{"id":535575,"date":"2026-07-06T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535575\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T10:41:08","slug":"jared-isaacman-calls-the-moon-a-proving-ground-for-technology-says-china-plans-lunar-landing-by-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/535575\/","title":{"rendered":"Jared Isaacman Calls the Moon a &#8216;Proving Ground&#8217; for Technology, Says China Plans Lunar Landing by 2029 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, on Sunday, termed the Moon the ideal site for testing humanity\u2019s deep space goals as the agency gears itself up for the next phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/space\/26\/06\/53109518\/nasa-names-artemis-iii-crew-as-spacex-and-blue-origin-prepare-for-critical-moon-mission-tests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Artemis program to the Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Proving Ground<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">In an interview with Face the Nation, Isaacman said that humanity was \u201clucky\u201d to be \u201cgifted a moon that\u2019s four and a half days\u201d that could be used as a \u201cproving ground\u201d for humanity. \u201cThere will be a lunar economy someday,\u201d Isaacman said, adding that there would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/commodities\/26\/06\/53189905\/can-spacex-help-save-earth-from-the-critical-mineral-crunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">mines on asteroids<\/a> in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Isaacman also said that the U.S. faces stiff competition from China in the space race. \u201cWe are very much in a space race right now and the Chinese are moving at incredible speeds,\u201d Isaacman said. He added that China was capable of doing what Soviet Russia could not do during the Cold War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cThe Chinese will land their Taikonauts on the moon. There\u2019s no question. The question is, will the United States return before them, and will we do so in a different way this time?\u201d the NASA Administrator said. China is targeting a 2029 moon landing, compared to NASA\u2019s 2028 Artemis IV mission, Isaacman said.<\/p>\n<p>Lunar Base Goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">He also touted astronauts having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/space\/26\/05\/52801407\/gm-scales-back-ev-ambitions-on-earth-lands-spot-on-nasas-moon-rover-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a lunar terrain vehicle<\/a> on the moon in 2028. Isaacman also said that NASA was providing \u201csubject matter experts\u201d as well as helping Blue Origin in other ways to help the company. He also hailed the healthy space launch market in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">\u201cI would say early 2030s, the moon is going to be like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/space\/26\/02\/50289257\/exclusive-nasa-medical-expert-weighs-in-on-medical-emergencies-short-and-long-term-effects-of-staying-in-orbit-on-astronauts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">International Space Station<\/a>,\u201d the NASA Administrator said, adding that crews would spend \u201cpretty extended periods of time [on the moon] as we learn in that environment and prepare for Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Artemis III Mission, Elon Musk\u2019s Moon City Plans<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Meanwhile, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has targeted establishing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/02\/50471055\/elon-musk-says-spacex-prioritizing-self-growing-moon-city-over-mars-cites-faster-timelines-mission-remains-the-same\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">self-growing city on the Moon<\/a>. He has said that the goal could be achieved in less than 10 years on the Moon compared to Mars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Check out more of Benzinga\u2019s Future Of Mobility coverage by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/mobility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> following this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo courtesy: Pandora Pictures \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, on Sunday, termed the Moon the ideal site for testing humanity\u2019s deep space goals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[61,60,82,247],"class_list":["post-535575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}