President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who has twice orbited the planet on private spaceflights, as his pick to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Isaacman, 41, is a major customer of SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, who has been at Trump’s elbow throughout the transition and has been tapped to lead a government efficiency commission. Isaacson flew on a SpaceX rocket to the highest orbit since the Apollo era this year and, along with a crewmate, became the first private astronauts to perform spacewalks.
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