Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson , being a professional science communicator , is always getting asked questions . We ’re unsure if he ever make something as weird as what TMZ ask him lately . They want to screw what it would be like to smoke grass in infinite .
“ The problem is , in space now , many things will kill you . So if you do anything to neuter your understanding of what is reality , that ’s not in the interest of your health , " deGrasse Tyson explainedin the video . " If you want to get mellow in space , lock yourself in your cabin and do n’t amount out . ‘Cause you could bust stuff … inadvertently . ”
Since the International Space Station is a closed surroundings , it would be very veryveryunlikely that anyone would be permit to smoke smoke on it . Astronauts and spaceman are not even allowed to imbibe alcohol , the most culturally accepted of the mind - alter substances world have used for millennium .
“ Alcohol is not permitted onboard the International Space Station for consumption , ” Daniel G Huot , spokesperson for NASA ’s Johnson Space Center , told theBBC a few years ago . “ Use of alcohol and other volatile compounds are controlled on [ the ] ISS due to shock their compound can have on the station ’s pee recovery system . ”
The ISS does n’t even allow alcohol in the bod of gargle , perfumes , or aftershave . We doubt someone would bring a blunt to the ISS and smoke it up there . Getting green goddess in space might be potential though , in the physical body of a scientific experiment .
Before the diversion about smoking pot in Space , TMZ expect deGrasse Tyson about Elon Musk and his late audience with Joe Rogan where the Space X tycoon smoked weed on television camera .
“ Let the man get high if he wants to get high , ” deGrasse Tyson said . “ He has to obey the SEC [ the US Securities and Exchange Commission ] clearly . But if he does n’t require to obey the SEC then he ’s grow to have a private company where he can do what he wants . But he took his ship’s company public so there is an accountability there to the public confidence of what go on the stock market . ”
Nevertheless , the astrophysicist point out that as far as he ’s implicated ( re access to outer space ) , “ he ’s the only game in townsfolk ” even claiming that he ’s the good thing the US has had since Thomas Edison . This compare is in all probability fair since both are influential businessmen who have polarize public popular opinion . Musk has been in the news lately due to erratic public behaviour as well as unwarranted attackson scientistsandone of the rescuersof the Thai boy stuck in the cave .
