NASA chief: I'm only interested in "good deals" from international partners
Art of the deal NASA chief: I’m only interested in “good deals” from international partners “There was absolutely a time where we were trying to make everyone happy.” Stephen Clark – Sep 22, 2026 7:00 am | 35 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 15, 2025. Credit: Jud McCrehin/Air & Space Forces Association NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 15, 2025. Jared Isaacman, now in his 10th month at the helm of the world’s largest civilian space agency, told a gathering of military leaders and defense contractors last week near Washington, DC, that the 21st-century race to the Moon is more than a battle of ideologies.
- ▪Art of the deal NASA chief: I’m only interested in “good deals” from international partners “There was absolutely a time where we were trying to make everyone happy.” Stephen Clark – Sep 22, 2026 7:00 am | 35 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacm
- ▪Credit: Jud McCrehin/Air & Space Forces Association NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 15, 2025.
- ▪Jared Isaacman, now in his 10th month at the helm of the world’s largest civilian space agency, told a gathering of military leaders and defense contractors last week near Washington, DC, that the 21st-century race to the Moon is more than
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Art of the deal NASA chief: I’m only interested in “good deals” from international partners “There was absolutely a time where we were trying to make everyone happy.” Stephen Clark – Sep 22, 2026 7:00 am | 35 NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 15, 2025. Credit: Jud McCrehin/Air & Space Forces Association NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference on September 15, 2025. Credit: Jud McCrehin/Air & Space Forces Association Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav NASA must be more selective in the way it forges international partnerships as the race to the Moon transforms from a battle for national…
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