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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced<\/a> on his social media platform Truth Social that he is re-nominating Shift4 founder Jared Isaacman to lead the NASA, the nation\u2019s space agency, months after withdrawing the nomination.<\/p>\n The reversal comes after weeks of online sniping<\/a> from Elon Musk and others directed at Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who has been leading NASA in an interim capacity.<\/p>\n \u201cThe support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations,\u201d Isaacman \u2014 who is also a billionaire pilot and private astronaut<\/a> \u2014 wrote in a post<\/a> on X on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n Earlier Tuesday, before the re-nomination, Isaacman posted his vision<\/a> for NASA on the platform. He decided to publish those plans after a draft version was circulated in Washington among those seeking to keep Duffy in charge of NASA<\/a>. Isaacman said he suspected \u201cpolitical operators\u201d were \u201ccausing the controversy\u201d between himself and Duffy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n