Trump’s NASA man has a new plan to take the U.S. to the moon

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman just announced a sweeping overhaul of America’s space strategy. Dubbed “Ignition,” it’s a tectonic shift in how the nation intends to conquer the moon. Isaacman, who took the agency’s helm in late 2025, laid out a hyper-accelerated road map to build a permanent lunar surface base before the end of President Donald J. Trump’s term. It is an aggressive departure from the agency’s previous trajectory, but looking at the unforgiving physics and glacial pace of...