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Meet Jared Isaacman, the billionaire astronaut leading NASA | CNN

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November 13, 2026 • 12:00 PM
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Jared Isaacman founded a tech company at 16 and bankrolled two private SpaceX missions before a turbulent path to NASA’s top job. Now he’s defending the agency’s partnership with Elon Musk’s company and says the US is on track to return astronauts to the moon before China gets there.

Meet Jared Isaacman, the billionaire astronaut leading NASA | CNN

Jared Isaacman founded a tech company at 16 and bankrolled two private SpaceX missions before a turbulent path to NASA’s top job. Now he’s defending the agency’s partnership with Elon Musk’s company and says the US is on track to return astronauts to the moon before China gets there.

Jared Isaacman founded a tech company at 16 and bankrolled two private SpaceX missions before a turbulent path to NASA’s top job. Now he’s defending the agency’s partnership with Elon Musk’s company and says the US is on track to return astronauts to the moon before China gets there.

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