US President Donald Trump is pulling back his nomination of Technical Billionaire Jreds Isaacman to serve as NASA’s administrator a few days before being set to get a confirmed vote in the Senate, saying a person familiar with the judgment on Saturday.The person spoke on the condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, AP says.Trump announced during the President’s transition last December that Isaqman was his pick for NASA’s administrator. The founder and CEO of Payment Processing Company SHIFT4 and CEO Isaacman has been closely linked to Elon Musk as he bought his first SpaceX flight in 2021.Isaqman has flew several missions with SpaceX and participated in the first private spacewalk. He testified at the hearing of his Senate confirmed on 9 April, and a committee vote was expected soon on his nomination.During the hearing of his committee, Isaacman pledged to prioritize a lunar landing when he was confirmed as NASA administrator and removed himself from musk – a target Musk rejected him as “distraction”. NASA is without a Senate-confused administrator from January 20, when Bill Nelson left the post.SpaceX is owned by Musk, a Trump supporter and advisor who recently stepped into his role as the head of the government’s efficiency department, or the head of Dogi. The aim of the agency created by Trump was to reduce the size of the government.Semaphor was the first to report Isaqman’s decision to draw the nomination.
