Trump Nominee To Head NASA Threads The Needle At Confirmation Hearing

jared isaacman at his NASA administrator senate confirmation hearing

Jared Isaacman has said that, if confirmed as NASA administrator, he would not be beholden to Elon Musk.

Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA
Jared Isaacman is no stranger to members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which oversees NASA. Isaacman, who twice chartered orbital Crew Dragon missions from SpaceX, is a poster child for commercial space and is President Donald Trump’s nominee to head NASA...
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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