asking. These are the goals we should be striving for, racing for. If we stay content to sit here, on Earth, we are doomed. Our future, if any can exist, exists among the stars. For we are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.

[@Sniperfreakish]

Very well said, I think it always and it always makes me sad that the people of today care very little for the future. Politicians and greedy men care only for the immediate payoff the immediate gratification. I love the quote and wish everyone would know and learn it: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

[@tohrazul]

I think it depends on what exactly China shows they are capable of. IIRC they are planning on moon landers, capable of bringing back samples, a permanent space station in orbit, a Mars rover, and eventually in another 30-40 years (give or take) a possible manned mission to Mars. I believe they became the third nation to put a human into space in just 2003. Most of this is the sort of thing where we would simply welcome them atop the mountain with us. As for a manned mission to Mars (in another 30-40 years, maybe), that isn't the sort of thing that would make us jump up and start a manned program to Mars in the next couple of years. I also seem to recall Dr. Tyson saying if we really, really wanted to, we could have a man on Mars within 5 years, maybe less (I don't seem to remember exactly where I heard him say it. Probably one of the many podcasts he has been on.). So, in a hypothetical scenario where China shows that they are capable of keeping an astronaut alive in space for extended periods of time, and if they show that they have developed sufficient rocket technology that proves reliable enough to get someone to Mars and back, and if they show or say that this is a goal they are going to achieve by some set time in the future (let's say 2030), and IF we have a President who leads the nation in a similar manner that Kennedy did, basically saying something akin to, "We need to flex our muscle and show the world that we are still the leaders of space exploration." then yes, we might be spurred on by a sense of nationalism that would lead us to be the first to Mars. However, China has a long way to go before they are ready for that type of mission. Without someone else trying to beat us to the finish line, we seem content to hang out and wait.

[@baby-boomer3693]

Nexio Septimus wow! thank you for your post!

[@maxsimes]

ask yourself why the germans were so smart so that they could do this. its because they, too, were driven by war, just like the americans were driven by the second world war. you are right. if we really wanted, we couldve gone all the way up, but instead we choose to think 2 seconds ahead and about our money. this aspect of life is pretty sad, although i must say that the advancement of new technologies is going fairely fast

[@midu914]

I love this guy... I watch this video pretty frequently for inspiration...

[@timhorton2486]

+Michael Dunn Have you seen part 2? It's better in my opinion.

[@KimJongUnTheOneAndOnly]

+Tim Horton can you link it please

[@nickt3608]

+Michael Dunn same

[@pokethebear1344]

And I will likely do so for years to come. I'm simply broken knowing that money being spent on useless shit could be going to funding the dreams of the final frontier.

[@BearWithAnUzi]

I still do.

[@jonsp799]

This man deserves to be a worldwide hero.He thinks for everyone.

[@jerethkhan]

He is a worldwide hero as far as I'm concerned. We just haven't seen the effects yet.

[@jonsp799]

I hope so..

[@BSDOWNZ]

I wish he was our president.

[@InorganicVegan]

BSDOWNZ No, the president doesn't decide the budget or taxes. We need him in congress and more like him.

[@BSDOWNZ]

Diana Peña Fair point. I can agree with that.

[@Tallacus]

I wish there were more people like Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@choogheem]

+Tallacus There are, unfortunately they/we are not in charge.

[@Tallacus]

Christian Hoogheem the sad truth

[@IrvHodgenstone]

+Christian Hoogheem Then get in charge. Part of our problem is the apathy of those who do know better. The apathy of those who are more fit to stand up and take charge.

[@rwb_gary6355]

+Tallacus Yes!

[@rwb_gary6355]

+Tallacus Yes!

[@Dave_AI]

Every month or two, I find myself coming back to this inspiring video. Thank you.

[@file2hd6026]

Same here bro!

[@sreeprabuful]

ur not alone bro

[@wrathofme03]

don't taze me bro.

[@Sliverappl]

2022.03.17

[@MrJwood1126]

When I first watched this video I didn’t have much hope for the near future of nasa. Now spacex has really stepped up and given us something to dream about. Years ago I was inspired by videos like this and always wanted to contribute to a grand space endeavor and I am now currently working on designing struts for the interior of Starship. Even though it is a small simple part to play, I will always be proud of that and remember it for the rest of my life. Dreams can come true.

[@GMoney-B]

Thanks so much for sharing. This got me with the feels hearing how you brought your dream to life and that space x had a huge part in it. And especially that you were able to design the struts on starship!! I wish you luck in your career. That’s so awesome.

[@mathieufick179]

"How much would you pay for the universe?" - Neil Degrasse Tyson

[@Desiqnify]

I think "How much would you pay for the local group" would be more accurate

[@spooky4110]

My life..

[@charptho]

@@Desiqnify Local group is still rather optimistic

[@davidgutierrez8795]

It’s a stupid question though

[@largecoke4087]

Buck fifty

[@integralsrulz]

I’m tired of saying this but I have to say it again! The NASA budget is 4/10′s of one penny on a tax dollar. If I held up a tax dollar and I cut horizontally into it 4/10′s of 1% of its width, it doesn’t even get you into the ink! SO I WILL NOT ACCEPT A STATEMENT THAT SAYS “WE CAN”T AFFORD IT!” Gave me goosebumps

[@robertwilliamsonsbathrooma1034]

Me to

[@jfoldger1184]

tears to my eye dude, stop spendning billions on war and spend it on our future

[@JoshO423]

Callsign Fluffer Anybody know where the video is of this? Or the origin?

[@dylan54945]

This video inspires me as an engineering student. Love Niel. So well-spoken and intelligent.

[@capuccinolight]

Ok, chill... Plz don’t yell!

[@jamesyboy4626]

"HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY FOR THE UNIVERSE" if you asked anyone that they would say "ANYTHING", that's how much we are "not" in control.

[@horizonrangers3896]

rap attacker People are starting to speak. Just look at a simple game like STARCITIZEN and humble beginning at kickstarter . Pixels to alloys, make products as best as can be. Dare to dream to walk the stars. As most StarCitizens are thinkers and dreamers. I could see a a generous donation. Why is there an option for the presidential campaign in taxes but not NASA !! Need bummer stickers." I am a human being. I donated to NASA." Anything is better than our children realizing the education they strove for was for not.

[@willyou2199]

One must point out, the step into the universe, the space program, the terraforming of other planets, the search for life from other worlds. All these are discoveries only done ONCE and only ONCE. They are a ONE TIME PAYMENT. This ticket, however, lets humanity take a step in the next stage of our maximum potential. Hell yeah if they say we will pay ANYTHING. Just look at all the things politicans argue about budgetary cuts. Military, bailout funds, heck even social security and universal healthcare. Say for a moment a nuclear disaster happens, and humans dissappear, all these spending will and are forever for NOTHING. Aliens will come to out planet and see nothing but ash and rubble. Indeed a shame that all the economic wealth humans toil and work for have generated, have only been redirected into purposes that do not even extend their use beyond the next century. Its as if we're working for nothing.

[@ComeLeVent]

it's not worth that much to be honest, but if you're america, you ought to have the money absolutely. Universe > bankers

[@hoppermantis7615]

@Adam Madej Well to be fair. I just looked at this game Wow! And to think they started their code and got in their office around feb 2014. After investing their money from the kickstarter in 2012.... Concidering how long they worked on GTA 5. (Insane) With a budget higher in one lump sum.. Looks like your trying too hard to hate on the guy. I heard they sent star citizen logo to space. No different than that fan push for that movie "The Expanse". Daring to Dream seems better than standing there excepting the same bowl of crap day after day.... (Edit*. And not 1 sprite in the game? Holy shit!)

[@hoppermantis7615]

@Adam Madej Though I agree with you on traps existing. Not seeing it beyond competitor dogma. Points of interest please.

[@ThePowerfulPanda]

This is immediately one of my favorite videos on youtube.

[@Chearn22]

I haven't watched this since last year, but even now, it gives me goosebumps. This is such an important topic and if we ignore it we disregard thousands of years of powerful human thought and ingenuity. We must press onward.

[@R4Y2k]

He's like a hundred percent right. The older I become, the more frustrated I am since all the great dreams we had are now abandoned and left to die while all the bad habits I thought we'd overcome already are slowly pouring back into daily life now. We once reached for the stars, now we won't take our view away from the ground anymore.

[@Chearn22]

I haven't watched this in a couple years, but even now, I still get goosebumps. This is such an important topic that too few fully understand. If we want to continue the progress that's been made for the past thousand or so years, we can't ignore this message.

[@joshuachambers148]

I've listened to this so many times , I can recite this whole speech from memory on the spot in front of my class.

[@epicbenstudios]

I've been looking for this video for two years now, and it feels so good to see it again.

[@jacobtacosta]

The most compelling video on KZbin I have seen in a long, long time. Thank you to whoever made this. You inspire me to contribute towards tomorrow.

[@PotatoesFromSaturn]

I know I say this as a joke all the time but...this is literally the best thing I've ever seen on youtube. This deserves more views, people need to see this. It almost brought a tear to my eye.

[@adamsteele44]

Almost? Are you human? I cry like a baby when I hear NDT speak so passionately about something so important and so so neglected in society.

[@DarkTheFailure]

military budget in 1 year: 700 billion NASA budget in all of history: 650 billion

[@rgb_82]

Well, killing ourselves is the main priority, you know

[@hulk6315]

@@rgb_82 😭 lmaooo

[@flightdoc9087]

I wonder how his knowledge / experience / approach is towards foreign policy, the economy at large, the rest of the sectors. Because this man's mindset towards Science, Education and the Future of the human race IS WHAT I WANT in our country's leadership. He is an inspiring leader pure and simple, and I want him to eventually our PRESIDENT.

[@GRiMHOLDx]

Neils a Bernie supporter.

[@CosmicButPlugg]

Plato once said that because of the nature of government, only the greedy are attracted to it. The very people who should not be in power end up being the only ones in power.

[@EagleLogic]

As an engineering student I find so much inspiration in this video

[@TripedalTroductions]

EagleLogic It makes just passing not good enough for me.

[@TomBomba]

EagleLogic eww 😷 a engineer, second rate physicists is all they are.

[@TheTheaterThug]

You mean... THIS parmesan cheese?!?!?!

[@ndenicol]

"When you advance frontiers, heroes are made!" We need more heroes like this...

[@paulholliday]

This always makes me cry

[@DannyWilliamH]

Fuckin tears stream down my face when I watch this and hear him speak about this topic. I'm never sure if it's because I'm in awe or because I'm angry. A bit of both I guess....

[@XenoDrake]

+DannyWilliamH Born too late to explore earth, too early to explore the stars...

[@Anelikital]

+Xeno Drake This! and it sucks so much when you think about it.

[@catnip4928]

same here brother same here long live NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON!!!!

[@rabsrabble5415]

Hearing the passion and knowing someone cares so much

[@mnirwin5112]

My God WHAT a speech ...

[@gopsLiverpool]

I teared up inside. Sir you shall win a Nobel Hope Prize.

[@MrCoolGuy2303]

This man. President. NOW

[@VekCal]

When I am at my lowest I come and watch this video, truly inspirational...

[@DarkMatter2525]

"Even if there was a threat, why not just kick back for 99,000 years and be content on this lovely planet instead of restless???" You said. What if the threat has been on its way for 98,990 years? Oops.

[@DamienBlade]

Glad to see you here, DarkMatter. Fan and longtime sub. Keep up the good work, and keep supporting the message.

[@deadlittlepuppy]

This is important, and I'm ashamed of my friends who don't share this idea. You don't have to share this video, just need to spread the idea. #pennyfornasa

[@rextuner03]

Neil Degrasse is by far one of the most brilliant men alive today. This gets me big time, this couldn't possibly be more true.

[@kugelblitz-zx9un]

*man

[@Kimballgoss]

See, people like Neil, know so much, they know how big everything is compared to just us. We on our tiny blue dot, only care about how much money we make, how much land we have, how impressive we are, etc etc. but when you look at it from a celestial view, nothing matters, everything is so small and insignificant. We see ourselves as a group of people in a successful country at war with other smaller countries. But all people like Neil see... Is a fragile, infinitely small, blue marble floating in space. Ready to fall apart at any second, due to any mistake. That's why he has such a great value for space exploration. He sees he real magnitude of it all. Tiny countries don't matter when looking at the beauty and possibilities of space. It's amazing.

[@jaredmonnett5477]

This makes me want to go into aerospace engineering maybe even be an astronaut. I don't know I just want the same thing that Neil wants. But I feel I could do something about it. Thank you Neil for your efforts on expanding our interests in the stars.

[@Racye-bf7vn]

Aerospace maybe, Astronaut, you'd be unemployed. Go aerospace!

[@jjNIGHTHAWKjjsCards]

I feel this is a video everyone should watch.

[@THEPunisher1255]

this really makes me sad that NASA is funded that little. to know that we are not progressing makes me sick to my stomach.

[@kellyschroeder5883]

Good for you, Cameron. Hold on to that and let it drive you.

[@THEPunisher1255]

thx:)

[@THEPunisher1255]

:) I will

[@davidmayo6723]

Heather Wallace You lost all credibility when you mentioned chemtrails

[@inyourfaceliberty8162]

This very moving, and very powerful and I agree with completely. People don't dream and when people don't dream, people don't achieve. When people don't achieve, ingenuity and progress stops. When progress stops, tomorrow ends and we are left with an empty shell of an existence.

[@LadyWildlower]

I'd say the music is just right, adds further impact in a way.

[@RichardBaran]

Couldn't agree with you more! People need to wake up.

[@JBades6310]

I found this very moving

[@Grim420Reafer]

By far one of the most powerful videos I've ever watched. I enjoy listening to it so much every single time.

[@Fermion.]

We should have the option, in our initial "New Hire" paperwork upon getting a job, to partition where we want our tax money to go. At least to some extent. I deduce, that in a true democracy, if I'm paying taxes, why shouldn't I have the option to decide where a portion of "MY" tax payments will go? Why are these decisions made for us, if we're the ones earning the money?

[@InorganicVegan]

Well, I'd say that discretionary spending should be decided upon, but the administrative work required in giving you a custom tax plan is baffling and redundant.

[@vincentvalentin5412]

Fermion as long as it doesn't end up like Colorado who has to vote whenever they raise taxes and now has underfunded public services. (Though marijuana taxes may have lessened that)

[@uncleanunicorn4571]

We could start up a March of dimes for NASA.

[@AdmiralHD]

for my friends in the USA. Why not get Neil to be the President instead of Donald Trump/ Clinton ????

[@catnip4928]

yessss

[@YouAreAsleep]

+AdmiralHD He doesn't want to be the president because he can have more of an impact on our society when he is not strapped down by that job.

[@catnip4928]

+James Wilcox actually very truu he is too brilliant to be a politician lolz.

[@canadiansniper9117]

+James Wilcox well if he got us to Mars I would say that's way farther

[@johnmadden9613]

+AdmiralHD Because how? Nobody wants to vote outside of the two parties. Running for those two requires shady contacts and money.

[@dereklong2072]

I still come back to this video.

[@MystyrNile]

4:43 "How much would you pay for the universe?"

[@Artey86]

And the poison of religion is ONE of the reasons we aren't thinking about tomorrow anymore.

[@motho1005]

+Maarten Good god, you realize that society has become even less religious since the moon landing?

[@timhorton2486]

+Motho Yes, I'm sure he realizes. However, religion seems to have infiltrated the ranks more in the last 20 years or so. But people ARE waking up to this, and I see a promising future.

[@motho1005]

Tim Horton Religion can do good things for a society if used correctly

[@timhorton2486]

Motho It's extremely unnecessary to use religion as motivation to do good things. Hitchens said it best when he said, "The only cure for poverty is the empowerment of women; we've known this for a while now. Name me one religion that stands for that, and you'll have yourself a ghost of a point." At it's best, religion is useless, and at its worst, it is the most dangerous thing man has ever created.

[@motho1005]

Tim Horton I disagree that religion is completely useless, or atleast the theory behind it isn't (a human being born unpure, will find satisfaction through labor and then reach a promise land) but in general I agree with you. I personally think motivation is best found through the inherent desire to grow and develop, archetypes are like psychological subconcious seeds that can help that

[@TheRealHelvetica]

Space travel is so passé, quantum mechanics and particle accelerators are what's in now. Really, what can we hope to achieve by littering space with billion dollar crap? I mean I understand if it's to explore something like the seas of Europa for life. But honestly understanding the fundamental building blocks of our universe is far more important and deserves much more attention. _Instead of fear of it being a Black Hole generator_...

[@CONTRAband860]

In my mind, it's less about filling the skies with junk, and more about learning to dream as a nation again. Shocking the imaginations of the collective minds of the world into dreaming again. Turning our focus less on money and more on building a better future, advancing into the age of technology that the people of the 60's, 70's, 80's, even up to the 90's thought we would be at by 2004. I don't know, I completely agree, understanding the building blocks of our universe is incredibly important, but to be able to expand our reach, to jump start our world to the world that we've only dreamed about as kids, the world it's capable of becoming seems just as important as that.

[@LordBilliam]

I'm guessing you don't find your GPS useful then, because that's a direct result of all that "billion dollar crap" up there. You must also not enjoy watching satellite television, live international sports events, use a mobile phone, watch a weather report, or use Google maps. And you must think that advance warning of tidal waves, forest fires, oil spills etc is a waste of time. All of those require satellite technology. On top of that, NASA research led to LEDs, solar power, cordless vacuums, freeze dried foods, loads of safety improvements that are used in modern air travel, and improvements to artificial limbs and heart pumps. Space travel is not just about dreaming and discovery, it results in practical technologies that have huge effects on everyone.

