CEO of paid payments and civil space pioneer Jared Ishaq – President Donald Trump candidate To be the next NASA official – he will get his day before the Senate, Science and Transport Committee on Wednesday.
The committee this week Declare The date of the Ezzkman confirmation session, about five months after Trump Make the choice. The billionaire and Spacex ally is seen as an extraordinary option to lead NASA, given its limited interactions with the space agency and the civil space community.
However, ISAACMAN has received wide support across industry and government. He flew into space twice in the missions purchased from Spacex –Inspiration 4 In 2021 and Polaris Dawn In September, both of them achieved man Space. ISAACMAN Polaris contains two other tasks on Spacex, but it has pledge To end these agreements and bend as the head of SHIFT4.
In data and social media, ISAACMAN praised the providers of commercial space services such as Spacex and Rocket Lab and emphasized the American leadership in the final limits.
An obstacle in procedures
Last month, I told multiple sources Art Technica Senator Ted Cruz (R-TEX), Chairman of the Senate Trade Committee, was the main barrier for the ISAACMAN confirmation session. According to what was reported, Cruz assumed a problem with Ishaqan Political donations– Many of them have gone to the Democrats – and the CEO of Spacex Elusk’s Call To get rid of the International Space Station (ISS) “as soon as possible.” NASA and Spacex have already they have Detail of a plan To destroy ISS at the end of the contract.
Cruz also seemed worried that Isaac may have more interest in going to Mars more than the moon. Trump, who signed Artemis agreements during his first term, said in his opening speech that the United States “will follow our clear destiny in the stars” and the cultivation of the American flag on Mars. The moon or missions were not mentioned in the framework of the Artemis program, which is Years behind the schedule and On the budget.
The response to a post on X of Michael Bloomberg, who sparked these criticisms, Ishaqan He said He agreed. But he was also optimistic that commercial service providers could help American astronauts “on the moon, Mars and beyond.” It also prompted the CEO of Shift4 to the Hubble Telescope Reinforcement And recently Go out NASA’s Chandra Observatory Operations Center, which he called for Provide budget discounts.
Last month, a group of rulers from the states in which NASA included human space tire activities, including Florida and Texas, Cruz A. letter Urging Isaac Rapid confirmation. It was sent by the governor of Alabama Kayi Ivy letter His praise.
The ISAACMAN confirmation session comes at a time when NASA is exposed to Possible block hairstyles and Hundreds of millions One of the dollars is from the ends, the movements that the space community has been condemned widely.
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