FULL INTERVIEW: Jared Isaacman says if you don't want data centers in your backyard, put them in space. The physics isn't broken, the economics are hard, and hitting pause while rivals keep building isn't a strategy. Jared Isaacman is the Administrator of NASA. He joined Theo Jaffee and sof... 𓋹 on the new U.S. Space Academy, nuclear propulsion, and why he thinks losing the second space race would cost more than anyone expects: 00:42 the Space Academy the President just announced 01:58 why it's a four-year federal academy, not a trade school 02:52 attracting talent is easy, keeping it is the hard part 03:13 why NASA can never overlap with industry 03:53 why NASA has aura and the IRS doesn't 05:11 Elon refocusing on the moon, and why Mars is still the prize 06:34 fission, then fusion, then antimatter annihilation 07:50 what AI builders could learn from how NASA tells its story 09:09 if you don't want data centers in your backyard, put them in space 11:43 whether we should build a Dyson swarm 12:51 bring HD cameras this time, we're leaving no doubters behind 13:18 putting iPhones on Artemis II was one of his first executive orders 13:57 what the ISS is actually doing up there 15:05 the nuclear octocopter going to Titan 16:12 why NASA should exist at all when the private sector can do it 17:43 the space race nobody is talking aboutshow more

@rookisaacman @NASA best interview from yesterday!

@rookisaacman @NASA :DDD

@rookisaacman @NASA Space isn't a free heatsink. There's no air to dump heat into, so you radiate or you cook. A 300K panel sheds 459 W/m2, so 100MW of waste heat needs roughly 0.11 km2 of double-sided radiator. The ISS rejects about 70 kW in total. What's the radiator mass budget?

@rookisaacman @NASA his ears are so cute :3

@rookisaacman @NASA I know it’s early but if we let Jared cook he will go down as one of the NASA goats. Up there with von Braun, Webb, Gilruth, Kraft, Roman. To the moon!

@rookisaacman @NASA damn, you guys should have asked viewers to send in questions beforehand.

@rookisaacman @NASA The most interesting part isn't putting data centers in space. It's the mindset: Don't pause because the problem is hard. Build, test the physics, solve the economics, and keep moving. That's how technological advantages are created.

@rookisaacman @NASA Forget the Dyson swarm. NASA already has the Deep Space Network sitting on the sides of this man’s head.

@rookisaacman @NASA yes.

@rookisaacman @NASA Isaacman: put the data centers in space if the backyard says no. SpaceX compute already >$1.1B a month toward $100B ARR.

@rookisaacman @NASA Yep.

@rookisaacman @NASA Our way of life depends on it. Offensive agentic activity makes easy work of the terrestrial grid. All transactions, comms, and much of infrastructure is at risk until we can secure them in this new paradigm.

@rookisaacman @NASA Awesome interview, Jared is perfect as NASA administrator

@knowerofmarkets @rookisaacman @NASA Keep kicking ass Jared!

@rookisaacman @NASA What a conversation. Space data centers and nuclear propulsion, wow

@rookisaacman @NASA worked on the gov side/ffrdc and at spacex Absolutely continues to make sense having public and private work side by side. Both has strengths and shortcomings that are fundamental.

@rookisaacman @NASA Fascinating take space data centers and NASA's future is such a big conversation

@rookisaacman @NASA Absolutely.

@rookisaacman @NASA aura is a great word for something you can't put on a NASA balance sheet

@rookisaacman @NASA Fascinating vision connecting space exploration with future infrastructure

@rookisaacman @NASA The real truth about the space race, AI and the double slit experiment. No aliens, no internet slop. The real data we all have access too.

@rookisaacman @NASA Sounds reasonable, the future of data centers is in space