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FILE - Jared Isaacman (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems thrilled with President Donald Trump's NASA announcement. On Tuesday, November 5, Trump announced connected his societal media level Truth Social that helium is re-nominating Shift4 laminitis Jared Isaacman to pb the NASA.
"Sean Duffy has done an unthinkable occupation arsenic Interim Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
This evening, I americium pleased to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished concern leader, philanthropist, pilot, and astronaut, arsenic Administrator of NASA. Jared’s passionateness for Space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and advancing the caller Space economy, marque him ideally suited to pb NASA into a bold caller Era.
Congratulations to Jared, his woman Monica, and their children, Mila and Liv. Thank you for your attraction to this matter! President DJT," wrote Trump. Elon Musk shared the screenshot of Trump's station connected Twitter and added Heart, Rocket and American emblem emojis with the post. Incidentally, Musk had predicted billionaire entrepreneur, and his adjacent friend, Jared Isaacman's instrumentality to NASA connected the time helium had nationalist autumn retired with Sean Duffy.
is said to beryllium adjacent person of Elon Musk.
Elon Musk vs Sean Duffy
What comes successful Musk's favour is that Isaacman's assignment comes aft weeks of online sniping from Elon Musk astatine Sean Duffy, who has been starring NASA successful an interim capacity. What seems to person angered Musk is Duffy's remark that Elon Musk's SpaceX is lagging down schedule. In an interrogation with CNBC, Duffy said that helium believes SpaceX, which has a $2.9 cardinal declaration to supply the lunar lander astronauts would thrust to the Moon’s surface, is down schedule, perchance hurting NASA’s efforts to instrumentality humans to the Moon earlier China.
“So, I’m going to unfastened up the contract. I’m going to fto different abstraction companies vie with SpaceX,” helium said.Following these statements, Musk lashed retired astatine Duffy successful a bid of posts connected Twitter. Musk called Duffy “Sean Dummy,” accused him of having a “2 digit IQ” and posted memes aimed astatine him. Musk adjacent pinned a station making amusive of Duffy connected his Twitter profile. The station read: “Should idiosyncratic whose biggest assertion to fame is climbing trees beryllium moving America’s abstraction program?”
NASA nominee drama: Yes, No and again Yes for Isaacman
It seems Jared Isaacman has been forgiven for his governmental donations.
On December 4, 2024, President Trump named Isaacman to service arsenic head of NASA. On April 9, Isaacman faced the Senate Committee connected Commerce, Science, and Transportation connected April 9, 2025, wherever his information appeared to sail done the confirmation process. Senators voted to o.k. his nomination, sending it to the afloat Senate for a last vote.
On May 31, however, Trump abruptly pulled the nomination, citing Isaacman’s past contributions to Democratic candidates. “After a thorough reappraisal of anterior associations, I americium hereby withdrawing the information of Jared Isaacman to caput NASA,” Trump wrote connected Truth Social. “I volition soon denote a caller Nominee who volition beryllium Mission aligned, and enactment America First successful Space. Thank you for your attraction to this matter!” helium added. Five months later, the tide has again turned successful Isaacman's favour arsenic helium yet seems acceptable to takeover arsenic NASA administrator.
