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Search every verified Jared Isaacman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jared Isaacman, the NASA administrator, has been discussing the agency’s plans for the Artemis program, including the revised Artemis 3 mission, which will now test hardware in Earth orbit rather than land on the moon. He stated that the change was made because going directly from Artemis 2 to a moon landing was "a bridge too far," and that the mission will serve as a stepping stone for Artemis 4, which he said will return astronauts to the lunar surface. Isaacman also discussed plans for a moon base, describing it as a proving ground for Mars missions, and emphasized the importance of mastering water ice at the moon's south pole. He noted that NASA received $10 billion in supplemental funding from the Working Family Tax Cut Act, which he said provided the resources and mandate for these efforts. Isaacman has also commented on the state of the agency and the broader space industry. He described the competition with China as a "space race," stating that China can and will put its astronauts on the moon. He addressed a Blue Origin rocket explosion, saying the company was responding well and that NASA was providing subject matter expertise. Regarding NASA's budget and operations, Isaacman said the agency is not always "great with how we allocate capital" and that he supports efforts to "shrink the government and bring about change." He also noted that he had been nominated by President Trump to lead NASA, but that the president later withdrew his nomination.
“We standardize the SLS vehicle. We stop trying to turn every one of them into a work of art. We committed the resources at NASA to launching SLS every year and use it as an opportunity to bring down risk and inform the next mission.”
“The answer is our budget's 25 billion. Uh well, that's that was always appropriated by Congress. We got 10 billion in supplemental funding on top of that in the in President Trump's working family tax cut act. But, 25 billion a year plus a one-time $10 billion plus, that's a lot of money. And we're not always great wit...”
“NASA's funded to do the near impossible that no one else can do, not things that, you know, companies should be doing for their own competitiveness. Like NASA helps fund like engine efficiency programs for, you know, commercial jet engine providers. It's like don't they need to do that themselves or else they lose to t...”
“I think the uh the people overwhelmingly voted for the president to go in and shrink the government and bring about change and get rid of fraud, waste and abuse of which I am a thousand% behind the president and I I believe that that's what you know Elon and Doge was working towards. But people also hate change. Like w...”
“We now have a competitor once again. We have a rival on the world stage that can do what the Soviets were not capable of doing in the 1960s. The Chinese can absolutely and will put their astronauts, their taikonauts on the surface of the moon. And now we're back firing on all cylinders. We're rebuilding muscle memory....”
“NASA's budget is a quarter of a percent of the discretionary budget. That's a pretty small price to pay for all that we might learn, all of its economic potential, the technological benefits we get back here on Earth. Again, think of GPS, think of communications, think of weather satellites, right? How we respond again...”
“You're not going to get that sci-fi future we may have imagined as kids with lots of, you know, orbiting space stations and space hotels and you know, near light speed hibernation. Like you're never going to get any of that if it's perpetually funded by taxpayers. At some point you run into the limit where that balance...”
“I think if you make a promise and you put a lot of resources into it, and you mobilize what you believe is your absolute best in technological might, and you come up short, well, it also sends a message. I wonder if this is broken, I wonder what else is. So, I think that I take that very seriously. I think that's a nat...”
“I think it's disappointing because this is should be a moment to celebrate the passing of the baton from the amazing Artemis 2 crew to the Artemis 3 crew and knowing again which I think the astronauts said best at the announcement the link that Artemis 3 will have to the astronauts that are returning to the surface and...”
“We are not a procurement organization. Like we we don't just wait for everyone to deliver us what we want. We can go out and drive outcomes. Now in some cases that's a lot harder because we have lost some of our core competencies over the years and and that's for different reasons at different times from you know wind...”
“I have no doubt SLS and Orion is going to be ready. I mean we are going to start stacking this summer. And and I think that'll be send a great message to the workforce. Sends a great message to our our our rivals in this great competition. I have no doubt it will also put some pressure on the lander providers to ensure...”
“That's going to save over $3 billion over the next six years to pivot off of EU to to the Centaur 5. and it's not I mean it the timeline closes to to mid 2028 which I would I mean I'll say I'll let the you know people write the reports that are going to write the reports on when when EOS would have come out but like it...”
“I want it to be much more routine. I don't I don't I don't want us to have three seasons of a show before a before a crew gets gets off the Earth on on their way to the moon. I want it to be crew announced gets right into training and you know a year later or less we're we're seeing them on their on their way to their...”
“I do not believe that can happen if it is entirely funded by taxpayers. Because rightfully, the debate always comes up, how can we invest so much in space when we have so many problems here on Earth? Now, the answer of course is we can do both, but when you have, you know, some of the most technologically advanced comp...”
“We are not going to sit on our hands and wait for them to figure it out because we've been there before. We have done this in decades past. So, we are embedding NASA subject matter expertise across the supply chain to help SpaceX, to help Blue Origin, to help Axiom with our spacesuits. We're going down to the subcontra...”
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Zuby is joined in Washington, D.C. by Jared Isaacman, the current Administrator of NASA, founder of Shift4 Payments and Draken International, and the first private citizen to lead two civilian missions into space. Jared takes us behind the scenes of America’s return to the moon with the Artemis program, explains how NASA collaborates with SpaceX, and lays out their realistic plan for landing humans on Mars within the next 15 years. The conversation covers the moon base, the psychological toll of deep space, the new space race with China, why humanity needs to become multiplanetary, and whethe…
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NASA administrator Jared Isaacman speaks with CBS News' Mark Strassmann about the upcoming Artemis III mission, its complexity, NASA's plans for an eventual moon base and more. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations that is available free to everyone with access to the internet and is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations' top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. It is available on more than 30 platforms across mobile,…
More than a month after the return of Artemis II, NASA’s administrator shares what the agency has learned, the benefits to mankind of the data collected on this journey, and what’s in store for future missions to the moon and beyond. More from the CNBC Events: https://bit.ly/40ZdNd1 Subscribe to the CNBC Events Marketing Newsletter here: https://cnb.cx/3nJqzht Follow on Instagram: / cnbcevents Follow on X, formerly known as Twitter: / cnbcevents Follow on LinkedIn: / cnbcevents
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins Bloomberg Tech to discuss the agency's plans for a so-called "Moon Base" that will eventually allow for a permanent human presence on the lunar surface. He says they're looking at 2027 through 2029 for phase one and 2029 through the early 2030s for phase two. He adds that SpaceX is hands down their greatest commercial space company. He speaks with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information. Bloomberg Technology is the only daily news program focused exclusively on technology, inno…
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discusses the agency's plans for a so-called "Moon Base" that will eventually allow for a ...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks to the press at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC following a critical update on ...
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