Jared responds to Eric Berger:
I will just say we are leaning forward with transparency, sharing the blemishes and the successes, because for a program as costly and important to national security as Artemis, the public is entitled to the facts.
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) February 14, 2026
– The confidence test related to the seals we repaired and…
He remains hostage to the politics, until Starship has shown its mettle. Also…
Cannot see how Artemis is important to national security.
Gota beat China.
I’ve always considered the SRB’s as a means to test the solid rocket fuel needed for on-demand nuclear ICBMs. By now though, testing them every 3 years and when you can test the fuel other ways; I’m not sure that theory is viable.
It sure as hell isn’t ballistic targeting, because everyone has surpassed NASA on getting something to hit a square meter.
Otherwise, it is just keeping the minds that can do this occupied, but again, that’s now done better by entities outside NASA.
Every time he makes a statement, he tells us SLS is going bye bye.
I’m all for imposing term limits on the Senate Launch System…
heh
Unfortunately, it looks like SLS will stay in office until it has no more hardware