Agendas Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

“While we may lose track of certain goals intermittently throughout the decades, I think we as a nation can be nimble when we need to be. All the buzz today is on the need for science literacy. That is on the agenda in ways it hasn't been in previous decades.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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