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Jared Isaacman and the Fate of NASA

With the surprise withdraw of a popular nominee for NASA Administrator, I ponder what could have been.

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Peter Hague
Jun 05, 2025
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Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator has be abruptly withdrawn by the Trump administration. This has been widely viewed as a very negative development - Isaacman was both well liked across the space community and incredibly well qualified. He would have been the first NASA Administrator to have prior experience running a different space pr…

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