Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next NASA boss

Billionaire space tourist and mate of Elon pledges Americans will get to Mars
Iain Thomson
Wed 4 Dec 2024 // 22:00 UTC

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a notable SpaceX customer, as head of NASA.

You may remember Isaacman as the billionaire who made the first private spacewalk last September as part of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission. That said, he's a professional flier and holds the speed record for the fastest in-atmosphere trip around the planet.

It seems great news for SpaceX, which supplies NASA with rockets and capsules and is run by Elon Musk – the oligarch currently buddies with Trump and happily offering advice on how the US government should be run.

"I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut, as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration," Trump said on his personal social network. "Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration."

More:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/04/trump_nasa_boss/





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