We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy.
Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.
There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.
We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.
@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸
And splashdown!
America is back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon and bringing them home safely.
Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy did an outstanding job. These talented astronauts inspired the world and represented their space agencies and nations as humanity’s ambassadors to the stars.
This was a test mission, the first crewed flight of SLS and Orion, pushing farther into the unforgiving environment of space than ever before, and it carried real risk. They accepted that risk for all we stood to learn and for the exciting missions that follow, as we return to the lunar surface, build a Moon base, and prepare for what comes next.
And they were not alone. The entire NASA workforce, our commercial and international partners, and the hopes and dreams of people all over the world were with them. The astronauts know it, and you should too. This mission would not have been possible without you.
Congratulations. Artemis II, mission accomplished.
NASA is leading the greatest adventure in human history, and it has only just begun.
On Tuesday, we’ll share our plans for the future of NASA across many of our programs.
We’ll see you tomorrow morning for Ignition.
@zerohedge Anonymous Hormuz mines story from disgraced sources. Not impressed.
CNN Bertrand: anonymous Hunter Biden laptop letter (2020), early lab-leak dismissals, and 2025 Iran nuclear assessment
CBS LaPorta: previously fired from AP (2022) for erroneous anonymous-sourced news.
NASA's brave SpaceX Crew-11 coming home over San Mateo County, CA January 15, 2026 after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74.
Most beautiful flyover since The space shuttle Endeavour's reentry on May 29, 1996 (STS-77 mission)
@KrisPatel99 Control for bases and some minerals development is what I thought we wanted.
Did you hear we paid too much or some other reason it's not what we wanted?
We hurt NATO and Denmark's feelings?
The triggered Greenland response is a Roarsach test for TDS.
@chamath A "giant sucking sound" of capital and innovation in CA. Entrepreneurs and workers need livability affordability and growth not record taxation and regulation.
Lack of accountability will lead to collapse.
High earners are smart to leave before the seizures get dramatic.