Thursday, December 5, 2024

Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

 

Isaacman founded Shift4 Payments and has funded and commanded two orbital missions that flew with SpaceX hardware.

A billionaire tech entrepreneur and private astronaut is Donald Trump's choice for the next NASA chief.

The president-elect announced via social media today (Dec. 4) that he has picked Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of payment-processing company Shift4 Payments, for the job of NASA administrator.

Isaacman has spaceflight experience: He has funded and commanded two groundbreaking private missions to Earth orbit, both of which flew with SpaceX hardware.

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