NASA is once again considering Elon Musk<\/u> ally Jared Isaacman for the administration\u2019s top role.<\/p>\n
The private astronaut had been nominated for the role earlier this year, but the White House yanked that nomination as cracks formed in President Donald Trump\u2019s relationship with Musk.<\/p>\n
‘Secretary Duffy<\/u> and Jared Isaacman had an excellent meeting,’ NASA press secretary Bethany Stephens first told Reuters in a statement this week.<\/p>\n
She added in a statement to Fox News Digital: ‘At President Trump’s direction, Secretary [Sean] Duffy in his capacity as acting NASA Administrator, is meeting with and vetting several candidates for the permanent role.’ <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The nomination was pulled on May 31, one day after the White House held a farewell press conference for Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO who led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) efforts.<\/p>\n
Trump announced on social media at the time he was pulling the nomination for Isaacman, a commercial astronaut and founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments after ‘a thorough review of prior associations.’<\/p>\n
Trump also said he would unveil a ‘new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Isaacman\u2019s affiliations with Musk include being an investor in SpaceX, in addition to leading two private spaceflight missions<\/u> with SpaceX, including Inspiration4. The 2021 Inspiration4 mission was the first time an all-civilian crew orbited Earth.<\/p>\n
The billionaire investor flew twice to space in the company\u2019s capsules.<\/p>\n
He had spent months navigating the Senate\u2019s confirmation process at the time his nomination was yanked, balancing NASA\u2019s multi-billion-dollar strategy to return to the moon first and its focus on Mars. NASA recently unveiled plans to develop a nuclear reactor on the moon. <\/p>\n
Isaacman said he suspected his ties to Musk were part of the decision, noting the call came the same day Musk\u2019s tenure with DOGE concluded.<\/p>\n
‘I don\u2019t need to play dumb on this,’ Isaacman said on the ‘All In’ podcast. ‘I don\u2019t think that the timing was much of a coincidence, that there were other changes going on the same day.<\/p>\n
‘There were some people that had some axes to grind, I guess, and I was a good, visible target.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tensions between Trump and Musk came to a head when Musk came out against the ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Trump\u2019s massive tax and spending package.<\/p>\n
Ties between the pair are seemingly on the mend. They shook hands and chatted at Charlie Kirk\u2019s funeral in Glendale Arizona<\/u> last month.<\/p>\n
‘We had a little conversation,’ Trump said. ‘We had a very good relationship, but it was nice that he came over.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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