Jared Isaacman

But we kind of lost that extreme focus on the mission we've been entrusted to do by the taxpayers.

Well, I'll tell you what, there is a new space race again.

The Chinese space program is very impressive.

They have stated publicly that they will land their techonauts on the moon before 2030.

We've said before the end of President Trump's term, that means success or failure is measured in months, not years.

Now we have to get back extreme focus on the actual mission itself.

And that's what we're doing.

That's why we're getting back into the business of launching these kind of rockets on a yearly cadence.

It used to be every three years.

We're pulling in production right now.

We're kind of...

rallying all of our resources around us to start moving with urgency once again.

But I think competition is a big part of it.

It's great motivator, you just don't wanna lose.

Well, there's no doubt there is a big difference between the missions that send astronauts to the International Space Station.

That's, again, 1.8 million pounds of thrust, about 17,500 miles an hour in orbital velocity, to going to 8.8 million pounds of thrust on a vehicle as complicated as SLS that has never

Artemis 2 crew are the first crew to ever fly this spacecraft before.

So this is very much a test mission.

And we are going to put so much energy in this vehicle that it can go nearly to Earth escape velocity, 25,000 miles an hour, out and around the moon in an incredibly harsh environment, right?

I mean, there is micrometeoroid orbital debris out there.