US EditionBillionaire Spacewalker Is Back Before the Senate Seeking NASA's Top Job
Jared Isaacman faces scrutiny over his Project Athena plan and ties to SpaceX as senators consider his vision to maintain U.S. leadership in space amid rising competition with China.
- On December 3, 2025 the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing examining Jared Isaacman's bid to lead NASA, starting at 10 a.m. ET and livestreamed on the committee website and YouTube.
- President Donald Trump pulled Isaacman's nomination on May 31 over donations and Musk ties, then renominated him last month after Vance and Wiles helped resolve disputes.
- A leaked 62-page Project Athena Strategic Plan, labeled May 2025, proposes nuclear electric propulsion, a Mars exploration program, and reforms affecting NASA centers and science initiatives.
- Jared Isaacman urged senators to act swiftly, warning that falling behind China in the moon race 'could shift the balance of power here on Earth,' while Sen. Ted Cruz backed Isaacman and expects confirmation by year-end.
- NASA is targeting Artemis II early next year and Artemis III aims to return humans to the moon, while Alabama's Marshall Space Flight Center relies on $4.1 billion from One Big Beautiful Bill for SLS support.
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Isaacman Vows Urgency in NASA Race During Second Senate Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON D.C (VINnews) — Billionaire entrepreneur and space traveler Jared Isaacman delivered a forceful pitch for American dominance in space exploration during his second U.S. Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, warning that delays could cede the “high ground” to rivals like China and shift global power dynamics. Testifying before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and […]
Key Takeaways From Isaacman’s 2nd Nomination Hearing for NASA Chief
Jared Isaacman on Dec. 3 resumed his bid to become NASA’s next administrator, stating he would lead with urgency as the agency returns humans to the Moon before communist China and retains supremacy in low Earth orbit. “I know it’s not lost on anyone in this room that we are in a great competition with a rival that has the will and the means to challenge American exceptionalism across multiple domains, including in the high ground of space,” Isa…
Milliard Jared Isaacman, a close friend of Elon Musk, appointed by President Donald Trump to take NASA's lead, reaffirmed Wednesday in an audition in the United States Senate that he wants U.S. astronauts to come back...
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Trump NASA nominee aims to beat China in new Moon race
Jared Isaacman, US President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the Moon, during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.
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