Administrator (15th, confirmed Dec 2025), National Aeronautics Space Administration Nasa
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. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has been publicly outlining the agency's plans for a sustained lunar presence, including the construction of a moon base. In multiple interviews and briefings in mid-2026, Isaacman stated that the Artemis III mission is "still very much on track," with a wet dress rehearsal planned for the end of 2026 and a launch in 2027, followed by a crewed lunar landing on Artemis IV in 2028. He described the moon base as a phased effort, with an estimated $20 billion investment over seven years, and said the agency is drawing on a "playbook that worked very well for NASA during the 1960s" by conducting many smaller missions to build capability. Isaacman also discussed a planned 2028 launch of "SR1 Freedom," which he described as the first interplanetary nuclear-powered spaceship, calling it a "70% solution" that would extend humanity's reach into deep space. Isaacman has repeatedly characterized the current period as a renewed space race, stating that China is "capable of doing what the Soviets were not" and will land its taikonauts on the moon. He attributed the agency's accelerated timeline to a national space policy signed by President Trump and a $10 billion-plus investment from the Working Family Tax Cut Act. Following a Blue Origin rocket explosion on the launchpad, Isaacman said NASA was providing subject matter experts and helping with the anomaly investigation, adding that "no one got hurt" and that the company would "learn, fix their engine, rebuild their pad, and get back to launching rockets." He also described SpaceX's Starship as "almost a light switch moment for humanity" and said the company is "hands down our greatest commercial space company."
“I would just say first, it's not arguably like there we are very much in a space race right now, and the Chinese are moving at incredible speeds, and they are certainly capable of doing what the Soviets were not during the the the first space race. Chinese will land their taikonauts on the moon. There's no question. Th...”
“President Trump gave us national space policy my first day on the job. He gave us a $10 billion plus up investment, a historic investment in the working family tax cut act. That's what allowed us to add the Artemis 3 mission next year.”
“It's a great question, sir. And I have to say that we do have a lot of the ingredients necessary for this effort to return astronauts to the moon under the Aremis program to build the moon base and do the other things. And that comes from President Trump. My first day on the job when I was sworn in, he signed a nationa...”
“There is no doubt sir that we have a competitor that is very capable that is moving very quickly in the high ground of space and not always through the peaceful lens of exploration. Now I do think competitions are a good thing. It certainly worked out very well for NASA and America during the 1960s when we were competi...”
“This is drawing on the playbook that worked very well for for NASA during the 1960s. We didn't just jump right to Apollo 11, Mercury, Gemini, lots of Apollo missions. We want to get back into a rhythm of this. We want lots of reps. It's incredibly challenging just going to the moon, let alone going to the south pole of...”
“You have a national space policy that calls for building a moon base. The president of the United States wants to see a moon base. You have bipartisan support from Congress to build a moon base. We're going to be sending crew and payload to the moon for a very very long time. So if you're in the business making hardwar...”
“You have a national space policy that calls for building a Moon Base. The President of the United States wants to see a Moon Base. You have bipartisan support from Congress to build a Moon Base. We're going to be sending, you know, crew and payload to the Moon for a very, very long time.”
“The taxpayer has invested in capabilities and if it's living in a, you know, in a, like I said, a pantry or warehouse at one of the NASA centers and doesn't have an immediate mission need outside of the Moon base, we're probably going to find a way to either put it on the Moon or use it elsewhere and start gathering da...”
“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...”
“NASA, you know, hasn't done itself favors in in recent years by not being as open and transparent and always painting things, you know, painting the rosiest picture possible. Like, I don't actually think that inspires confidence. Actually, when you pretend some of these things don't exist, it does not inspire confidenc...”
“Nuclear power and propulsion has got to go from the 100 million a year funded to go nowhere for decades into at some point a multi-billion dollar program. You know, just keep pushing the limits on material for high temperature materials, power conversion, and really build your fleet of nuclear-powered, probably chemica...”
“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 you know, the the the most technol...”
“I would say uh we are taking all the right steps in order to ensure that America can return to the moon, build the moon base, establish that enduring presence uh in advance of our geopolitical rival.”
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