Neil deGrasse Tyson
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And they talked about his early childhood.
And he said he loved astronomy and telescopes and the night sky.
Do you realize... Yes.
And my mother heard this and said, you should get him on your podcast, StarTalk podcast.
The Boeing 707 jet, the first ever commercial jet.
Because back then we were interviewing a lot of celebrities, hence the name StarTalk.
It came from the military.
First ever commercial jet.
That's the double meaning there.
Came out in 1958.
Its wingspan is the distance that the Wright Brothers first flew.
And so I said, I'll keep it in mind.
And so I started doing Cosmos.
Because it was on Fox.
Cosmos was on Fox.
And we went to one of these Fox upfronts where they showcase their next season's product to advertisers.
We went from the Wright Brothers flight to a Boeing 707 plane in 55 years.