Neil Armstrong
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Nov 6, 2026
Dan HarrisHOST
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Neil deGrasse TysonGUEST
Because on Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, other than just go around and take pictures of each other and plant the flag, they also positioned what's called a corner reflector, which is a system of mirrors where if light comes in at any angle to those mirrors, it reflects and comes back at exactly the same angle.
Neil deGrasse TysonGUEST
Okay.
Neil deGrasse TysonGUEST
So it's not a flat mirror because if it comes in at this angle, it bounces out the other way.
Scott KHOST
After the enormous success of La La Land, he could have made another safe, crowd-pleasing musical.
Scott KHOST
Instead, he made First Man, an intimate examination of Neil Armstrong and the moon landing.
Scott KHOST
Then came, in my opinion, his magnum opus, Babylon, an absolutely insane, excessive, beautifully messy three-hour love letter to the birth of Hollywood.
Scott KHOST
Ultimately, I don't think Tarantino's throne belongs to the director who most closely resembles Tarantino.
Peter ThielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Apollo program was just about to put a man on the moon.
Peter ThielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it was Neil Armstrong from right here in Ohio.
Peter ThielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The future felt limitless.
Peter ThielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But today, our government is broken.
David Meerman ScottGUEST
And the fandom aspect there is there's tens of millions of fans of NASA.
David Meerman ScottGUEST
And people became fans of the Apollo astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and the others.
David Meerman ScottGUEST
And I'm like, that's weird.
David Meerman ScottGUEST
They became fans of government employees.
JulianHOST
I mean, this is something in, I'm pretty sure Apollo 13 does it.
JulianHOST
I'm pretty sure, I know First Man does it, which is very funny to watch First Man, which is where Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong.
JulianHOST
Thank you.
JulianHOST
A real astronaut, if you believe space is real.
David KippingGUEST
It's a rocky world in the habitable zone of its star, obviously, because the Earth is in the habitable zone of the star.
David KippingGUEST
Yet why is it that when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he didn't need to wear shorts and a t-shirt? Why was it a vacuum that he was walking out into? And the reason is because the moon doesn't have enough mass to hold onto an atmosphere for a long time.
David KippingGUEST
There's another moon in the solar system which does have an atmosphere.
David KippingGUEST
In fact, it's the only one really, which is Titan.
Neil deGrasse TysonHOST
And my favorite version of these is, I think I saw it in a meme, but I can just retell it.
Neil deGrasse TysonHOST
So Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 fame agreed to fake the moon landing, but they really wanted to be as authentic looking as possible and urged NASA to do it on location.
Neil deGrasse TysonHOST
And NASA agreed.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Oh, my God.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
So the 42 millimeter case.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
Armstrong did not wear his watch because the Bulova board clock was defect.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
So he kept his watch on board of the module.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
And Michael Collins, who was orbiting the moon, also wore Speedmaster Professional.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
There's a database online on the internet that has all these watches listed with the serial numbers.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
Eldrin's watch got lost internally when it was shipped from NASA to the museum, got lost somewhere along the way.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
Armstrong's watch is in the museum, so that can be seen.
Robert-Jan BroerGUEST
So from Apollo 11 until Apollo 17, all the astronauts on the moon had Omega Speedmasters on their wrists.
Steve SkojecHOST
Well, I think NASA has known stuff for a long time.
Steve SkojecHOST
I mean, have you ever seen the press conference when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin get back from the moon and they're out of quarantine?
Kale ZeldenHOST
I've seen clips.
Steve SkojecHOST
I mean, they
Scott SloanHOST
I don't want to fall behind in that because of what this means for the future.
Scott SloanHOST
And this is not an egotistical battle like the space wars with the Russians and getting Neil Armstrong and company on the moon.
Scott SloanHOST
That's not that at all.
Scott SloanHOST
It's a national security issue.
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