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Trump NASA Nominee: ‘The Second Space Age Has Only Just Begun’

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

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Trump NASA Nominee: ‘The Second Space Age Has Only Just Begun’

Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 Payments and mission commander of Polaris Dawn, addresses U.S. Air Force Academy cadets on Feb. 23rd last year (U.S. Air Force Photo)

President-elect Trump on Wednesday nominated 41-year-old Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut/pilot and the billionaire founder of the Shift4 [FOUR] payments processing company, as the next administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Isaacman commanded the first private spaceflight mission, the SpaceX Inspiration4, in September 2021, and Polaris Dawn in September this year. "On my last mission to space, my crew and I traveled farther from Earth than anyone in over half a century," Isaacman wrote in an X…

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Congress

Senate Budget Dems Push For Defense Reconciliation Spending Details, Cite ‘Slush Fund’ Concerns

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