Like most NASA administrators, Isaacman is not a politician. He's also been personally involved in spaceflight, leveraging his billions to support the SpaceX Polaris program. Earlier this year, Isaacman commanded the first-ever civilian spacewalk mission known as Polaris Dawn.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A tech billionaire who bought a series of spaceflights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and conducted the first private spacewalk was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to lead NASA.

Jared Isaacman, who has orbited the planet twice on private spaceflights, has been named as Trump’s intended nominee to lead NASA.