With the first crewed flight of the @NASAArtemis Program on the horizon (no earlier than April 1), we sat down with @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman to talk about the future of the Artemis Program, Moon base ambitions, lunar landers, nuclear propulsion and more. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 Jared Isaacman’s experience 04:05 Artemis 2 progress 05:53 “Test as you fly” 08:18 Upper stage plans for the new Artemis 3 09:31 Blue Origin and SpaceX weighing in on Artemis 3 10:40 Addressing NASA OIG concerns with SpaceX’s Starship 12:57 Plans for the NASA workforce 16:18 New announcements, coming soon… 18:42 Understanding HLS Starship 21:27 Manual piloting Starship: Yes or No? 24:06 Blue Moon Mk.2 readiness for Artemis 3 26:12 Understanding “accelerated plans” for HLS landers 27:25 Future cooperation with China in space? 29:49 NASA’s next near-impossible undertaking

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin I am sorry, as a previous NASA contractor at JPL during the Lunar & Mars missions including Apollo, today's NASA is more a joke than any REAL space organization. One big expense with nothing really space worth out of it. This Moon ordeal is nothing more than boondongle.

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Nuclear propulsion getting actual airtime? That's the real game-changer for sustainable lunar ops.

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Great interview. I wish he had talked about some of the smaller contractors working on the Lunar missions. Only Space X and Blue Origin ever seem to get mentioned. There are many others.

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin I hope they use a plasma based extractive INSITU process. x.com/HecksArtificer…

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin There's no hype for Artemis, I guess 69 years of conspiracy theories have damaged the NASA brand. I wont even to streaming this one, sorry.

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Land monthly? I hope they aren't leaving landing vehicle carcasses all over. I hope the concept is that the entire lander goes back up. Or it will be a junk yard of landing vehicle parts.

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Oh, I totally missed that bit about something that chases Voyager! What is that project Jared menitoned?

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin This is the biggest load of horse shit imaginable. Tear down incoming.

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Countdown para o futuro da exploração lunar: Artemis 2 e 3, Starship, landers avançados e bases na Lua — a nova era da NASA começa em breve. 🌕🚀✨”

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Thanks, that was a Great interview 👍

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Shit, Jared's already aged by 5 years and he's only been there a few months!

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Amazing conversation 🙌

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin Bases in 2027? NASA can't even send humans to orbit the Moon in 2026? What a farce.🙄

@SpaceflightNow @NASAArtemis @NASAAdmin !🌖LET'S⚟👔GO🚀MOON🌖! 💥😉😎💥😉😎💥