Trump taps billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as next NASA chief (1 Viewer)

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    President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he intends to nominate Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next NASA administrator.

    The nod could spark questions about potential conflicts of interest, given Isaacman's extensive financial ties to Elon Musk, who is set to co-chair a government efficiency commission and is one of Trump's closest advisers.

    Isaacman, 41, the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, has emerged as a leading figure in commercial spaceflight...

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