Prospective NASA Administrator Isaacman Shows Political Muscle

jared isaacman on tarmac in front of Trump airplane
Credit: Courtesy of Jared Isaacman
Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman was new to politics, but not to space, when President Donald Trump nominated him to serve as NASA administrator last December. Isaacman, a private pilot who spent part of his fortune on two orbital spaceflights with SpaceX, reportedly was days away from a Senate...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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