Jared Isaacman

They're heading out into deep space.

They're going to go around the moon farther away from Earth than any humans have ever gone before, about 250,000 miles away.

Doing great, Glenn.

How are you?

Yeah, well, I have to tell you, being strapped into the rocket, being on top of it, is a lot less stressful than being on Earth and being responsible for it.

You know, those astronauts embarking on Artemis II for sure are undertaking the opening act in America's great return to the moon, but they also really represent, you know, kind of the spearhead of America's space program right now.

So there is an awful lot on this mission, and I understand that ascent, which is what you witnessed yesterday,

It's just one part of the story, right?

It was a very clean launch.

There's no doubt about it.

But we have nine more days to go until they splash down off the West Coast of the United States.

Oh, for sure, Glenn.

Thanks for the question.

Honestly, we could be talking about this all afternoon.

We don't hit the pause button on progress here in this country.

We continue to move forward.

Are the arguments good that we have a lot of other problems and hardships we should be dealing with?

Sure, absolutely.

You know what NASA's budget is?

It's a quarter percent of the discretionary budget.