Proposal from the new NASA administrator

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Proposal from the new NASA administrator



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There is an important and notable point, Elon Musk who supported Trump and who is also a friend of Isaacman and is the owner of the largest space company in the world, defends the idea of ​​forgetting about the Moon and heading towards Mars, in the face of this panorama of changes Jared Isaacman told the Senate that he supports simultaneous missions to the Moon and Mars, Isaacman's idea is that we must maintain the space leadership of the United States in all fields on the Moon and Mars because of course there may be the risk that by focusing on one, which is just another project ambitious about Mars, let's forget about the Moon and the Chinese get there first.


He also spoke about the need to surpass China in space, citing the geopolitical risks and the strategic value of lunar resources, Jared Isaacman supported fixed-price contracts to adjust the issue of space program budgets, he also supported commercial associations and the expansion of NASA's scientific and economic role, without increasing the burden on taxpayers, obviously if you manage to clear the budgets what you do is get more research done and without having to ask for more money from taxpayers, it is also a way to improve efficiency of the money you are Driving.




There were questions about what could happen if China reached the Moon sooner, according to Jared Isaacman the consequences could be extraordinary and he added let's say that helium 3 is converted on the lunar surface, he put it as a hypothesis, let's say that helium 3 is converted into a new source of energy for fusion that could literally change the balance of power here on Earth, these are the words of Jared Isaacman, it seems that Isaacman's plan is to prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars which pleases Elon Musk, but according to Isaacman during the process while preparing trips to Mars and also by pure logic, it says that we would have the capacity to return to the Moon and determine the scientific, economic and national security benefits that come with maintaining a presence on the surface of the Moon, this is logical, while you are preparing the rocket, the ship or whatever to go to Mars, you can carry out missions to the moon that is closest.


One of the things that would have to be done was to test if the lander, the Starship, can land on Mars, but of course, if you have the moon and you manage to land the Starship on the moon, you have already won that, that is already quite easy, keep in mind that the moon is at most a week away from space navigation, because remembering to go to the Moon and Mars is not just a NASA thing. There are also more nations that are putting their money in, the European Space Agency and the Japanese Canadians who are putting in their equipment.



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Jared Isaacman also said that his objectives were strategic exploration, that American astronauts lead the highest orbit of space, that's what he refers to, but what he actually means is that they lead the missions to Mars and the Moon. He also aims to commercial expansion, he wants to create NASA to help create a prosperous space economy, whether in low Earth orbit, because there are a lot of activities right now, look at all the satellite constellations that are being created.


Also moving towards financial self-sufficiency by working with international partners and private industry, this point is very interesting, because if space activities can be self-financing, whether in the future with space mining or the manufacture of substances in microgravity or space tourism, why not? They will not need to depend on the resource of public money, they will themselves be the ones that will generate more needs for exploration, research and conquest of the Moon, for example, to know the mineral resources that are on the Moon or on Mars.


And finally, the third point is scientific growth, Jared Isaacman wants NASA to launch more telescopes, more probes, more explorers and develop technologies such as nuclear propulsion to unlock deep space travel.




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