“We will give priority to the sending of American astronauts to Mars. On the way, inevitably We will have the ability to return to the moon“, Said the candidate during an audience in the Senate prior to the ratification of Congress for the position.
With these statements, Isaacman distances himself from the objective of the previous administration of Joe Biden (2021-2025), whose goal was The human return to the moon for 2027and align with the interests of the magnate Elon Musk, head of Spacex, who aspires to take the human being to Mars.
“The Americans have been asking the moon to return on the way to get to Mars since 1989 and more than US $ 100 million have been spent without seeing the results planned, ”explained the nominee.
However, asked by Senator Ted Cruz, Isaacman said that “no doubt” would be possible to put Simultaneously on a mission to Mars and another to the moon.
Isaacman, 42, is the founder of Draken International, an American company that offers air services to the military industry and defense, and the SHIFT4 Payments payment processor, of which he is also the executive director. According to Forbes magazine, it has a heritage of US $ 1,300 million.