Jared Isaacman

We are going to get back into the habit of launching moon rockets in months, not years.

This was a promise that was made and a promise we need to keep.

When we return to the moon, America will not look down on the prime lunar real estate while our rivals occupy it.

NASA astronauts will be on the surface, building President Trump's moon base, and we will realize the scientific, economic, and national security potential surface operations provide.

A lot of people, when I came to this job, was like, industry's not going to let you do what you want to do, and the politicians aren't going to let you do what you want to do.

But you know what?

They all understand the difference between America winning and losing on the moon, staying for 35 years and putting $100 billion in, and then coming up short, and that doesn't have national security implications.

You're completely mistaken.

It's great to be here with so many entrepreneurs, operators, investors, and policymakers who are helping us build the next golden age of space exploration.

I love being around the people who not only look up and imagine what is possible, but possess the experiences and the will to bring ideas into reality.

There is no organization, I can tell you, that appreciates that kind of determination more than NASA.

On that note, in the weeks ahead, America will send the brave Artemis II astronauts potentially farther into space than any humans have ever traveled in generations flying around the moon on a 10-day mission to test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft before returning home to Earth.

Now, President Donald Trump took the decisive steps of establishing the Artemis program during his first term.

He recently, in fact, was the day that I was sworn into this position, reaffirmed America's commitment to space superiority, giving NASA a clear mandate and a focus to return to the moon, build the base, so this time we return to stay.

Thanks to historic investments secured in the Working Families Tax Credit Act, NASA has received nearly $10 billion in support of that national imperative.

The bipartisan commitment signed into law by the president gives us the resources to move forward with purpose and urgency, knowing American leadership in the high ground of space is on the line.

So we have the presidential mandate.

We have the resources.

We certainly have the historic experience.

We have plenty of hardware.