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Billionaire NASA chief who’s been to space twice says critics of billionaire space travel are ‘outright wrong.’

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman dismisses UN criticism of billionaire space ventures, defending continued commercial space investment by Musk, Bezos, and Branson as creating infrastructure benefits comparable to cellular networks.

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NASA administrator Jared Isaacman defends billionaire space ventures by Musk, Bezos, and Branson, dismissing critics including UN Secretary General Guterres. Isaacman argues space investment shouldn't pause due to earthly problems, drawing parallels to cellular infrastructure's societal benefits.

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Artemis II’s astronauts are on their way home—a six-figure salary but no overtime or hazard pay awaits them back on Earth

Google, SpaceX, and OpenAI are racing to monetize orbital infrastructure—testing space data centers by 2027, plotting lunar cities, and creating space-based careers for the next generation.