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▶ 21:06 · $BA · Isaacman blames NASA leadership failures for Boeing Starliner problems
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Joe Lonsdale

Why this Billionaire Just Took Over NASA

2026-03-03 · 7 company · 4 thematic
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jared isaacman

Jared Isaacman is the NASA Administrator appointed by President Trump. He founded Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR) at age 16, built Draken International (fighter jet adversary air services), and commanded the Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn commercial space missions with SpaceX.

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“Yes, I mean, look, leadership, accountability, we had a situation with the Boeing Starliner vehicle. I didn't I had a press conference a week or so ago. We released the whole report short of some, you know, proprietary redactions. I didn't…”
—jared isaacman

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