From CNBC: 2024-12-04 12:55:23

President Donald Trump nominated Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4, to be the next head of NASA. Isaacman, who led two private spaceflights, accepted the nomination, expressing his passion for space exploration. Once confirmed as NASA administrator, he plans to leave Shift4 but retain a majority of his equity interest.

Isaacman has criticized NASA’s Artemis program, particularly its heavy spending on SLS rockets and awarding a lunar lander contract to Blue Origin. He has led private spaceflights with SpaceX and developed a close relationship with CEO Elon Musk. Isaacman’s Polaris Program aims for increasingly ambitious space missions, including spacewalks from SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.



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