Are Ron Nirenberg and Neil deGrasse Tyson the new science bros?
It would certainly seem like it during Nirenberg’s out-of-office #AskRon, a weekly Facebook Live segment the mayor has done since he was a candidate in 2017 mayoral race. For this special #AskRon, the mayor chatted with astrophysicist NdGT before the best-selling author took the stage at The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts to lecture a fawning sold-out audience. It was his third show at the venue since it opened, so clearly San Antonio loves STEM.
Watch their full conversation below and watch through the end for a cameo by Jonah Nirenberg with an excellent question about Mars:
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2018.