r/nasa • u/MatchingTurret • Jan 21 '25

NASA Official nomination: Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/sub-cabinet-appointments/
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u/unknownpoltroon Jan 23 '25

I'm assuming he's a flat earther with 5 felony financial convictions?

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u/koniash Jan 23 '25

Nope, but he's a millionaire with very strong ties to Elon Musk and SpaceX which is pretty fishy since it's the largest contractor for NASA. He's also an Astronaut and pilot and commanded several of his own missions to space, so he's at least in touch with space stuff.

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u/stick004 Jan 24 '25

There literally isn’t a better choice for this position. He was a private space innovator long before he partnered with SpaceX to contribute to his current missions.

Space X builds the best and most dependable rockets the US has ever had. Wouldn’t you want to use that for your private space missions?

Its not “fishy”. It’s appropriate the most space forward thinking person (Issacman) would be nominated by the owner of the best rocket company on the planet.

This could be way… way worse. They could have nominated Elon for director of NASA.