Jared Isaacman

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.

NASA will achieve the lunar objectives and do the other things.

We will invest in nuclear power and propulsion in space so we can undertake the next giant leap to Mars.

We will ignite the orbital economy and launch more missions of science and discovery.

We never pursue these grand endeavors alone.

We have international partners.

We have commercial industry, like many of those in this room, but we also require the scientific, the software development, the engineering, technical, and operational talent

to execute on the mission.

So I'm pleased to announce, with the immense support of OPM Director Scott Cooper, we are launching NASA Force to rebuild NASA's core competencies.

These term-based appointments from industry partners will provide mentorship and training and help season and rebuild the core competencies within the NASA workforce.

Similarly, these programs offer exchange opportunities for NASA talent to rotate through industry.

At NASA, we have no excuses.

We have the policy, the resources, the will, the support of the most technologically forward-leaning industry, and we have the winning playbook that achieved the near impossible on July 20th, 1969.

It starts with having a very focused plan,

concentrating resources, again, on the most challenging objectives, staying organized, assembling the best and brightest from around the nation, instilling a culture in them that requires immense competence, extreme ownership and urgency, partnering with industry, taking meaningful steps towards a larger goal, constantly listening to data and learning, and never accepting defeat.

This is how NASA once changed the world, and this is how we're going to do it again.

Thank you.

Now, please welcome to the stage, Morgan Brenham.

Yeah, I mean, people ask me, what was your biggest surprise since taking the job?