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| Video | https://youtu.be/nV_lyWrkBs8 |
| Title | Jared Isaacman: NASA's Moon Base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, and 15 Years to Mars · EP #274 |
| Runtime | 1:27:17 · 171,771 views |
| Guest | Jared Isaacman — 15th NASA Administrator |
| Transcript | …/transcript.txt — 17,780 words, pulled from YouTube captions 2026-09-12 |
Why this one was pulled out of order
It is the demand episode: it tells you what demand is being created. Every NASA call the show now tracks is downstream of the man being interviewed here.
The spine
He does not think the lunar economy is the demand. He thinks orbital data centres are — a fourth commercial leg beside launch, observation and communications, whose economics "close" and which then pay for the Moon. Full chain and quotes on Jared Isaacman.
Chapters
00:00 the future of NASA · 06:23 NASA and AI · 12:55 humanoid robots on the Moon and Mars ·
15:29 orbital data centres and the space economy · 20:03 rebuilding NASA for speed and focus ·
28:25 the plan to land and build a base · 38:31 the race with China · 45:18 nuclear propulsion and
Mars · 50:58 asteroid mining, and NASA prizes · 01:00:41 cooperation and the rules of space ·
01:08:41 life beyond Earth and UAPs
Entities cited
Jared Isaacman · Peter Diamandis · Dave Blundin · Salim Ismail · Alexander Wissner-Gross
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