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President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Elon Musk, to lead NASA
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Futurism on MSNTrump Just Kicked Elon Musk's Hand-Picked NASA Head to the CurbJared Isaacman, NASA's candidate for administrator, handpicked by Elon Musk, has been thrown under the bus by the Trump administration.
Musk, according to a person familiar with his reaction, was disappointed by Isaacman's removal and considered it to be politically motivated.
President Trump has pulled his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire commercial astronaut with close ties to Elon Musk, as NASA administrator.
President Trump pulled billionaire Jared Isaacman’s NASA nomination amid scrutiny over past Democratic donations and tensions with Elon Musk.
Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said missing out on Isaacman was "bad news for the agency."
President Trump on Saturday said that he planned to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk’s, to be the next NASA administrator, days before Mr. Isaacman’s expected confirmation to the role by the Senate.
President Trump on Saturday abruptly yanked his nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman — an ally of Elon Musk who founded a company that has the world’s largest private air force — to helm
Donald Trump announced in December he had chosen billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA’s next administrator. Isaacman, 42, has been a close collaborator with Elon Musk since buying a chartered flight
The White House said Saturday it will announce a replacement candidate to serve as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead NASA, indicating it will withdraw the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman.