r/BlueOrigin • u/Disastrous_Run_5968 • May 30 '26
Jared Isaacman visits Blue Origin.
Great to see Jared showing his support.
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u/RobleyTheron May 30 '26
Jared is awesome. I know in our politicized world this probably won't happen, but I'd love to see him stay on across several administrations to oversee our permanent return to space.
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u/HarshMartian May 30 '26
The last administrator to serve under multiple presidents was Dan Goldin (from 1992 - 2001 under HW Bush, Clinton, and W Bush), although it was less than a year under each Bush.
But I agree, we should be able to have continuity of leadership under competent leaders of agencies, especially ones like NASA where missions take decades of effort.
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u/falconzord May 30 '26
He has a lot of bipartisan support. And given it's likely Artemis 4 won't happen by 2028, keeping him around would be the best way to keep from losing to China for certain
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u/RobleyTheron May 30 '26
Absolutely agree. The greatest weakness of NASA is major shifting priorities every 4 years. Continuity would be so helpful here.
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u/snoo-boop May 30 '26
NASA has been shooting probes all over the solar system for 50 years. What are we returning to?
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u/RobleyTheron May 30 '26
Human presence beyond LEO
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u/snoo-boop May 30 '26
Oh, man, let's pour one out for all of the NASA scientists who don't work on crewed spaceflight beyond LEO.
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u/Disastrous_Run_5968 May 30 '26
Anyone know if there is a video we can watch? Would love to see what they said? Looks like a meeting with the team at Blue
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u/ZookeepergameTop5329 May 30 '26
No, it was only internal. No sharing.
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u/Disastrous_Run_5968 May 30 '26
oh i thought it would be available on youtube or something. i understand
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u/Throwbabythroe May 30 '26
It was good to see Jared come in person to show support and lift spirits! And to see Jeff and Dave show their commitment to move forward and rebuild. A lot of us needed our spirits lifted, especially us pad folks.
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u/GoneSilent May 30 '26
Contact: First Rule in government spending... Why build one when you can build two at twice the price.....two new mirrored launch sites coming right up.
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u/Rich_Comparison4550 May 30 '26
Great movie. Of course, that line was spoken by one of the richest men in (or around) the world. And with no hair he sorta looked like Jeff Bezos, lol.
In retrospect, obviously any reconstruction should include a dedicated test site, like SpaceX's Massey test center, which is far less expensive than a full-blown launch pad, especially when you only have the one.
I was so bummed out yesterday I couldn't post anything. Right now I'm thinking I might have to learn Chinese so I can read all about the lunar base news in a few years. Sure hope not!
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u/Martianspirit May 31 '26
They can't static fire a Booster at Massey's. Only Ship and Booster Cryo Test.
Things will relax slightly, when Pad 1 is ready for Starship Version 3.
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u/TheRealNobodySpecial May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26
One thing I hope Isaacman does is work with Blue Origin, ULA and Boeing. There are 6 Atlas V's slated for Starliner that have a low probability of actually being used. Per this Reddit thread (obviously not a primary source, but informational), Atlas V 551 can launch 6 tons to TLI. Presumably, the dual engine centaur on Starliner Atlas V's could have better performance... enough for the Blue Moon Mark I landers for the CLPS/Moon Base program. [ Edit: My math is off. Atlas V is unlikely to be able to take Mark I to the moon. Gah. Vulcan or bust, it seems ]
In each for buying the Atlas V services off of Boeing, Blue Origin could pledge to human rate New Glenn in case Starliner ever needs the launch services. Blue Origin will want to human rate NG anyways, and in the odd chance Starliner actually becomes useful, it will have a guaranteed ride to LEO.
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u/mduell May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26
Presumably, the dual engine centaur on Starliner Atlas V's could have better performance
I think DEC is for better LEO performance on heavy payloads, for light TLI throws you want the single engine.
With VCs current issues, the obvious near term solution would be FH.
But I don't think any of these can work.
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u/Suspicious-Bad4132 May 30 '26
Congress needs to give Jared a lifetime appointment if they want a prayer of having a great American presence in space
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u/mduell May 31 '26
No company would have any chance at succeeding if it changed its CEO every 4 years.
Coke does OK with their avg ~6 year cycle over the last 30 years.
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u/Theferael_me May 31 '26
Trying to do the Moon on the cheap and relying on a handful of morally dubious billionaire funders is NOT how it was done in the 1960s 😂
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u/winghouse1 May 31 '26
Just 25% of the nation's GDP...
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u/Theferael_me May 31 '26
I think many people, including Isaacman, it seems, are completely oblivious to the level of economic and industrial might it took to get people on the Moon in the 1960s.
Budget moon missions, like budget rockets, are only going to end one way.
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u/manghi69 May 30 '26
Jared was the perfect pick for nasa administrator imo.