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Washington — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sunday that the U.S. is “very much in a space race right now” against China, as the two countries vie to land astronauts on the moon and secure a near-permanent presence on the lunar surface. “The Chinese are moving at incredible speeds, and they are certainly capable of doing what the Soviets were not during the first space race,” Isaacman said…

The following is the transcript of an interview with NASA administrator Jared Isaacman that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on July 5, 2026. ED O’KEEFE: We turn now to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who’s back on the ground after his fourth of July flyover. Yes, he was one of those piloting one of those jets right there. I think you’re going to stand in Face the Nation…

NASA administrator says “we are very much in a space race right now” against China – CBS News Watch CBS News NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that the U.S. is “very much in a space race right now” against China, adding that the “Chinese are moving at incredible speeds.” Source link

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman talks with “CBS Mornings” about the astronauts selected for the Artemis III mission, how this mission is different and a potential moon landing in 2028. Source link

(Response to this post, I assume)

Huh, that's an interesting choice. I suppose the Japanese name for the Administrator could maybe be Purubi, which could be written as Pluvi in English? But we don't really have any indication that the name is meant to suggest rain/"pluvial", let alone the Hyades, at the moment, so it seems like a bit of a reach to me. Plus, isn't the word "pluvial" based on a French word, which is in turn based on a Latin word, not Greek? I feel like that'd be an odd name to choose if you're trying to hint at a nymph.

(joking, joking. unless…?)

(Referring to the v5.1.2 synopsis here, I believe)

Heh, well, we don't know who they really are, just that they take the form of Merope while in Wonder World and seem to have some knowledge of how the place works, so it's not impossible!

On that note, since I haven't had a good chance to note it anywhere else, when Wonder asks them for an actual name, the Administrator does eventually give him "普洛薇" (pu luo wei), which seems to be a play on Merope (which is 梅洛普 (mei luo pu) in Chinese; note that the second character is the same in both names, and the third character in Merope is the first in the Administrator's name). Meanwhile, the Japanese pronunciation in the audio sounds like "Purobi", I think.

I haven't been able to find any useful results when trying to search that Chinese name (unlike names of, say, Personas, which will usually get me the Chinese Wikipedia page for that figure), so there's no hint there, either. Given the apparent joke (Merope backwards, with a W instead of an M), it's possible something like Perowe or even Eporew would be the more accurate English translation, though Probi or Provi or something might match the Japanese dialogue better.