Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA
Isaacman, a high school dropout and billionaire, is Jewish but has not made that piece of his identity a major part of his public persona.
Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 19, 2024. Launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for August 26(photo credit: JOE SKIPPER/REUTERS)Updated: