US EditionTrump renominates Musk ally Jared Isaacman to run NASA months after withdrawal
- On Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump announced on Truth Social he was renominating Jared Isaacman to lead NASA after withdrawing his nomination earlier.
- Last May, Isaacman had been on the cusp of becoming NASA's administrator after Senate confirmation hearings in the spring, but Trump withdrew the nomination amid a falling out with Elon Musk and concerns over donations.
- A two-time space traveler, Jared Isaacman is a billionaire who led the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn missions and founded Shift4 and Draken International.
- Isaacman posted on X to thank the president and Sean Duffy, saying it would be an honor to serve under their leadership after Janet Petro handed NASA oversight to Duffy.
- Trump framed the renomination as part of a push to return to the Moon, saying the future many have awaited 'will soon become reality' and NASA will 'forever make history.
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Meet Jared Isaacman, the billionaire tapped by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to usher in a new era of space travel—and he has strict rules about meetings
Billionaires from Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos are racing to define humanity’s next frontier: space. Both are betting big that interplanetary travel will happen in their lifetime, and now, one of Musk’s closest allies could soon lead NASA itself. Jared Isaacman, self-made billionaire and founder of Shift4 Payments, was renominated this week to lead NASA—a move that could shape the future of American space exploration. Isaacman founded his payment pro…
NASA's prospective boss posts 2,000 words on X. It's damage control.
Tech billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman is trying to stem the fallout from a leaked document describing sweeping changes he has proposed for NASA, defending the plan as an incomplete rough draft. Some industry stakeholders and bureaucrats have interpreted the plan, known as "Athena," as an effort to cancel major projects, such as SLS, NASA's mega moon rocket, and Gateway, a future lunar space station. Critics have also speculate…
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The Gateway PunditTrump Renominates Jared Isaacman for NASA Chief, Months After Canceling His Nomination
Nearly a full year into President Donald Trump’s roller-coaster second term, there are still some key positions that need to be filled in his administration. And it’s certainly not for […] The post Trump Renominates Jared Isaacman for NASA Chief, Months After Canceling His Nomination appeared first on The Western Journal.
?Donald Trump does another reverse. In fact, the president announced on Truth that he rebranded Jared Isaacman to lead the Nasa. The commercial and...
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