Neil Degrasse Tyson Response

After reading and viewing Neil Degrasse Tyson’s pieces on space exploration, “The Case for Space” written piece and “The Astronaut Session” video I found that he easily changed his way of explaining and speaking about exploring space compared to the audience he is speaking to. The “The Case for Space” article is directed to intellectuals who are very well known in the topic of space and while reading it, I found it a lot harder to get through than the interview “The Astronaut Session” because it was directed toward the general public. I believe that his purpose and overlap of both of these pieces is to educate his audience on the history of the space program and to have his audience gain knowledge on what is so personal to him. The obvious differences between the pieces is the feel of each piece, the video is very car free and easy going with the human involved while the reading was more straight forward and focused on strictly informing the reader on his experiences and knowledge of the topic.