Billionaire and SpaceX tourist Jared Isaacman has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to administer NASA. He recently announced that he wanted to send soldiers into space. Explanations.
“The presence of troops in space is absolutely inevitable. If the Americans are in low Earth orbit, people will have to watch them”he explained to The Independent. “This is the trajectory that humanity will follow. America will take the lead in this process and we will need guardians on hand to watch over us. »
Jared Isaacman also said it hopes to turn the space into an economic opportunity. “Space holds unprecedented potential for breakthroughs in manufacturing, biotechnology, mining and perhaps even new sources of energy. There will inevitably be a thriving space economy, providing countless people with the opportunity to live and work in space. »
The billionaire did not give further details on his plan to send troops into space, and even less on the cost that this will represent. However, he raised the possibility of sending soldiers into space at a time when NASA hopes to settle on the surface of the Moon.
To go further, know that recent experiments have revealed the worrying effects of space on the brains of astronauts.
