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This week on the channel +1.6M views this week

Moon-base plans meet air-show spectacle on Scott Manley's Florida trip

Jared Isaacman's interview shares the MAX POWER visit with Apollo astronauts, a repurposed rover and an eVTOL simulator.

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Talking NASA's Plans With Jared Isaacman at MAX POWERTalking NASA's Plans With Jared Isaacman at MAX POWER
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  1. 5:20PROMISE adapts Curiosity engineering hardware into a lunar rover powered by a legacy radioisotope generator.
  2. 9:35Isaacman explains reactor-boom design choices, mass trade-offs and radiation-testing challenges.
  3. 12:40Commercial lunar deliveries and shared infrastructure standards form part of NASA's iterative approach.
  4. 16:04Autonomous landing technology and manual-control requirements shape the discussion of future Artemis options.
  5. 20:00Isaacman argues that frequent flights and fewer schedule slips can make heavy-lift vehicles more cost-effective.
  6. 21:18Nuclear-material production and Department of Energy partnerships underpin his plans for fission spacecraft.

Jared Isaacman arrives by parachute, but Scott Manley's questions soon bring him back to engineering: reactor designs, lunar landings and how to make different pieces of Moon infrastructure work together.

"Talking NASA's Plans With Jared Isaacman at MAX POWER" is the busiest of Manley's six new uploads, reaching roughly 156,000 views. His Florida visit combines an air show with NASA's show-and-tell, opening inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and taking in a gala beneath a Saturn V. Apollo astronauts Rusty Schweickart and Charlie Duke address the Artemis crews, putting different generations of lunar exploration in the same room.

One particularly tangible announcement is PROMISE, a lunar rover adapted from Curiosity engineering hardware. In the sit-down interview, Isaacman makes the case for learning through imperfect missions rather than waiting for every detail to be settled. Manley sums up the approach: "It feels like don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, right? Like, whatever you do, don't do nothing, do something."

That conversation connects neatly with "NASA's Nuclear Boom", another of the week's uploads, whose description acknowledges shortcomings in a mission model Manley had shared. The interview, "The Other Side Of Artemis II's Best Photo" and the nuclear video are the channel's most active uploads right now.

Across the channel, the week brought about 1.6 million views, with subscribers unchanged. Daily viewing is currently well below its usual pace. Nearby in science, Chris Boden is having a stronger-than-usual spell, while BBC Earth Science is also running below its typical daily viewing.

Manley gets some hands-on time, too. At Beta Technologies' eVTOL simulator, his first attempt produces pilot-induced oscillations. His second ends with a successful landing, a small practical demonstration of that learn-and-try-again philosophy.

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More from Scott ManleyVideo taking off 32x its usual first dayScott Manley examines China's secret spaceplane in an orbital imageA satellite photograph gives Manley a clearer look at Shenlong, from its wing geometry to its resemblance to America's X-37B.Channel: Scott Manley · Story of October 28, 2026 Also in Science and experimentsThis week on the channel +351K views this weekAircraft audio gives The Modern Rogue a privacy puzzleOffice Hours examines whether a passing plane can reveal where a recording was made, alongside word games and robot diversions.Channel: The Modern Rogue · Story of November 13, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 23x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel sets Trump's Triumphal Arch against veterans' budget cutsWith veterans in the audience, his Veterans Day monologue also revisits the Arlington guard's rebuke and closes on a parody doll commercial.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 13, 2026

What viewers say

  • It was great after all these years and joint NSF streams to finally meet you in person! Fly safe!
    @SawyerRosensteinSee it on YouTube
  • The Mars rover going ti the moon was great news. Nice to see existing hardware being put to use.
    @MichaelHeal99See it on YouTube
  • Nice of Scott to give some small Nasa Administrators some exposure!
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  • Interoperability, or rather the lack of it, is why the Apollo 13 incident such a gripping movie.
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The videos drawing views on Scott Manley right now

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The facts
Subscribers
1,870,000
Channel views, last 7 days
1,583,127
Videos published this week
6
Video published
November 12, 2026
Video views so far
156,476
Views on its first day
130,543

The numbers

Here is how Scott Manley's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
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8,382,278
Chris Boden
5,234,710
BBC Earth Science
2,531,127
Scott Manley
1,583,127
Undecided with Matt Ferre…
730,319
Destiny
634,957
Animagraffs
496,111
The Modern Rogue
350,717
Domain of Science
115,084
subscribers
1,870,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
791,557,651
views per day
152,910
typical day: 276,162
first-day views of each video posted this week
Talking NASA's Plans With Jared Isaacma…
130,543
NASA's Nuclear Boom
64,716
We Now Know What Blue Origin's Secret '…
53,007
Why NASA Admin Had to Skydive Into His …
61,251
NASA Let Me Fly the Worlds BEST Flight …
33,012
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Beyond the Observable Uni…
2,080,000
Destiny
2,010,000
Animagraffs
1,940,000
Scott Manley
1,870,000
BBC Earth Science
1,830,000
Undecided with Matt Ferre…
1,810,000
Chris Boden
1,810,000
The Modern Rogue
1,720,000
Domain of Science
1,670,000
As of November 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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