Comments on: Jared Isaacman confirmed as NASA administrator

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:17:30 +0000

” . . . and more importantly, our country is at stake.”

Ummm. I think the Country is taking care of itself in that regard, and many others, just as G– and the Founders intended.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:14:08 +0000

Charlie Camarda has a reaction to Jared’s confirmation that I think speaks for many of us here:

Congratulations Jared Isaacman.

Let’s hope you have the freedom to do what is necessary. NASA, and more importantly, our country is at stake.

https://x.com/CharlieCamarda/status/2001411607222513695

(Yes, he’s got the Orion heat shield in mind.)

By: Saville

Saville — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:27:56 +0000

Well let’s see what he can do against the ponderous pork-infested inertia bound system

By: Richard M

Richard M — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:57:22 +0000

“Before the holidays..I am surprised.”

Congress can really move when certain people in Congress really, really want it to move.

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:39:32 +0000

Before the holidays..I am surprised

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:47:05 +0000

Richard M,

Yep. Now the fun begins.

By: Richard M

Richard M — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:43:26 +0000

Looks like it was by the same 67-30 margin as cloture was.

Both of my Maryland senators voted “Nay,” of course. Some of that is ideology and TDS, but both have shown soreness over what’s happened at Goddard, so I’m sure that didn’t help.

Re; Artemis II’s heat shield situation:

It appears that Isaacman will at least review this situation. Whether he will have the courage to take the astronauts off that mission however remains unknown. He will certainly face fierce opposition from Trump and Congress if he does so.

Even granting Isaacman the benefit of the doubt — which I am inclined to do — this really is the question we’ll have to ask with every major decision he theoretically can make: Will he be allowed to do it? Congress is already making it abundantly clear that cancelling SLS or Orion (or Gateway) is off the table, and the White House, as usual, seems disinclined to fight ’em on it. And there will be, as you say, loads of pressure to proceed with the Artemis II flight as currently configured, from BOTH ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Still, I hope he tries to have it looked into, at least. Publishing that IRT report with as little redaction as possible would be a good start. I wager he could do that before they knew what was happening.

Best of luck, Jared. You’re gonna need it.