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- U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will vote on December 8 on Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut and ally of Elon Musk, for NASA administrator.
- Isaacman was previously nominated but withdrew in June amid tensions between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
- The nomination follows layoffs and budget cuts that reduced NASA’s 18,000-person workforce.
- Interim NASA chief Sean Duffy invited competition for SpaceX’s lunar-landing contract, raising concerns about Starship delays for Artemis.
