Jared Isaacman

So just returning humans to the moon, we said we got to get at a pace of launching a moon rocket with greater frequency than every three years.

So we need you to pull forward production, pull everything to the left, set up for another mission.

So Artemis 2 is going to launch in a week and go around the moon.

Artemis 3 is going to be very a la Apollo 9, launch in Earth orbit, rendezvous with one or two landers,

And then we'll set up for Artemis 4 and 5, which will be a landing on the moon in 2028.

So we've spoken to industry and told them, you have to start pulling things to the left.

We will, again, deploy resources to help you in that process.

We will also rebuild core competencies so we can turn our launch pad to meet launch cadence.

But then there's also building the moon base, which is lots of landings in phase one, which is our test and experimentation phase.

This is where robotics comes in.

Yes, so this is where we've sent a demand signal to industry today.

Again, not infrequent bespoke landers and rovers, lots of them, iterative approach.

Land lots of landers, lots of rovers, do experimentation, comms, navigation, mobility, power.

We'll learn in phase one, inform semi-habitability in phase two, ultimately get to phase three where we're looking to have that enduring presence on the moon.

This is the demand signal we're sending to industry.

Industry's responding.

Administrator, Bloomberg reported this month that there are two proposals on your desk, so to speak, one from Blue Origin and one from SpaceX, different mechanisms for future missions that relate to the moon.

In simple terms, in the proposal that Bloomberg reported, which related to SpaceX, Starship would be involved in some capacity with future missions.

going in low Earth orbit, combining with Orion and propelling the combined entity to the moon.

What are the status of those proposals and what can you say about them and why those two proposals came up in the first place?