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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Richard Luscombe

How Trump’s on-again, off-again Nasa appointee emerged from a political black hole

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Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on 19 August 2024. Photograph: Joe Skipper/Reuters

It used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stretching back to Trump’s first term of office could testify as much.

One who has emerged from a political black hole to return to the president’s firmament is the billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, who will on Wednesday tell senators – for the second time – why he is the best person to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa).

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