{"id":21385,"date":"2025-06-01T20:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/white-house-pulls-jared-isaacmans-nasa-nomination-whats-next\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T20:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:26:40","slug":"white-house-pulls-jared-isaacmans-nasa-nomination-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/white-house-pulls-jared-isaacmans-nasa-nomination-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"White House pulls Jared Isaacman\u2019s NASA nomination: What\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"41868\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2024\/12\/04\/jared-isaacman-as-nasa-administrator-does-he-have-the-right-stuff\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Jared Isaacman Polaris Dawn Suit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: Polaris Program<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/12\/53945415437_1af3b2de51_o.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage: Polaris Program\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what is a shocking development, the White House will pull Jared Isaacman\u2019s NASA Administrator nomination for unknown reasons ahead of its full Senate vote next week. This opens the door for another individual to step into the role that has been left vacant for over 100 days in one of the most troubling times in the agency\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-43391\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In what would have been an easy vote, Jared Isaacman\u2019s confirmation will no longer take place next week. The Senate was planning to take up the vote once it returned from its Memorial Day recess on Monday. Experts state that at least 70 Senators would have voted yes for Isaacman\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the White House confirmed reporting by Semafor\u2019s Burgess Everett that it no longer wished to see Isaacman confirmed as NASA Administrator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Administrator of NASA will help lead humanity into space and execute President Trump\u2019s bold mission of planting the American flag on the planet Mars. It\u2019s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump\u2019s America First agenda, and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon,\u201d Liz Huston, a spokesperson for the White House, told Semafor.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-43391',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No reason was given; however, reading between the lines of the White House statements, it is clear President Trump was not pleased with something Isaacman said, believed, or didn\u2019t say about the future of NASA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump\u2019s only public statements about NASA\u2019s future have been about gearing the agency up for landing Americans on Mars, with returning to the Moon necessary but not exciting enough to be mentioned in one of President Trump\u2019s speeches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Isaacman\u2019s confirmation hearing, the subject of Mars vs. Moon has been a hotly debated one, with Senators from both sides, including the leading Senator on space, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, being clear that NASA\u2019s goal must be to return to the Moon before China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaacman also spoke in favor of NASA\u2019s science missions, a division set for near dismantling by President Trump\u2019s 2026 budget. To make things worse for Isaacman in the eyes of the President, he has been a supporter of DEI programs at his companies over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Musk now out of the White House and making public statements against Trump\u2019s \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill,\u201d saying, \u201cI think a bill can be big, or it could be beautiful,\u201d in an interview with CBS, Isaacman could have been collateral damage.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-this-mean-for-nasa\">What does this mean for NASA?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For NASA, this means we are back to square one in finding a confirmed NASA Administrator to fill the position. For now, Acting Administrator Janet Petro will continue in her role but has limited ability to perform the full duties of a confirmed appointee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Ars Technica\u2019s Eric Berger puts it best, this is \u201ca likely disaster for NASA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isaacman, despite the concerns surrounding his close ties with Musk, loved space and loved NASA. If in charge, he would likely have done good work for the agency, advocating for its continued growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the change in appointments now likely means the next nomination will be a closer ally of President Trump than anything else. Berger states there were two potential administrator choices six months ago, a budget cutter and Isaacman. Who that other potential nominee is remains unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}