"On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that he is re-nominating Shift4 founder Jared Isaacman to lead the NASA, the nation's space agency, months after withdrawing the nomination."
"The reversal comes after weeks of online sniping from Elon Musk and others directed at Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who has been leading NASA in an interim capacity."
""The support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations," Isaacman - who is also a billionaire pilot and private astronaut - wrote in a post on X on Tuesday evening."
"Isaacman said he suspected "political operators" were "causing the controversy" between himself and Duffy."
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he is re-nominating Shift4 founder Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, months after withdrawing the nomination. The reversal followed weeks of online sniping from Elon Musk and others aimed at Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who has been serving as NASA's interim leader. Jared Isaacman, a billionaire pilot and private astronaut, wrote on X that support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming and pledged to live up to expectations. Isaacman published his vision for NASA after a draft circulated in Washington and said he suspected political operators were causing the controversy with Duffy.
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