[@TheRealHelvetica]

***** Again, so passé... I won't deny space travel was an important time in our history, but what's the value of returning when it seems like we already engineered everything we could from it? Why pour money into something that's old and busted when amazing new discoveries are being made right here on Earth? Yes we can thank NASA for a lot of things today, but you'll be thanking Brookhaven National Laboratory and CERN for whatever new technologies come from their discoveries.

[@CONTRAband860]

Now now, I wouldn't go so far as to say that we've engineered absolutely everything that we can from space flight. There's still so many things out there that we can discover. Practical radiation shields, for one. The biggest issue we have with space flight today is the fact that interplanetary space is simply too irradiated to safely travel through. Developing shielding from this could have an immeasurable practical use in our lives down here. More efficient rocket engines/engines in general would be another thing that we would see with an enhanced space flight program. This could lead to cleaner, more efficient fuel consumption, harnessing different materials for energy, among other things. Heck, if we could set up a permanent base on the moon, or even a colony, the possibilities of what we could accomplish would be near endless. The untapped, undiscovered resources on the moon, the enhanced possibility for an increased human population. Studies in gravity, gravity generators, artificial, self sustaining eco systems. I could go on! All in all, I would just like to submit that space flight isn't all that useless and outdated as you would like to believe ^_^

[@GenesisZero66]

Helvetica Neue I'm sorry but I disagree with you completely. There is much to gain from going to space. Hell the concept of colonization should be enough to make you want to fund the program at least until we get to that point. And as Will Parker mentioned we gain valuable pieces of technology just from working, not actually doing but from working, on space exploration. While there are fantastic things to be learned here on Earth, you can't tell me that there is nothing fascinating to learn out there.

[@S3SSioN_Solaris]

4:03 So happy Carl Sagan is in this video. People keep saying we need more people like NDT in this world but honestly, we need more Carl Sagan's. That man was a visionary.

[@Marchant2]

To top all this off, we have an entire political party that is anti-science who would just assume continue giving political churches tax free existences as opposed to advancing the sciences in America.

[@hoppermantis7615]

Marchant2 They preach breeding to survive is better than adapting and living a balance. God's i wish Heathen and old western philosophy had more control of the figurative compass !

[@hoppermantis7615]

Marchant2 Texas needs to go back to a Constitutional Republic. Transcend our environment. Through balance and knowledge. The cattle mentality of we need to survive through breeding and prostrations to follow. Instead of adapting and leading. There is a difference between a human and human being. Forcing the dreamers to be muzzled and live among sheep. I know many human beings living responsible with choices and lifestyles for a balance towards this earth. Our leaders should not feel comfortable with their decisions leaning against dreaming and ingenuity . Their decisions are putting our species in a dangerous situation. It is a form of crime, against humanity !!

[@ComeLeVent]

church > science

[@skepticmoderate5790]

comme le vent hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@j.jasonwentworth723]

Astronaut John Glenn (who is in the video) would have laughed at *you*. I laugh ruefully at materialists--including Neil deGrasse Tyson--who speak with such...religious passion and conviction about dreams and tomorrow and the universe, because if their philosophy is correct, nothing matters, and existence is futile. Even if interstellar travel (for human beings, not just robot probes) enables Earth life to be "transplanted" on Earth-like planets of other, younger stars in order to survive the death of the Sun, on one distant day all of the stars will have burned out, and no more hydrogen to produce new stars will be left. No matter how grand a galactic civilization Man--or a descendant race--may have built by then, it and they will all die in the heat death of the increasingly dark, cold universe, and it will be as if life never arose at all. It won't matter if we were kind or cruel, lazy or industrious, or whether or not we explored and settled other worlds; the end will be the same...nothingness.

[@TerBear1984]

you can have all my pennies

[@f3tusf3ast3]

I just want to see humans become space dwelling in my lifetime. That's my only wish. Forget war, forget hate, forget politics. It's all bullshit. The universe was here way before us and it's calling for us to explore it. There aren't many dreamers left because people have tricked themselves into caring about petty things. We kill each other either over resources or because of pointless squabbles. We have an infinite source of everything we need. We just need to leave Earth. We are capable of going so far and the only thing stopping us is ourselves.

[@chroniclesofme6098]

The human condition. All alone, on a speck of dust, killing each other over it, wondering things some will never know.

[@rwoodyjo]

This video is so well made. I don't care if it's edited and pieced together with audio of my man Neil DeGrasse Tyson... His message is encompassed here on a level of emotion and passion that i can't describe. It needs to be a commercial nation wide, daily, and NOW.

[@KyleBrinkerhoff]

neil degrass tyson = intellectual bad ass.

