Life-Changing Advice From "Nerds" Who Made It Big

The astrophysicist spoke to the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Fall of 2010 about NASA's decline and to encourage the future of science in the country:

"NASA shapes the culture in which we live. It shapes the vision statement for the country you want to be. It shaped the vision statement for the country we once were. That's difficult for me to even utter that phrase, 'We once were.' I see that we're fading on the world's stage . . . and I don't know any community that has great power to try to resolve that than what's going on right here."