Trump Picks Billionaire Who Did Private Space Walk to Lead NASA
Source: Yahoo! News/Bloomberg
Wed, December 4, 2024 at 11:56 AM EST
(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate financial technology billionaire and veteran SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to serve as the next NASA administrator.
If confirmed, Isaacman would replace Bill Nelson, a former US senator from Florida who has run the agency under outgoing President Joe Biden. The NASA Administrator oversees a roughly $24.8 billion budget and a suite of human and robotic space exploration programs, including the flagship Artemis moon mission.
The decision comes about three months after Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis made history by performing the world’s first commercial space walk. That mission, called Polaris Dawn, was part of a three-flight program partially funded by Isaacman to help advance human spaceflight at SpaceX.
“Having been fortunate to see our amazing planet from space, I am passionate about America leading the most incredible adventure in human history,” Isaacman wrote in a social media post. Isaacman has become a central figure at Elon Musk-led SpaceX since 2021, after funding the first all civilian mission to space on the company’s Dragon capsule. His space pursuits stem from a side career in aviation.
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Anti-vaxxers in charge of public health, the American Taliban in charge of education, Fox News in charge of the interior, crypto bros in charge of the IRS... it's like we're living in a literal backwards bizarro reality clown show.
is all I have left.
Though if he's not available, Tim Allen would probably be up for it. Never Give up! Never surrender!
This goniff may win this case though.
Jared Isaacman is just another fine, qualified pick by Trumpf to head NASA with Elon Musk chatting amiably with the Russians and China slowly taking over space.
Sources:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230419006059/en/SHIFT4-ALERT-Bragar-Eagel-Squire-P.C.-is-Investigating-Shift4-Payments-Inc.-on-Behalf-of-Shift4-Stockholders-and-Encourages-Investors-to-Contact-the-Firm
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/50011594/OMEARA_v_SHIFT4_PAYMENTS,_INC_et_al
https://www.johnsonfistel.com/investigations/shift4-payments-inc-2
https://www.bespc.com/cases/FOUR
