{"id":254033,"date":"2025-12-27T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/254033\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T12:50:16","slug":"us-will-return-to-moon-within-trumps-second-tenure-nasa-chief-jared-isaacman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/254033\/","title":{"rendered":"US will return to moon within Trump&#8217;s second tenure: NASA chief Jared Isaacman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/641759_8882811_updates.jpg\" alt=\"US will return to moon within Trump\u2019s second tenure NASA chief Jared Isaacman\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>US will return to moon within Trump\u2019s second tenure NASA chief Jared Isaacman<\/p>\n<p>Newly appointed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman claimed that the U.S. will return to the Moon during President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing second tenure. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on CNBC\u2019s \u201cClosing Bell Overtime,\u201d Isaacman outlined the space agency&#8217;s commitment, in harmony with that of Trump, to lunar exploration, which is considered crucial for unlocking the \u201corbital economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new NASA chief&#8217;s remarks came shortly after his confirmation by the Senate, following a complex nomination process that began in December 2024. <\/p>\n<p>Initially nominated by Trump, Isaacman\u2019s appointment was briefly derailed due to unspecified concerns related to his ties with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. However, he was nominated again last month.<\/p>\n<p>Isaacman highlighted the potential for lunar opportunities, including establishing space data centres and infrastructure, as well as mining Helium-3, a rare gas on the moon&#8217;s surface that could serve as fuel for fusion power. <\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned plans for building a \u201cmoon base\u201d and investing in nuclear power and space nuclear propulsion to expedite NASA&#8217;s exploration efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The world-class US aerospace giant is also collaborating with contractors like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Boeing for its Artemis programme, which aims to prepare for future Mars missions. <\/p>\n<p>The Artemis II mission, featuring crewed test flights, is expected to take off soon, followed by the Artemis III mission, for which SpaceX is developing the lunar landing system.<\/p>\n<p>Advancements in heavy-lift launch vehicles and on-orbit cryogenic propellant transfer will make lunar missions more affordable and frequent, paving the way for future explorations to Mars and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US will return to moon within Trump\u2019s second tenure NASA chief Jared Isaacman Newly appointed NASA Administrator Jared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[18,19,17,133,451],"class_list":{"0":"post-254033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115791621994210388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}