The US Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman, a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, as the new head of NASA. The measure passed by a wide margin on Wednesday.
Isaacman, 42, financed and took part in two civilian crewed SpaceX flights, one of which featured a spacewalk. His close ties to Musk’s company come as NASA increasingly relies on SpaceX for a range of missions. Isaacman built his fortune by founding Shift4, a payment processing company that now handles billions of transactions each year.
His path to becoming NASA administrator has not been straightforward. US President Donald Trump first…
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