[@logidet]

*Science! Fuck yeah!*

[@afiqhamid8421]

Sergei Korolev and Sergei Von Braun, Neil Armstrong, Sergei Krikalev. To name a few fucking heroes of Civilization.

[@Ucedo95]

Afiq Hamid *Wernher von Braun

[@SonOfTerra92]

Cristhian Ucedo My bad, I was grunk. XD

[@EagleLogic]

+Afiq Hamid I would add Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard to that list. Not to mention EVERY single astronaut who was involved in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo program. There was ton of risky procedures that had to be completed prior to going to the moon. Like when Gemini 6 and 7 had to find each other in orbit and fly just INCHES apart.

[@ROCDUC]

Every time I listen to him talk, I get goosebumps. He is so incredibly intelligent. I hope I'll be able to meet him one day.

[@snowphun]

Awful audio editing, music is so loud the voice over is difficult enough to hear that I gave up.

[@XavierDC]

I had no problem at all

[@coper210]

Check your speakers?

[@snowphun]

Coper210 Yes, it must be my setup. Or, it's a crappy mix, that might be why they have another version.

[@Kyle_Man]

Tyson 2016

[@Wayoutthere]

We will indeed slide back in the fucking caves if we keep this up..

[@gabrielalexanderpalma6083]

you know what? good... maybe we'll leave the caves one day... and one day.. make a better world thab the one that exists now.. if all of those dreamers, the same type as the ones that caused us to leave in the first place, leave the cave.. idk.. nvm

[@vexellent]

my 6th grade science teacher had this passion, and i have yet to meet another teacher, professor, or person like him. this video reminds me of him and makes we wish i'd followed a science career.

[@hyylo]

war debt war debt war debt. there is nothing you can do about it. now lets all sit down and watch fox news and listen to Lady Gaga or Miley Cyrus

[@rickster100100]

Damn that useless war in Vietnam! And the men who got us into it and continued it. Those monies could have been used to further our space program. AND we could have had the SST> the Supersonic Transport that would have been so more better and much more practical than that pretentious Concorde. I truly believe, we, as a country, and society, would be in such a better place, socially, politically, economically, scientifically and technologically. If we hadn't wasted our men/women, talent, resources on that god damn war! We were so beaten and tired of 10 years of involvement in Southeast Asia we lost our drive, our ambition, our perspective for the future. And one of the tragic losses was cutting the funding for space exploration. Think about it. We might be beyond exploring Mars with man/woman piloted spacecraft and beyond. We might even be flying hypersonic jets.Capable of flying from New York to Singapore in 2 hours! We lost so much prestige and standing in Vietnam. What a tragedy! But.......I do have hope for the future! Thank you, Dr. Tyson. A very wise man.

[@samsamhuns928]

The congress would never allow this because they had no reason to if there was no war, the only reason for the moon landing was the rivalry or the war against the soviets

[@DevastationNation47]

I want NASA to run the country.

[@dontworry9372]

It's brilliant how a bit of imagery, a dash of edited sound bites, and some well chosen music can make a 5 minute video such a concentration of art. That's not to say this is your best work, because I don't know if it is, I just got to your channel, but this particularly hit me at the moment he was talking about cutting into a dollar. You did a good job getting the music and image to match with that specific moment, and the rest was pretty good too, but I just find it fascinating to see how this is such a powerful tool in the hands of non-professionals to get an idea across. It's like digital poetry: concentrated videography.

[@mrmank955]

came here for school purposes

[@manveersingh7887]

+Khalil “Awesome” Johnson sup dude :D

[@OzvuHD]

glad to see that some good willed teachers are encouraging human ingenuity and advancement

[@ilikegearsofwar3]

I think its obvious why we stopped dreaming but Neil doesn't exactly point it out in this video at least. Religion and pseudoscience and everything like it hinders thinking and ultimately growth of the human experience.

[@ilikegearsofwar3]

What are you talking about? I'm not saying we should scapegoat religion, even if it causes problems and is based on belief without evidence. I'm just saying religion hinders us all and gets us no where as far as making life better (yeah pray for me i'll think for you, etc) Also don't get me started on politics and the federal reserve banking system.

[@TheDarthghost1]

I fail to see how you can justify saying that all religion hinders thinking. Protestants developed most of our research into genes and genetics. A Catholic priest first came up with the Big Bang Theory. Greek pagans paved the foundations for math. On multiple instances, Apollo astronauts would read from the Bible to millions of listeners back home. Jewish scientists split the atom. People like you, blinded by their hatred of difference, become the very thing they claim to oppose. Ignorant.

