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Most Replayed Moment: Neil deGrasse Tyson On The Future Of Humanity! Will We Ever Go To Mars?

Diary of a CEO · 12 January 2026 · 2 Egleze moments

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Published: 12 January 2026
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Humans Won't Reach Mars: 'Zero' Probability in Our Lifetime

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You wanna know why? Yeah, it's just zero... We only do big expensive things if there's a geopolitical reason for it, either an economic reason or a defense reason, not just because it's the next thing to do.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson argues that despite SpaceX's ambitions, humans won't reach Mars in our lifetime because there's no geopolitical or economic motivation. He points out that the moon landing only happened to beat the Soviets, and we stopped going once we won that race. With Mars being a mile away on a scale model versus the moon's 30 feet, and costing an estimated $1 trillion, he sees no business case for the journey.

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Tyson Reveals Why America Is Really Returning to the Moon After 53 Years

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Do you know when Artemis began? In the late teens. Right about when China says we're going to put taikonauts on the moon... Because we're a little bit spooked by a friendly foe.

The astrophysicist exposes that NASA's Artemis moon program only began after China announced plans to send astronauts to the lunar surface. He argues this follows historical patterns where expensive space missions require geopolitical motivation—the original moon landing was to beat the Soviets, and Apollo 18 was canceled once that goal was achieved. The current moon race is driven by competition with China, not scientific curiosity.

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