Isaacman's second appointment to lead NASA took, unlike the first. He obviously has whatever administrative skills are necessary to run an organization, having started and turned Shift4 payroll into a national success.
Jared, in conjunction with Elon Musk's SpaceX, was the first civilian to do a spacewalk. Isaacman is a local, living in Northampton County.
Although I'm pleased with Isaacman's appointment, and it is the only Trump appointment I can say that about, I have issues with the space industry at Cape Canaveral. As previously reported on this blog, the industry is the growth engine for Brevard County Florida, and questions about environmental pollution there are heresy.
However, there is an old snowbird blogger in a small office inland from Canaveral, concerned with both the frequency of the launches, which are about every ten minutes, and the environmental consequences.
Don’t know much about Isaacman other than that he’s a billionaire with a space hobby. I’m not sure that qualifies him for the job, but after NASA’s DEI focus under the previous administration there is likely nowhere to go but up.
ReplyDeleteI’m hoping he can get NASA back on track quickly, and it was good to hear the President set difficult but achievable goals (lunar outpost with reactors; Mars landing, etc.) for the next 5-7 years.
I don’t know whether any of them will happen that quickly, but it’s good to be reaching for the stars once again. The breakthroughs that will come from attempting to achieve those goals should be of great benefit to America, so I certainly wish Isaacman great success in his new post.