NASA’s moon base will be a reality and Americans will live there within 20 years, agency’s chief says

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 05, 2026 · 1194 words · By Lydia Moynihan

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NASA’s moon base will be a reality and Americans will live there within 20 years, agency’s chief says See more of our coverage in your search results.

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NASA’s moon base will be a reality and Americans will live there within 20 years, agency’s chief says See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Fifty-seven years after Americans first landed on the moon, NASA is going back — not to plant another flag, but to build a permanent lunar base as it pushes to make humans an interplanetary species.

Common ground

It is all part of a big push by the space agency’s Administrator, Jared Isaacman, 43, to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft, grow a real space economy and eventually put Americans on Mars.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Flag-Waving, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “It’s $4.5 billion a year that we are paying to rent our workforce.”

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Claim 2: “Administrator, Jared Isaacman, 43”

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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm Jared Isaacman's age as 43 (born February 11, 1983).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Taylor Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut who has served as the 15th administrator of NASA since December 2025. He is the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Isaacman

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Polaris Dawn was a private crewed spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman, the first of three planned missions in the Polaris program. Launched September 10, 2024, as the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Dawn

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Soyuz MS-29, identified by NASA as Soyuz 75S, is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 July 2026 to the International Space Station, where it dock…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-29

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Claim 3: “NASA is targeting the launch of its first nuclear-powered spaceship in 2028.”

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Claim 4: “When President Trump nominated him to run NASA a few months later, in early December 2024”

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Wikipedia confirms Jared Isaacman has served as the 15th administrator of NASA since December 2025, and web search results mention Trump's nomination of him via Truth Social.

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Claim 5: “He left high school at 16, founded what became the payment company Shift4 in his parents’ basement, and grew it into a multibillion-dollar public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.”

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Claim 6: “Roughly 75% of the agency’s workforce, more than 40,000 people, are contractors.”

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Claim 7: “After the inspiring success of the Artemis II mission this past spring, which marked the first return to the moon in over half a century”

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Wikipedia confirms Artemis II took place from April 1–11, 2026, and was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972 (over 50 years).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II (April 1–11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon. It is currently the only crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. It was the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Arte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aimed at returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As part of the Artemis program by NASA, crews of four astronauts are planned to fly lunar missions beginning in 2026. The Artemis II flyby of the Moon included the first four astronauts to fly beyond …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_astronauts

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Claim 8: “In September 2024, on the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission, he became the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm that in September 2024, during the Polaris Dawn mission, Jared Isaacman became the first private astronaut to conduct a spacewalk.

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Claim 9: “Fifty-seven years after Americans first landed on the moon, NASA is going back”

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The first moon landing was in 1969. A web search result explicitly states 'Nearly 57 years after the first moon landing, the U.S. begins the journey back,' confirming the timeline relative to current events.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 57 may refer to: 57 (number), the natural number following 56 and preceding 58 one of the years 57 BC, AD 57, 1957, 2057 "57" (song), a song by Biffy Clyro "Fifty Seven", a song by Karma to Burn fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway that exists in two segments. It runs through Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. I-57 parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sukhoi Su-57 (Russian: Сухой Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК ФА, prospecti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57

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Claim 10: “In 2021, he commanded Inspiration4, the first all-civilian orbital mission.”

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Wikipedia confirms that Polaris Dawn was operated by SpaceX on behalf of Jared Isaacman and that he commanded Inspiration4 (the first all-civilian orbital mission) in 2021.

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web search NEUTRAL — In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth in the ten pre- flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch, and lived 962 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared

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web search NEUTRAL — Jared Scott Fogle[2] (/ ˈfoʊɡəl /; born August 23, 1977) is an American child sex offender and former spokesman. He appeared in advertising campaigns for Subway from 2000 to 2015, until an FBI investi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Fogle

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web search NEUTRAL — Shop the perfect piece of jewelry for any occasion at Jared The Galleria of Jewelry. Shop our selection of necklaces, earrings, and more to find the perfect gift.
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Claim 11: “agency’s chief says... Americans will live there [moon base] within 20 years”

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Multiple web search results confirm that NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman stated that Americans will have a permanent lunar base and live there within 20 years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the highest-ranking official of NASA, the national space agency of the United States. The administrator is NASA's chief decisi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrator_of_NASA

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the second-highest-ranking official of NASA, the national space agency of the United States. Administrator of NASA is N…
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Claim 12: ““We’re polling at like 70% [for] America’s support to return to the moon, which is double that of during the Kennedy era,””

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While one web search result mentions Isaacman's claim about support being 'double that of during the Kennedy era,' there are no independent polls or second sources provided in the evidence to corroborate the specific 70% figure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest perso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (born September 8, 1972), referred to mononymously as Kennedy, is an American libertarian political commentator, radio personality, author, and former MTV VJ. She is a commenta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics, public service, entertainment, and business. In 1884, 35 years after the family's arrival from Cou…
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Claim 13: “In 2027, it will launch Artemis III, which will put commercial lunar landing systems in low orbit, and start sending robotic landers and rovers to the south pole on a near-monthly basis”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general NASA descriptions and does not contain specific details about Artemis III's 2027 launch date or the monthly robotic lander schedule.

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web search NEUTRAL — NASA was established on July 29, 1958, with the signing of the National Aeronautics and Space Act, and began operations on October 1, 1958. [4] As America's premier aeronautics agency, NACA formed the…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
https://www.nasa.gov/

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 6, 2026 · NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.
https://www.nasa.gov/?m=0

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Claim 14: “In 2028, NASA will endeavor to put astronauts back on the lunar surface with Artemis IV.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general NASA descriptions and does not contain specific details about Artemis IV's 2028 timeline for astronauts on the surface.

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 6, 2026 · NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.
https://www.nasa.gov/?m=0

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