NASA’s next mission is to find a new acting leader after a huge reversal by President Donald Trump. The president withdrew his nomination to Jared Isaacman as NASA chief in a post about the Truth Society. As reported for the first time Semaforthe callback was only a few days before Isaacman confirmed the vote before the U.S. Senate.
Trump detailed in his post that he will soon announce another candidate who is more aligned with the president’s mission and will “line the United States in space.” “It is crucial that NASA’s next leader is fully aligned with President Trump’s U.S. First Agenda,” White House spokesman Liz Huston said in a statement. According to the New York Times, unnamed sources will withdraw their money due to Isaac’s previous donations to “famous Democrats.”
In addition to serving as CEO of Shift4, payment processing company, Isaacman ventured into the world of commercial space travel. The billionaire businessman has now twice space, even the mission commander of the Polaris Dawn mission run by SpaceX, and has seen the first commercial spacewalk. Isaacman, known as a close ally of Elon Musk, is the CEO of SpaceX and recently left the White House as presidential adviser.
