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Bloomberg Interviewer (0:38)
America will never again give up on the moon. Those are the words of NASA Administrator Jared Isaac, MAN in a press conference this morning discussing new plans for the space agency. The core of it is $20 billion of investment over seven years. The focus to build a moon base. But there is so much more to it than that. And delighted to say that NASA administrator Jared Eisenman joins us right now here at the Hill and Valley Forum. But on Bloomberg Tech, you will not be surprised, Administrator, that my first question is about money. $20 billion, where does it come from? And I guess, you know, your plans have evolved pretty rapidly since you took post. What does this, this figure signify and how you're doing it differently?
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (1:25)
Sure. I mean, it's interesting. A lot of people think NASA doesn't have the resources to execute on the mission. I'm like, our appropriations this year is $25 billion, $25 billion, an awful lot mention. We received a $10 billion plus up in the one big beautiful bill, which is probably one of the most significant investments in human space exploration that we've seen in an extremely long time. Bottom line is we have the resources. Are we concentrating them in the right direction? Are we doing a lot of little things and getting nowhere? Right. So we talked today, hey, we're going to hit pause on the, on the gateway, which is, was a space station designed to orbit above the moon. You don't want to orbit above the moon. We want to be on the moon. We want to build a base. We want to interact with the regolith. We want to do in situ resource manufacturing. We want to test out mobility on the surface, do power communications. We want to build President Trump's moon base that he called for in the national space policy. We have the resources to do this. We have a lot of resources at NASA. We just need to move them in the needle, moving direction.
Bloomberg Interviewer (2:23)
It's 20 billion over seven years, but all told, over the decade, 30 billion. Is this something that you've been able to meet with Congress about and appropriate the funds through that mechanism or it's just in the budget. It's planned based on the annual appropriation that you outline.