Some people are complaining about the lack of women. Jared explains:
Starting with some energy, and my inability to write brief updates, I am just extremely proud of the NASA crew, our industry, and our international partners. We are getting into a rhythm here at NASA. Earlier this year, setbacks put the Artemis II rocket back in the VAB for…
— NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) June 10, 2026
Active Astronaut Male-to-Female Ratios by Space Agency: NASA (USA): 21 men / 15 women (42% female); ESA (Europe): ~22 men / ~10 women (31% female); UAE (MBRSC): 3 men / 1 woman (25% female); JAXA (Japan): 5 men / 1 woman (17% female); China (CNSA): 19 men / 2 women (10% female); Roscosmos (Russia): 22 men / 1 woman (4% female).
https://share.google/aimode/W3GNp1xlv4NJT560e
FC is our Data(r)epublican*.
Full Disclosure: Data(r)epublican is also a woman. For whatever your definition of that word means…
You’re much too kind. I’m merely a nerd who used to daydream about living in the Library of Congress.
And now for a completely irrelevant & distracting AI photo from the above X thread. To help illustrate the current plans but apropos of nothing:
https://x.com/LunarCitizens/status/2064703931696009251/photo/1
Back in the day it would have been more likely to see disagreements about birth order.
Is it still acceptable to tell women you’ve come a long way baby?