Jared Isaacman

NASA is on the verge of launching four astronauts on a mission to circle the moon and return for the first time since the 1970s, with a launch opportunity coming in about a week.

Landing astronauts on the lunar surface is targeted for 2028.

Nell Greenfield-Boyce, NPR News.

The moon base will not appear overnight.

We will invest approximately $20 billion over the next seven years and build it through dozens of missions.

America will never again give up on the moon.

Those are the words of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman in a press conference this morning discussing new plans for the space agency.

The core of it is $20 billion of investment over seven years, the focus to build a moon base, but there is so much more to it than that.

And delighted to say that NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman joins us right now here at the Hill and Valley Forum, but on Bloomberg Tech.

You will not be surprised, administrator, that my first question's about money.

$20 billion, where does it come from?

And I guess, you know, your plans have evolved pretty rapidly since you took post.

What does this figure signify in how you're doing it differently?

Sure.

I mean, it's interesting.

A lot of people think NASA doesn't have the resources to execute on the mission.

I'm like, our appropriations this year is $25 billion.

$25 billion is an awful lot of money, not to mention we received a $10 billion plus up in the one big beautiful bill.

which is probably one of the most significant investments in human space exploration that we've seen in an extremely long time.

Bottom line is, we have the resources.