Fresh off of his first spacewalk, Isaacman stated that he was honored to receive the nomination.
With Isaacman leading NASA, there might be more focus on profiting from the cosmos.
Of course, the U.S. Senate still needs to approve Trumps nomination of Isaacman as the space agencys administrator.
Isaacman poses in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
For better or worse, Isaamans appointment will mark a new era for NASA and spaceflight as a whole.
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