Donald Trump the board of NASA for billionaire Jared Isaacman nominated. Isaacman is notable as one of the first specially trained astronauts to perform a commercial spacewalk.

Isaacmanas NASA administrator He will replace Bill Nelson.. Nelson was appointed by President Joe Biden to lead NASA.

Isaacman becomes head of NASA

Isaacman’s experience in space travelthe Inspiration 4 mission carried out in 2021 with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and With the Polaris Dawn mission commercial spacewalk It covers. He is also getting attention for his payment processing company called Shift4.

Jared Isaacman He is a prominent name in the missions he carried out with SpaceX. He successfully completed a commercial spacewalk by launching into space on Polaris Dawn with SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis. In addition, the Inspiration 4 mission was conducted under the leadership of Isaacman, SpaceX He carried four amateur astronauts into space with his Falcon 9 rocket.

Most of Isaacman’s fortunecomes from the payments company Shift4 that he founded at the age of 16. Isaacman, who remains the company’s CEO, recently acquired Canadian-based gift card platform Givex. It also signed a major payment deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink in 2021.