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Detailed explanation-1: -Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says valuing space exploration “transforms the culture into one that values science and technology."

Detailed explanation-2: -Facing the Ultimate Frontier After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American craft, from American soil, until the 2020s, and NASA may soon find itself eclipsed by other countries’ space programs.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the article, what does Tyson say is needed to stir up interest in science? NASA must do something that has never been done before.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Neil deGrasse Tyson changed the world by contributing to the research that established Pluto as a dwarf planet. He was on a council for NASA and played a large role in ensuring that the Hayden Planetarium remains intact.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tyson says that the world is full of things that we cannot understand simply by observing or touching them. He claims that only using our five senses is inadequate.

Detailed explanation-6: -Neil deGrasse Tyson leans strongly towards the view that sending astronauts to live on Mars and potentially colonize it is not only foolhardy but quite probably impossible.