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Trump nominates Jared Isaacman to become the next NASA administrator (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflight
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[–] threelonmusketeers 10 points 3 weeks ago

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Huh. An actual decent pick. Broken clock and all that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not a big fan of the concept of putting a payment app billionaire in a government role. At least he's a space nerd and not just a grifter. I'm sure he crewed programs and SpaceX will do well, but we'll see how Artemis changes (cut Gateway? Cut SLS? Start to move on from Orion?), and how the science directorates change. I also wonder if they'll try to downsize some facilities, buy people out into retirement, etc.

[–] Tar_alcaran 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm far more concerned for the "non-flashy" programs. There are a lot of scientific programs about to be cancelled in favor of utter bullshit programs like Artemis or some mars landing fever dream.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

His past efforts to save Hubble and Chandra make me feel a bit better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Which TV show does this one host?

[–] Peppycito 2 points 3 weeks ago

This is spacex's inside man.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not aware of any TV shows he hosts, but the closest would probably be the Inspiration4 Netflix docuseries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I swear these names throw me off