Science! Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets about the physics of NASCAR
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May. 26, 2014 11:37 a.m. ET
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist and star of FOX's "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
On Sunday night - during the Coca-Cola 600 on FOX - Tyson took to Twitter to drop some serious knowledge on the physics of NASCAR and fast-moving things.
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At 200mph, a nice @NASCAR speed, it’d take 1200hrs (50days) to drive to the Moon. And drivers would never need to turn left.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 26, 2014
Now that @NASA isn’t launching SpaceShuttles, would be cool if @NASCAR allowed drivers to attach unused solid rocket boosters
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 26, 2014
"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" airs Sundays at 9p ET on FOX.
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