| Approx. time |
Expression |
Explanation |
| 3:00 |
a rocket scientist |
a general expression for any kind of very smart person |
| 5:12 |
cosmology |
study of the origin and development of the universe |
| 6:12 |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| 9:43 |
National Honor Society |
student organization for very good students (membership by invitation only) |
| 9:50 |
black hole |
place in space with a gravitational pull so strong that neither matter nor radiation can escape it |
| 11:20 |
cosmonaut |
Russian version of astronaut |
| 12:09 |
Atacama Desert |
desert plateau of the Andes Mts. (across parts of Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina) |
| 13:20 |
Palmer Station |
U.S. research station in Antarctica |
| 14:39 |
surreal |
strange, bizarre, weird, unreal |
| 14:59 |
misconception |
misunderstanding |
| 15:22 |
capoeira |
Brazilian martial art form |
| 16:35 |
EMS |
emergency medical service |
| 16:56 |
Midway Atoll |
U.S. islands halfway between Hawaii and Japan |
| 17:15 |
displaced habitats |
places to live that were lost or removed |
| 17:40 |
eradicating predators |
getting rid of animals that kill [the ducks] |
| 18:45 |
McMurdo Station |
U.S. research center based in Antarctica |
| 19:47 |
SpaceX |
space travel company started by Elon Musk |
| 20:17 |
Virgin Galactic |
commercial spaceflight company started by Richard Branson |
| 22:35 |
Mahalo |
Hawaiian for "thank you" |
