Isaacman: Mars soil samples would reveal direct evidence of past microbial life
Jared Isaacman · NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and The Race to The Moon | Jared Isaacman on The a16z Show · May 6, 2026 · at 26:26
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discusses the scientific case for Mars sample return missions on The a16z Show.
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“I would say that if we went and brought the samples back from Mars which is a program that people have been asking about for a while, was canceled in the last administration because it was super expensive I think the odds are extremely good you'd have direct evidence of once microbial life.”
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