Friend of Musk Appointed as NASA Administrator
On the 17th local time, the U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the 15th administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a vote of 67 to 30.
Isaacman is the founder and CEO of the U.S. payment service provider "Shift4 Payments." He was first nominated by Trump in December last year to serve as the NASA administrator, but the nomination was withdrawn in May this year. On November 4, Trump re-nominated him for the position.
In May this year, when Trump and Musk had a falling out, whether to appoint a close friend of Musk as the NASA administrator was considered the "last straw" that triggered the conflict. Meanwhile, Musk's company SpaceX is a major contractor of NASA.
In September 2024, the U.S. space exploration technology company launched the "Dragon" spacecraft for a spacewalk mission, and Jared Isaacman was one of the four astronauts, and he went outside the spacecraft, completing the world's first commercial spacewalk. This mission was funded by Isaacman and SpaceX.
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