Donald Trump on Saturday abruptly announced the withdrawal of his pick to head NASA. Trump last year nominated Jared Isaacman, an online payments billionaire and the first-ever private astronaut to ever go on a spacewalk, as the next head of NASA.The ...
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Now what's next for NASA?
The Trump administration withdraws Jared Isaacman's NASA administrator nomination, citing misalignment with Trump's America First agenda.
The president announced last December during the presidential transition that he had chosen Jared Isaacman to be the space agency's next administrator. Isaacman has been a close collaborator with Musk ever since he bought his first chartered flight . ...
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Elon Musk, to lead NASA ...
The White House confirmed an Elon Musk business partner and ally won't be the nominee for the top NASA gig after all, just a day after Musk's departure.
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA ...
The White House did not explain the move other than to say, "it's essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump's America First agenda."
"NASA's budget request is just a going-out-of-business mode" without Isaacman.
Jared Isaacman was a close associate of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company has multiple contracts with NASA.