Jared Isaacman
Administrator, NASA. On 3 shows, 3 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Isaacman is the founder of payment processor Shift4 Payments and defense aviation contractor Draken International. He commanded SpaceX's private Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn spaceflight missions, performing the first commercial spacewalk before becoming Administrator of NASA.
3shows
3appearances
67statements
24resolved
18supported
2contradicted
75%fully supported
12said about them ↓ Everything Jared Isaacman said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Isaacman: NASA astronauts will build President Trump's moon base
“When we return to the moon, America will not look down on the prime lunar real estate while our rivals occupy it. NASA astronauts will be on the surface, building President Trump's moon base, and we will realize the scientific, economic, and national security …”
Isaacman: China's moon schedule is potentially within a year of NASA's
“Regardless if we had a rival that is, again, within potentially a year of our schedule on this, it is still, the changes we announced last week is still in the correct direction.”
Isaacman: NASA will return to Moon before end of Trump's term
“NASA has stated we will achieve the national imperative to return, ah, to the moon and establish an enduring presence before the end of President Trump's term.”
Isaacman: NASA will return to Moon before Trump's term ends in 2028
“We're going to return to the moon before end of President Trump's term. We're going to build a moon base so we can stay.”
Isaacman: NASA leadership failures, not Boeing, caused Starliner issues
“I didn't blame Boeing. I blamed leadership failures and poor decision-making at NASA to make sure our culture is going the right direction.”
Isaacman: NASA will launch every 10 months, scrapping Artemis III plan
“We are going to get in a cadence of launching every 10 months. We are going to add a new mission. You know, Artemis III is supposed to land on the moon in, in, in, in, in twenty-twenty-eight. Not doing that anymore. We're going to launch Artemis III in twenty-…”
Isaacman: NASA's SLS rocket costs $4.5B per launch and faces an expiration date
“This rocket built on 60 year old technology that's four and a half billion dollars of launch has an expiration date.”
Isaacman: Mining Mars propellant for SpaceX's Starship return requires 'a hundred consecutive miracles'
“Even when a Starship gets to Mars, you're betting on, like, you know, a hundred consecutive miracles happening to top, to mine propellant there and bring it back.”
Isaacman agrees his NASA nomination withdrawal was likely aimed at Elon Musk
“I mean, you know, people can draw their own conclusions, but I think the direction that people are going is or thinking on this seems, seems to check out to me.”
Isaacman: NASA will launch moon rockets every few months, not years
“We are gonna get back into the habit of launching moon rockets in months, not years.”
Isaacman: NASA targeting new SLS mission in 2027 and lunar landings in 2028
“We are standardizing the SLS rocket, increasing launch cadence from years to months. We're inserting a new mission in 20, 27 to buy down risk and increase confidence for lunar landing attempts in 20, 28.”
Isaacman: NASA loses $1.4B annually to staffing contractor markups
“About 1.4 billion a year is lost in science and discovery. Because someone, 30 years ago or so, said there's these artificial hiring ceilings on civil servants, so 75% of the workforce became contractors.”
Isaacman: NASA Should Assume Liability for Launching Space Nuclear Propulsion
“NASA can do the What probably others wouldn't want to take on the liability of launching a nuclear reactor with power and propulsion so we can get to Mars someday and actually bring our astronauts back home.”
Isaacman: NASA to embed engineers at contractors and demand monthly CEO briefings
“We are going to embed responsible engineers in every one of the prime contractors, every one of the subcontractors that has components on the critical path. CEOs of these companies are going to brief me every 30 days on how they're going to meet our timelines”
Isaacman: NASA will maintain SLS rocket through at least Artemis V or VI
“We've got Artemis through at least, or SLS through at least Artemis five or six. We're gonna make the most of it, and then we will continue to evolve our, ah, our architecture until we are watching, ah, NASA astronauts going to and from the moon measured in mo…”
Isaacman: US Will Deploy Nuclear Power in Space Before Term Ends
“I promised him America will get underway in space on nuclear power before the end of his term.”
Isaacman: Astronauts Will Land on Mars Within Our Lifetime
“And, look, I think, like, we're gonna see astronauts on Mars in our lifetime.”
Isaacman: NASA spent $200M last year on a canceled program
“We spent two hundred million dollars last year on a canceled program.”
Isaacman: NASA's $25B annual budget is fully sufficient
“Is twenty-five billion dollars a year plus the plus-up that came from one big beautiful bill enough to get the job done? Yeah, sure as hell is.”
Isaacman: Mars soil samples would reveal direct evidence of past microbial life
“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 e…”
Isaacman: Humans will visit Mars before point-to-point Earth rocket travel succeeds
“I would almost guarantee you we will get humans to Mars. And back before, like, point-to-point rocket travel is a big thing here on Earth.”
Isaacman: Sending humans to Mars will be possible within years
“Within, within years, we'll be able to send humans to Mars. It's bringing them back.”
Isaacman: Nuclear startups prioritizing space over terrestrial demand commit malpractice
“If I was on the board of any nuclear power startup right now, I'd be like, this is malpractice for you to put even a minute of time in space when we've got unlimited terrestrial demand.”
The other half of the tape: Jared Isaacman's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 11 times in 7 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →
Who brings them up most Woody Hoburg 5Joe Lonsdale 2Chamath Palihapitiya 2Jason Calacanis 1Elon Musk 1
Statements about Jared Isaacman, by other people (1)
Musk: Polaris Dawn will mark the first commercial spacewalk
“For the Polaris Dawn mission, which is a private mission, so funded by Jared Jared Isaacman, and he's awesome guy, and there, this will be the first time the first private, the first, first commercial spacewalk and it'll be at the highest altitude since Apollo…”
Every mention by year
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All-In 9
American Optimist 2
2026 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2025 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2024 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Jared's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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| ALL-INLEDGER | Administrator, NASA | 1 | 27 | 82% 9/11 | full record on All-In → |
 a16zLEDGER | Administrator, NASA | 1 | 23 | 86% 6/7 | full record on the a16z Podcast → |
| AMERICAN OPTIMISTLEDGER | Administrator, NASA | 1 | 17 | 50% 3/6 | full record on American Optimist → |