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Reuters reports:
Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder’s business.
Isaacman, CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments, has flown to space twice in missions arranged by his Polaris program, an effort using SpaceX vehicles and the company’s spacesuits to conduct fully private flights in Earth orbit.
Trump’s pick for NASA came months earlier than past presidential transitions as Musk, SpaceX’s CEO and founder, has used his close proximity to the president-elect to discuss missions to Mars and other space exploration matters that could boost SpaceX.
Read the full article. Obviously, this was entirely Musk’s doing. How many billionaires do this make so far? Seven? Eight?
Trump nominates Jared Isaacman, billionaire astronaut who’s led two private SpaceX spaceflights, for NASA Administrator:
— Michael Sheetz – Space Reporter (@michaelsheetz.bsky.social) December 4, 2024 at 11:21 AM
President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator, according to a post on Truth Social. https://t.co/X0KHRJyIZK
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) December 4, 2024
President Donald Trump has appointed Jared Isaacman as the administrator of NASA.
Jared is an astronaut who led the Polaris Dawn mission with SpaceX, and he made history this year by performing the first-ever private spacewalk. pic.twitter.com/nxOe6vym1p
— SMX 🇺🇸 (@iam_smx) December 4, 2024