The US must return astronauts to the Moon before China mounts its first crewed landing there, NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman predicted on Wednesday. He also vowed that the country will not endure another gap in its human-spaceflight capabilities as the International Space Station approaches retirement.

Isaacman appeared before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and unsurprisingly, voiced strong support for US President Donald Trump's budget reconciliation law, the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, even as the administration's separate budget proposal includes potentially painful cuts to the storied space agency.

Indeed, Isaacman's opening speech was chock-full of promises that NASA's budget will struggle to write checks for.

After praising the Ar

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