[@ilikegearsofwar3]

I speak of the ignorant biblical literalists. And a catholic priest came up with the big bang through scientific study, and yet so many catholics don't even believe in the big bang. The zealots, think before you post.

[@ilikegearsofwar3]

Men believed what they did in their time and did what they did. We live in the 21st century. It is foolish to hold on to modern myths. Do I promulgate violence against religious people? No. That is wrong. Religion does more harm than good.

[@ilikegearsofwar3]

Why would you classify people based on the religion they were born into? Einstein was supposedly Jewish, he wasn't even religious. Do smart people become hindered by religion? No. Should we teach myths to children so they can explain everything with god did it? No. The extraordinary people don't take religion seriously. The common people will go around believing whatever nonsense they are told without thinking. You do understand over 40% of people in america don't accept evolution as a fact because it goes against their religion? Yeah okay.

[@Minecraftinite]

"How much would you pay for the Universe?" Gives me goosebumps every time

[@johnadamsansel]

I can't help but to get teary-eyed every time I watch this. Neil is more majestic than he will EVER acknowledge...

[@MMOLegend]

I come here to watch this video sometime to calm my nerves and to stay inspired. I think Neal Tyson should be our president. I love this video

[@damian.gamlath]

Several months later I still find this video awe-inspiring and a tremendous source of motivation...

[@rorschachtyson1448]

This video is the reason why I'll be starting my under graduate course in engineering this month. Thank You Neil Degrasse Tyson for being who you are. I may never be able to work at NASA but I sure as hell am going to try my best to become a good engineer and inspire someone to work there.

[@MatthewNguyen90]

I cannot believe this video is now 5 years old. So motivational, and I hop back on youtube every few months to put this on repeat. What's more sad is that in the past 5 years, no increase in budget has been made for NASA.

[@EvanSchurr]

Matthew Nguyen I'm returning this week to regular posting so keep your eyes peeled :)

[@zoglmannk1]

With no exaggeration, this is one of the most powerful videos I have ever seen.

[@legoman7041]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is important because of how powerful his speech is. It moves people, it gets them to think. We need more science educators like him. People who encourage exploration into science by showing how cool science can be. People don't wanna know that the vector sum of all forces divided by mass gives acceleration. They wanna know how crazy shit gets near a black hole. And the only way to get people to learn the hard stuff is to show them the exciting stuff.

[@DamienBlade]

Tears. That's all I can say that expresses my feeling when I listen to this.

[@JakinIrali]

I'm in a really abstract D&D campaign right now, based in the modern world, and we came across this astral version of an Apollo command module with the "big bad" in it. He was in a vintage space suit, talking about how the future all came to a halt and how he became jaded because humanity stopped dreaming. My DM had never seen this and she didn't even know it was the anniversary of Apollo 11, and had never really thought of how civilization has progresed (or not) since the moon landings. I just showed her this video and now she's completely freaked out.

[@fookiebookie337]

This brought me to tears, I wish people would understand that science is as important as their cell phone, but no, everyone is just caught up in the lives of celebrities and could care less.

[@DamienBlade]

I only wish that I could share the love and passion I have for science. Neil DeGrasse Tyson voices it better than I ever could. Not just the discoveries, or answering questions, but finding new questions to ask, knowing that there's always more to know, that there's always more to discover. Discovery has fueled our species to where we have arrived today, and that momentum is slowing down, rapidly. I only want to bring that desire for discovery back to the people, to the youth.

[@mark-anthony113]

10 years later and still my favorite video on KZbin.

[@terencesweeney2731]

This made me cry; I weep for the lost/stolen future of humanity.

[@felipecardosodev]

Only God knows the happiness I felt when I heard "Arrival of the Birds and Transformation" in the end of "The Theory of Everything" movie. Thanks for make this great video.

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Seriously, if you didn't know of them already, once you've finished watching this go and find The Sagan Series and The Feynman Series. They are both beautifully made series in the same vein as this, most definitely worth a watch.

[@TheXanadu2112]

This is truly a beautiful video, the amount of passion and sincerity in Neil's voice brings many tears to my eyes. I remember when i was a kid and space was just fascinating, I wanted to go there someday, now I have different ambitions though. It is a pity to see the dreams of our children being stripped away by a corrupt and opaque government.

[@zzarseniczz1]

Just watched the Falcon 9 SpaceX launch and felt inspired and I remembered this video from watching it years ago.. he gets it so right

[@jynexe3056]

I came here from the channel you now upload to where you talked about the toolbox fallacy and I think that video, plus this series, is what can drive humanity to decide that we can do anything.

