Note To The NASA Workforce From Administrator Jared Isaacman

Keith’s note: this was distributed internally at NASA. “As a pilot, astronaut, and lifelong space enthusiast, I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to serve as your 15th NASA Administrator. I’m humbled by the chance to work alongside you – the greatest scientific and engineering minds this nation has to offer.” More below

We’re the most respected and accomplished space agency in the world, with a multitude of historic, daring accomplishments. Under President Trump’s leadership, we will turn the page and start a bold new chapter at NASA with a relentless focus on our mission:

• America will lead in the ever-expanding high ground of space, and we will never come in second place. We will accelerate existing plans to the greatest extent possible, return American astronauts to the Moon, and establish an enduring presence on the lunar surface.
• We will ignite a thriving space economy to build a future that necessitates multiple space stations, a lunar base, and establish deep space capabilities to deliver on President Trump’s vision of American astronauts planting the Stars and Stripes on Mars.
• NASA will become a force multiplier for science through building new partnerships with industry and academic institutions to increase the rate of world-changing discoveries.

There will be challenges. We face a great competitor determined to outpace our ambitions, and not always through the lens of peaceful exploration. To succeed, we must concentrate all of our talent and resources on achieving the near-impossible – what no one else is capable of accomplishing. We will embrace a culture of ownership, urgency, and smart risk-taking, because some risks, like reaching the worlds beyond our own, are worth taking.

We will liberate our brightest minds from needless bureaucracy and empower them to move fast and shock the world through discovery.

NASA was never meant to be the caretaker of history … but to make history.

I look forward to discussing this with all of you tomorrow at an agencywide town hall. More information on timing will be coming soon.

Thank you, and let’s get to work!

Boldly Forward,

Jared Isaacman
NASA Administrator