Moon walk
Musk ally Jared Isaacman’s unconventional path to NASA chief
The billionaire commercial astronaut will, if confirmed, lead an agency largely spared from major cuts thus far
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Jared Isaacman, Mission Commander, stepping out of the manned Polaris Dawn mission's "Dragon" capsule after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, after completing the first human spaceflight mission by non-government astronauts of the Polaris Program.
“Shoot for the moon; even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” It’s a cliched piece of inspirational wisdom, the type of thing you might find printed on a forgettable motivational poster in a regional corporate office. But...