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Jun 2025
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Jared Isaacman: What went wrong at NASA ...

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About this episode

(0:00) David Friedberg welcomes Jared Isaacman

(1:10) Jared's background: billion-dollar founder, pilot, commercial astronaut

(7:15) Relationship with Elon Musk, road to becoming a commercial astronaut

(16:37) Becoming Trump's nominee to lead NASA, the major issues at NASA and his plan to fix things

(31:52) Breaking down NASA's proposed budget cuts, the space race against China, private vs public space industry

(48:31) The truth behind Jared's nomination being withdrawn by President Trump

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Referenced in the show:

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