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WASHINGTON \u2014 The outgoing administrator of NASA says he is \u201cbasically optimistic\u201d about the future of the agency under the person proposed by President-elect Donald Trump to be his successor despite the strong possibility of significant changes to Artemis.<\/p>

During a Dec. 5 briefing where agency leadership provided an update on plans for the Artemis 2 and 3 missions to the moon<\/a>, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he had spoken briefly with Jared Isaacman, who Trump announced the previous day he planned to nominate to lead the agency<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cI look forward to having a meeting with him, invited him to come,\u201d Nelson said of his conversation with Isaacman. That call took place the same day as Trump\u2019s announcement, which meant he did not discuss the changes in the Artemis schedule that agency leaders formally approved at a meeting Dec. 5.<\/p>

Nelson did not discuss the details of that conversation or what advice he might offer Isaacman in their later meeting. \u201cI would not presume to share that here,\u201d he said at the briefing. \u201cI think we are handing to the new administration a safe and reliable way forward for us, which is to go back the moon and get there before China.\u201d<\/p>

There is a widespread expectation, though, that the next administration will at least attempt to alter the current Artemis architecture, in particular its use of the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and lunar Gateway. Problems with the Orion heat shield on Artemis 1 contributed to significant delays in the first crewed mission, Artemis 2, with NASA announcing at the briefing the launch had slipped to April 2026.<\/p>

Isaacman, for example, endorsed in October<\/a> an op-ed by Michael Bloomberg that sharply criticized Artemis, including SLS and Orion. \u201cThese points are not new, and I agree with most of them,\u201d Isaacman wrote, blaming problems with Artemis on \u201cgetting the best product at the lowest price due to excessive consolidation among defense and aerospace players.\u201d<\/p>

Isaacman\u2019s close ties to Elon Musk \u2014 Isaacman paid for, and commanded, two SpaceX private astronaut Crew Dragon missions \u2014 have also prompted speculation that he will push for a new architecture that will give SpaceX a larger role in Artemis, potentially replacing SLS and Orion with Starship.<\/p>

Asked about that at the briefing, Nelson was skeptical of such a revision. \u201cAre they going to axe Artemis and insert the Starship? First of all, there is one human-rated spacecraft that is flying and has already flown beyond the moon, farther than any other human-rated spacecraft, and that\u2019s the SLS combined with Orion,\u201d he said.<\/p>

\u201cI expect that this is going to continue,\u201d he said of the current architecture. \u201cI don\u2019t see the concern that your question raises \u2014 although it\u2019s a legitimate question \u2014 that you\u2019re suddenly going to have Starship take over everything.\u201d<\/p>

Nelson, though, said he thought Musk\u2019s influence with the incoming Trump administration was beneficial. \u201cI am an optimist by nature,\u201d he said. \u201cIn this particular case, I think that the relationship between Elon Musk and the president-elect is going to be a benefit to making sure that the funding for NASA is there. I see that as a positive.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m basically optimistic about the future for NASA under the new administration,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>

Other perspectives<\/h4>

Isaacman\u2019s planned nomination to lead NASA has received praise by many in the space community.<\/p>

\u201cYou\u2019ve got an individual who has passion, which is, I think, a critical component,\u201d said Rich DalBello, the outgoing director of the Office of Space Commerce, during a panel discussion at the SpaceNews Icon Awards ceremony Dec. 6. He drew parallels to the first Trump administration\u2019s nomination of Jim Bridenstine to lead NASA, a selection that was initially controversial. Once on the job, Bridenstine won praise for his leadership of the agency.<\/p>

\u201cYou have someone who has passion, who has experience running an organization, and who is himself a pilot and an astronaut, and I think that\u2019s a great combination,\u201d said DalBello of Isaacman. He added that it would be useful to pair Isaacman with someone who is \u201ca little bit more of an institutional person\u201d to help the lead the agency.<\/p>

Tim Crain, senior vice president of Intuitive Machines, said at the panel that he expected the new administration to continue to push for commercialization at NASA and find the right balance between the agency and companies. \u201cI suspect that, with the new administration and with the background we hear about Isaacman, there’ll be a willingness to adjust the comps and see where to push the government down a little bit or have the government help a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>

During an earnings call in mid-November<\/a>, Steve Altemus, chief executive of Intuitive Machines, called for a \u201creformulation\u201d of Artemis to address \u201cbudgetary and schedule realities\u201d with the effort. \u201cWe believe that NASA must continue to partner with commercial industries to drive an affordable, incremental roadmap that enables steady, visible progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>

\u201cIsaacman hasn\u2019t come out and said, \u2018Here\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do for NASA,\u2019\u201d noted Eric Lasker, chief revenue officer of Varda Space Industries, which has flown one commercial reentry vehicle for pharmaceutical and other applications and is preparing to launch another. He saw Isaacman\u2019s background as founder of Shift4, a payment processing company, as a benefit to NASA.<\/p>

\u201cI think someone with a commercial background is exciting,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very large company, and he has seen the pains of growing a company and has worked very closely with NASA.\u201d<\/p>

That working with NASA included studies of a potential commercial servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, which the agency said in June it would not pursue for now<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ll just put the idea out there: the NASA administrator goes up and repairs Hubble himself,\u201d Lasker said. \u201cThat would be pretty awesome.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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