Bill Nye on Saving NASA, His New Show and Unmade Episode on ‘Authoritarianism’: ‘I Was Going to Be Shot by Firing Squad’ in It

When he’s not the “Science Guy,” Bill Nye is saving NASA. He just spent a few days in Washington, D.C., meeting with members of Congress to fund the space administration amid calls to slash its budget. “This would end a great many missions,” he says. “This is madness and not in the United States’ best interest. Yet, there are people in the administration working very hard to essentially close NASA. There are people in Congress who are pushing back, but they need a done deal.” Nye hasn’t quite hung up...