{"id":19562,"date":"2015-11-21T01:56:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacexs-elon-musk-gets-in-the-thanksgiving-spirit-on-the-big-bang-theory\/"},"modified":"2015-11-21T01:56:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:56:31","slug":"spacexs-elon-musk-gets-in-the-thanksgiving-spirit-on-the-big-bang-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacexs-elon-musk-gets-in-the-thanksgiving-spirit-on-the-big-bang-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX\u2019s Elon Musk gets in the Thanksgiving spirit on \u2018The Big Bang Theory\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_213414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213414\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-213414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/151120-musk-620x379.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk on &quot;The Big Bang Theory&quot;\" width=\"620\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/151120-musk-620x379.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/151120-musk.jpg 645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-213414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, surprises Howard Wolowitz (played by Simon Helberg) on the CBS TV series \u201cThe Big Bang Theory.\u201d (Credit: CBS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t think Elon Musk was a warm and fuzzy guy, based on this year\u2019s biography of the hard-driving CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, but on this week\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Big Bang Theory,\u201d we learn that he loves to help the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>The big reveal comes when engineer and one-time spaceflier Howard Wolowitz (played by Simon Helberg) reluctantly joins&nbsp;his wife as well as his pal Raj and his girlfriend to help with Thanksgiving dinner at a homeless shelter. Howard gets stuck washing the dishes, but loses control of his sink sprayer&nbsp;when he sees Musk walk in with a load of dirty plates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-188079 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1.png\" alt=\"pluto\" width=\"250\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1.png 250w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1-200x151.png 200w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1-132x100.png 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><br \/>\n<strong>Science journalist Alan Boyle<\/strong>&nbsp;is the author of &#8220;The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made A Big Difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you doing here?!\u201d Howard asks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m washing dishes \u2026 I was on the turkey line, but I got demoted for being too generous with the gravy,\u201d Musk replies.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation quickly turns from food to the final frontier. \u201cIt feels great to come down here and help the less fortunate, huh?\u201d Musk says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, yeah \u2026 nothing better than helping people,\u201d Howard says. \u201cWhich is something I realized when I was viewing Earth from the deck of the International Space Station, where I spent two months as a payload specialist, a job I was qualified for because I\u2019m an MIT-trained engineer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I thought I ladled the gravy on thick,\u201d Musk cracks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Elon Musk On The Big Bang Theory\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGR5HP3KSBk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Musk asks if Howard ever thinks about going back into space, Howard lights up: \u201cIs that a job offer? \u2018Cuz I really want to go to Mars\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk tells him \u201cwe\u2019re not quite there yet, but we\u2019re always looking for engineers, so let me give you my email, and we can stay in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond letting us see the softer side of Elon Musk, that may be the payoff for the billionaire\u2019s cameo. Like other high-tech&nbsp;companies, SpaceX and Tesla are always in the market for talented recruits: SpaceX alone lists&nbsp;more than 300 open positions for employees and interns, including more than 40 in Seattle. If more folks apply thanks to Musk\u2019s two-minute appearance, that\u2019s as good as a free ad.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s episode, titled \u201cThe Platonic Permutation,\u201d adds Musk to a cameo list that also includes Stephen Hawking, Leonard Nimoy and Neil deGrasse Tyson. And Musk can add \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d&nbsp;to his own list of screen appearances, alongside \u201cIron Man 2,\u201d \u201cThe Simpsons,\u201d \u201cTranscendence\u201d and much more. (Did you know he had a speaking role in \u201cMachete Kills\u201d?)<\/p>\n<p>Musk is working on the architecture for missions to Mars, as well as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s return to flight after June\u2019s failure of a space station resupply mission&nbsp;\u2013 so he\u2019s sure to get more media exposure in the months ahead.&nbsp;But he\u2019ll probably never get&nbsp;another opportunity&nbsp;to do the pumpkin pie joke he pulls off on \u201cThe Big Bang Theory.\u201d Give the full episode a look. (Pro tip: The Musk meet-up comes around the 13:30 mark.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, surprises Howard Wolowitz (played by Simon Helberg) on the CBS TV series \u201cThe Big Bang Theory.\u201d (Credit: CBS) You wouldn\u2019t think Elon Musk was a warm and fuzzy guy, based on this year\u2019s biography of the hard-driving CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, but on this week\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4718,1045,21,316,4551,5560],"class_list":["post-19562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-big-bang-theory","tag-elon-musk","tag-space","tag-spacex","tag-television","tag-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}