Jared Isaacman has been separated after Elon Musk out of the White House

Everything was ready for him Multimillonario Jared Isaacmanwhich has flown twice to Spacex space, take NASA’s helm. The Trump administration withdrew its nomination the same day that Elon Musk left the White House.

They have kicked him. According to The Washington PostIsaacman was informed on Friday that his nomination as a future NASA administrator, which was made public in December, would be rescinded, despite having already received the approval of the Senate Committee.

“The last six months have been enriching and, sincerely, exciting,” Isaacman wrote in his X profile After making the news public. “I have acquired a much deeper understanding of the complexities of the government and the weight that our political leaders have. The President, the NASA and the American people deserve the best: an administrator willing to reorganize, rebuild and bring together the brightest minds to generate the headlines that change the world.”

What happened between scenes. Isaacman was seen as An accelerationist of lunar and Martian missionswilling to face China in exploration of the solar system with a smaller budget Thanks to the public-private collaboration. But also as an obvious partner of Elon Musk; recommended by the businessman himself, Despite the conflict of interest.

The White House issued a statement with some clues on Saturday: “The mission of President Trump to plant the US flag on the planet Mars” is still standing. But Isaacman was not sufficiently Trumpist, And the cut passed by the influence of Muskwho had donated 275 million dollars for Donald Trump’s campaign: “It is essential that the next NASA leader is in complete alignment with the president’s America America Agenda.”

The lowest budget in 65 years. The historic cuts that, if approved by Congress, would reduce NASA’s budget by 24%, have been part of the problem, as Jared Isaacman, like Musk, positioned himself against eliminating scientific missions, the most affected.

Isaacman would have had to direct NASA with the lowest budget since 1961. The presidential proposal for 2026 raises A cut of almost 47% For the entire agency science division, from 7,334 million dollars to a few 3,907 million. This massacre would be the immediate cancellation of up to 40 missionsmany of them active and other future, crossed out of “low priority” despite NASA’s efficiency in this branch.

Who will be NASA’s boss. Donald Trump will announce it shortly, but Ars Technica He publishes that there is a candidate in consideration: the former Lieutenant of the Air Force Steven L. Kwast, a politically loyal military to Trump who “seems more oriented to see space as a battlefield than as a place for peaceful cooperation and exploration.”

Until it becomes official, NASA’s future is a great unknown. In any case, Isaacman’s departure does not seem to be linked to the Boeing and Lockheed Martin lobby, which is working at full speed after the cancellation of the SLS rocket and the Orion ship. “If Kwast is the candidate,” says journalist Eric Berger, “he is definitely not in favor of the traditional space industry, he is a firm defender of the commercial space industry.”

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