Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Jared Isaacman began his tenure as NASA Administrator less than three months ago and has been busily working ever since. His short tenure is highlighted by an agency-wide listening tour, new workforce directives, and significant changes to the Artemis Program architecture.
In the middle of the Flight Readiness Review for the Artemis 2 mission, Isaacman sat down with Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith to discuss these past few months and look ahead at what the businessman/commercial astronaut-turned-NASA Administrator is planning for the next few years and beyond.
Video produced and edited by: Will Robinson-Smith
Color correction and additional editing by: John Pisani
Video shot by: Adam Bernstein and John Pisani
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
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Jared Isaacman began his tenure as NASA Administrator less than three months ago and has been busily working ever since. His short tenure is highlighted by an agency-wide listening tour, new workforce directives, and significant changes to the Artemis Program architecture.
In the middle of the Flight Readiness Review for the Artemis 2 mission, Isaacman sat down with Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith to discuss these past few months and look ahead at what the businessman/commercial astronaut-turned-NASA Administrator is planning for the next few years and beyond.
Video produced and edited by: Will Robinson-Smith
Color correction and additional editing by: John Pisani
Video shot by: Adam Bernstein and John Pisani
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
This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:
youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
