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A U.S. Senate committee is set to vote tomorrow on Jared Isaacman, the Trump Administration’s selectee for NASA administrator. 

That’s one small step for Isaacman in true wait-a-minute style deliberation.

On Wednesday, April 30, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session to vote on whether to advance Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA.

Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s nominee to be NASA administrator, appears April 9 before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and testifies that NASA is a “force multiplier for science.”
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Isaacman appeared before the committee on April 9. In written answers to questions, Isaacman revealed more of his views regarding his handling of NASA issues.

Isaacman did call the projected Trump administration’s planned cuts to NASA not “an optimal outcome.”

REPUBLICAN QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD – Go to:

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/5C22B600-2AAB-4ACF-AE89-FA78A04E602D

DEMOCRATIC QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD – Go to:

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/13EEBAAD-3523-45C8-BB97-EB1031A01741

Image credit: NASA

What now?

As for taking over NASA, there’s still some question as to when Isaacman does get confirmed – and what space agency decision-making is still to come.

“Tomorrow is just a committee vote. It could be days, weeks or months before the full Senate votes.  We’ll see what the issues are then,” said Marcia Smith, founder and editor of the informative SpacePolicyOnline.com at: https://spacepolicyonline.com/

If days, Smith added, the top job will be seeing if it’s too late for Isaacman to have any influence on the budget request. “Once Trump sends it to Congress he’ll have to support whatever it says.”

To watch the livestream on Wednesday, April 30, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, go to:

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/

Meanwhile, take a look at this just-issued NASA release, “NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration.” Go to:

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-soars-to-new-heights-in-first-100-days-of-trump-administration/

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