[@SC4211]

I talked to someone about what Neil Degrasse Tyson said, increasing the budget for NASA. What he said was that it isn't enough to just increase the budget, that private enterprise does what it wants to, including NASA. He also said that it wouldn't necessarily have the effect Neil says it would because of that. I believe this is why the budget increase isn't happening. Not only because people stopped dreaming, but because they don't have faith in the idea. The guy I talked with, an everyday guy, said that an increased budget would only give NASA money to buy golf courses, a bigger cafeteria, and fund things that wouldn't be beneficial to space exploration. And THAT'S the root of the problem, I think. People have no faith that NASA will use the budget to further the exploration of space, and in turn provide a boom in the market for more scientists in the field. Not everyone, but clearly some people do. And Neil talked about this as well, that PEOPLE need to be educated on the true importance of this, not private enterprise. Because as it stands, PEOPLE don't believe it will benefit mankind, and our economy. And yes, private enterprise is corrupt and out for #1 in making money, so it isn't baseless that people would think this. But they also don't understand that private enterprise is a very adaptable source. It plays to what would make the money. And the money comes from human interest. If people showed a bigger interest towards the effects space exploration and technological advancement OUTSIDE of the newest Apple product, the money will follow.

[@zeezo34]

i cry everytime, NDT is my GOD i literally drop to my knees at the sound of his voice.

[@vexellent]

I remember my 6th grade science class, my teacher My. Brown. I remember him telling us not to tel our other teachers that he wasn't following the curriculum, because we were the only ones really learning. He said that in 10 years, we would have people walking on mars. I was 11 when he told me that. I am 22 now. It's been 11 years. And i admit, i regret not going into a science field, but maybe, being an artist, i can inspire people towards that future, the same way he inspired me to dream.

[@GMoney-B]

Thanks so much for making this. This speech is so great and your music and editing superbly supported it. Found your channel and videos through one of your comments somewhere randomly on the youtubes here. Great stuff.

[@Brendan-Grant]

"How much would you pay for the universe?" ...wow! that hit me HARD! Way to go Mr. Tyson! You continue to be my greatest inspiration and role model! We need more men like you in today's society...

[@Rhomes7]

I'm 29 years old, and will be 30 in a few months. I worked for 7 years in DC with DHS. For the past three years I have been working full time and earning my AA. I just got accepted into a four year university and will be earning my bachelors in physics. Afterwards, I plan to get my masters in Astrophysics, and on to a PhD. It is never too late, especially for someone like you. If you have that passion, do not lose it.

[@magnusbjarnisk]

The voice of Neil is amazingly fit, but the music+his voice are the reasons I am getting goosebumps. However, this is, in some strange way, sad. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a great mind with the skill to talk. He has the ability to make old dreams come alive for people.

[@alledman98]

It's videos like this that are why I love Neil deGrasse Tyson so much. Find me another person with his energy and passion. You can't.

[@Racye-bf7vn]

The great thing about Neil is this. He's speaking from a position of passion, space is Neil's passion, people don't go into stem fields to work and collect a check. Talk to anyone who is in a stem field, they love what they do, it's what they live for. Like myself for instance, I'm studying to get a degree in welding. Cars are my passion, and I've spoken like Neil does when Pontiac killed off the Trans Am in favor of the Camaro. What's your passion?

[@inscrutable67]

Neil's passion really shines through when he speaks. Imagine having him as a science teacher growing up?

[@tuxthepeng]

It's been quite some time since I last watched this video. Nearly a year. Yet it still brings tears to my face, especially with this issue not once being discussed during the presidential election.

[@BobD1001]

Donated and Letter Sent. From an Electromechanical Engineering student at Penn State. I refuse to stop dreaming, and will always do my best to advance humanity and science forward.

[@BradConroy_guitar]

Understanding where we come from and setting our sails to go find our way home is the MOST important thing we should focus our energies on...

[@tetroxide1]

Great video. Neil is one of those rare scientist gems who you only get a few of in a generation. He's like Feynman, and he just get it. What's more is he makes you see what he see in science, and it's beautiful.

[@DamienBlade]

"The most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation is currently underfunded to do what it needs to be doing, and that's making dreams come true." That quote should send chills down your spine, and goosebumps up your arms. Stop and think about what that means. Our children and the future generations have nothing to look forward to, other than being a politician or a banker, or worse, a dropout. Interest starts with excitement. For the universe, I'd give it all.

[@EvilKimau]

*Have some Dreams for your Day* Love the passion, fully agree.