Daniel Peluffo

NASA in 2025 VS NASA in 2026

It’s interesting to read critiques of the Moon base proposal, which seems like the smart path forward and could fit within NASA’s budget. The gist I’m hearing from critics is that this Isaacman priority is happy talk, will all fade away, and not happen. Then you realize these were the same people who: - Said Isaacman wouldn’t be renominated - Said he would was a political amateur - Said he couldn’t build a coalition to cancel EUS and put SLS on a path toward sunset -Said he was an Elon puppet (who has subsequently prioritized getting Blue Origin moving on HLS due to Starship delays) - Said he would never get Congress, which called it a “national priority,” to go along with canceling Gateway - Said he would never actually cancel Gateway These people are now saying Isaacman can’t get NASA and its contractors to execute on a plan that has administration and Congressional support. The reality is, from a policy and political standpoint, NASA is in a better place now than it has been for years. If the Moon Base fails that’s on NASA and private industry, not stupid policy. And believe me, I’ve seen a lot of terrible, pie-in-the-sky space policy over the decades. #JourneyToMars It’s a new era. I’m not sure everyone realizes this, but Isaacman and his team have eyes wide open to a lot of the major challenges facing NASA and they’re trying to fix them. They’re working long days. Weekends. It’s inspiring to see our government work like this, especially in an era when so much seems broken. I don’t know what will happen. Maybe this Moon base all will fade away. But I do know that NASA’s chance for success in the next couple of decades is a lot higher today than it has been for a long, long time. What we were doing was decidedly not working. This has a chance.

Hard to fathom how impoverished a person must be in mind and spirit to not see the value in space exploration. I think this is awesome. I'd much rather spend billions on rocket ships and lunar bases than buying junk food for fat people, or any of the countless other wasteful expenditures. Western civilization has always been marked by its curiosity about the universe and desire to expand, explore, and grow. We've lost that spirit in recent years. It's time to reclaim it.

NASA is advancing nuclear power and propulsion in space to accomplish President Trump’s national space objectives. With SR-1 Freedom, launching in 2028, we will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion and deliver SkyFall helicopters to Mars. In collaboration with @Energy, these capabilities are key to future missions to Mars and beyond. A new chapter of deep space exploration begins. 🚀

“America will never give up the Moon again”

Our entire plan of action for returning to the moon has needed major reform for years—but the powers that be in the US have shown almost no real urgency for most of that time. Even though this newly-founded plan of action for Artemis III and beyond is still incredibly ambitious, it’s refreshing to see NASA leaders taking ownership of the factors at play and laying out a game plan with specifically listed hardware and a timeline for the steps required to finally return boots to lunar regolith. It’s tangible. We need to be brave and we need to take the required risks. Goals this extreme should scare us - it's a massive challenge and will require massive people to achieve it. I believe.

“We leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind”

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@NASAMoonBase Front row seat to the future. We are going back to stay

Build the Base.

A New NASA account has been made.

Started watching #ForAllMankind and loving some of these space shots @AppleTV

SKYFALL IS GREENLIT!!

Maa boy

Just amazing!!

New NASA render showcasing Phase 3 of the Lunar base.

Moon Base manifest!

I’ve been waiting literally decades for NASA to articulate a plan for a Moon base. Now Carlos Garcia-Galan is doing a masterful job of precisely this. Dozens of landings. Drones. RTGs. Rovers. Habitats. Excavators. This is incredible stuff.

Otra "chatarra" (según los Progresistas expertos colombianos), el Hércules FAC 1005, configurado como Medevac, evacuando a los heridos del siniestro del FAC 1016.

BREAKING: @NASA to launch first Nuclear-Powered mission to Mars called Space Reactor-1 Freedom - First EVER mission with nuclear-electric propulsion to travel beyond Earth orbit - Launching NET December 2028 - Features a nuclear fission reactor to generate electricity - This electricity will power ion thrusters for propulsion - Repurposes Lunar Gateway's Power & Propulsion Element (PPE) as the bus - Carrying a payload of 3 Ingenuity-class Helicopters to Mars, called Skyfall 📷 @NASA

@CRT_femme @NASA @NASAAdmin Absurd, self-imposed problems. Humanity will continue to have problems on Earth whether we explore space or not

LIVE: @NASAAdmin and agency leaders are sharing updates on our implementation of the National Space Policy and our preparations to return to the surface of the Moon by 2028. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…