White House Takes Another Look At Isaacman For NASA Administrator

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
The Trump administration is reconsidering its decision to dump Jared Isaacman as its nominee to head NASA. The private astronaut and entrepreneur met last week with Sean Duffy, transportation secretary and acting NASA administrator, according to NASA. Bloomberg first reported the meeting. “At...
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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