Billionaire NASA chief who’s been to space twice says critics of billionaire space travel are ‘outright wrong’
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Key Points:
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, a billionaire who has traveled to space twice, defended billionaire space travel against critics, calling their objections “outright wrong” and “ill-informed.”
- Isaacman praised fellow billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson for investing their resources into advancing space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.
- He argued that pausing the space race due to earthly problems would halt progress, comparing it to early opposition to cell phone towers that ultimately connected and improved the world.
- Isaacman has personally participated in significant space missions, including leading the all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and conducting the first civilian spacewalk during SpaceX’s Polaris mission.
- The commercial space industry, driven by companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic, is rapidly growing, with billionaires playing a key role in technological advancements that could benefit humanity both in space and on Earth.
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