Trump Picks Billionaire Who Did Private Space Walk to Lead NASA

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Yahoo! News/Bloomberg

Wed, December 4, 2024 at 11:56 AM EST


(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate financial technology billionaire and veteran SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to serve as the next NASA administrator.

If confirmed, Isaacman would replace Bill Nelson, a former US senator from Florida who has run the agency under outgoing President Joe Biden. The NASA Administrator oversees a roughly $24.8 billion budget and a suite of human and robotic space exploration programs, including the flagship Artemis moon mission.

The decision comes about three months after Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis made history by performing the world’s first commercial space walk. That mission, called Polaris Dawn, was part of a three-flight program partially funded by Isaacman to help advance human spaceflight at SpaceX.

“Having been fortunate to see our amazing planet from space, I am passionate about America leading the most incredible adventure in human history,” Isaacman wrote in a social media post. Isaacman has become a central figure at Elon Musk-led SpaceX since 2021, after funding the first all civilian mission to space on the company’s Dragon capsule. His space pursuits stem from a side career in aviation.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-picks-billionaire-jared-isaacman-163139440.html

[FirstLight]

1. ugh.... it's just a fucking JOKE

I seriously hope we all can survive the coming clusterfuck

[Initech]

18. It gets worse every single day... and we haven't even hit January 20th yet.

[sakabatou]

2. So a literal tourist is going to run the show. Ugh.

[Initech]

19. Neo-Nazis in charge of the military, conspiracy theorists in charge of intelligence....

Anti-vaxxers in charge of public health, the American Taliban in charge of education, Fox News in charge of the interior, crypto bros in charge of the IRS... it's like we're living in a literal backwards bizarro reality clown show.

[maxsolomon]

3. Maybe he'll do a good job, give him a chance.

is all I have left.

[milestogo]

4. What, no ELON?

[Ray Bruns]

5. Is he qualified by making a space walk? No.

But he slept at a Holiday Inn last night.

[ZonkerHarris]

6. actually it was Mar a lago

[Ray Bruns]

12. Ha!

[BumRushDaShow]

13. LOL

[Vinca]

7. Another one of those hard-working, average Americans, right? LOL. His voters are such stupid suckers.

[Marthe48]

8. As funny as a fart is a spacesuit

as much depth as a comic book

[Maeve]

9. I think all those bozos who think govt should be run like a business are about to learn some lessons

If they are, indeed, capable of learning...

[tonekat]

10. A goddamn rich dilettante

To run NASA?

This is just so stupid it will all collapse quickly.

[relogic]

15. If we know anything about Repugs ...

concerted agenda of sabotaging and villainizing government institutions- that will always be their clear intent .”Collapse” it by farming out to business with pure, socialized profit as the goal and thus the tragedy of safety concerns ignored further stigmatizes government institutions as unworthy failures.

[intrepidity]

11. So, more NASA contracts heading Elon's way then?

Huh didn't see that coming.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. In a rational world, he would be dismissed because of his blatant conflict of interest with Space X.

But, we live in Bananaland, on the continent of Insania, in the northern hemisphere of the planet Loonius.

[paulkienitz]

16. probably the least awful Trump pick, despite being a pal of Elon

[Polybius]

24. Nah, Lori Chavez-DeRemer is

Nominee for secretary of Labor.

[paulkienitz]

25. Huh. Hadn't heard about her. Looks like you're probably right.

[Polybius]

28. For a Republican, she's as good as they get on labor

Very pro-union record too.

[thesquanderer]

17. I guess William Shatner declined.

Trump does prefer TV personalities, after all. And really, what could beat captain of a starship to head NASA? Sounds like the ultimate qualification to me.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

21. Saving Shatner for Secretary of the Space Force?

Never mind that he is Canadian.

[thesquanderer]

22. This guy is the obvious pick for Space Force...

Though if he's not available, Tim Allen would probably be up for it. Never Give up! Never surrender!

[C0RI0LANUS]

20. Jared Isaacman's company is being sued by his stockholders.

This goniff may win this case though.

Jared Isaacman is just another fine, qualified pick by Trumpf to head NASA with Elon Musk chatting amiably with the Russians and China slowly taking over space.

Sources:

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230419006059/en/SHIFT4-ALERT-Bragar-Eagel-Squire-P.C.-is-Investigating-Shift4-Payments-Inc.-on-Behalf-of-Shift4-Stockholders-and-Encourages-Investors-to-Contact-the-Firm

https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/50011594/OMEARA_v_SHIFT4_PAYMENTS,_INC_et_al

https://www.johnsonfistel.com/investigations/shift4-payments-inc-2

https://www.bespc.com/cases/FOUR

[question everything]

23. At least he is an astronaut

[kacekwl]

26. Do any of his chosen

nominees look in the mirror and ask themselves, Am I qualified for this position ?

[PufPuf23]

27. Too bad Stockton Rush III went down with the Titan, otherwise could be Secretary of Navy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion