Who is Jared Isaacman, the billionaire SpaceX astronaut who Trump re-nominated to lead NASA

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Billionaire Jared Isaacman led SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission before he was initially nominated for NASA administrator.

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Elon Musk calls Trump official a 'dummy' amid spat over NASA leadership

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Elon Musk referred to Sean Duffy, Trump's Secretary of Transportation, as "Sean Dummy."

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Jared Isaacman reveals why he initially thought his since-rescinded offer to lead NASA was a scam

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Jared Isaacman deleted a voicemail asking him to join the administration.

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Donald Trump is clearly trying to shake things up at NASA

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Donald Trump speaks at NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building during his first presidency.

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Trump nominates billionaire SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

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President-elect Donald Trump nominated billionaire CEO Jared Isaacman to be NASA's administrator.

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The billionaire CEO who made history with SpaceX describes facing the 'vacuum of death' in only a spacesuit

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Jared Isaacman returned from the Polaris Dawn mission he led with SpaceX on September 15.

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Meet Jared Isaacman, the billionaire leading SpaceX's risky mission to take the first private space walk

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Jared Isaacman is set to lead the first commercial space walk, with SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission.

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SpaceX is launching 4 people on a risky mission to fly through radiation belts and do the first commercial spacewalk

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The Polaris Dawn crew: Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gillis.

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