Trump’s Billionaire NASA Pick Argues US Can Do Moon and Mars

President Donald Trump’s pick to run NASA sought to reassure US Senators on Wednesday that he wouldn’t abandon the agency’s multibillion-dollar push to put US boots on the moon in favor of Elon Musk’s longstanding goal of a human mission to Mars.

Billionaire fintech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman tried to walk a political tightrope, arguing the agency can pursue the Mars effort — championed by Musk’s SpaceX and, increasingly, Trump — and America’s Artemis program in parallel.