Chance of alien life ‘goes to heart’ of space missions, Nasa chief says

Jared Isaacman says odds of evidence we are not alone are ‘pretty high’ four days after Artemis II rocket lifted off Nasa’s Orion spaceship four days into Artemis II mission: in pictures The top official at Nasa says that the chance of alien existence is a factor in how the US space agency plans its missions. Speaking on Sunday, the Nasa administrator, Jared Isaacman, told CNN’s Meet the Press that investigating the existence of alien life “goes to the heart of many things that we do at Nasa”, adding: “Our job here is to go out and try and unlock the secrets of the universe.” One of the questions, he said, was “are we alone? So I would say that is inherent in every one of our scientific endeavors, our exploration endeavors.” Issacman pointed to a potential moon base on the south pole of the moon that would incorporate telescopes “that will help us continue this great search”. But the official qualified his comments, offering that he had been to space twice and “didn’t encounter any aliens up there. I have not seen anything to suggest that we have been visited by any intelligent life forms out there.” But, he added, “when you think about it, we got 2t