A Nomination, Unmade

Isaacman was 72 hours from confirmation. Then politics, budgets, and old grudges pulled him back to Earth.

AI-assisted cartoon by Space Curmudgeon

A Call, A Collapse, A Caution

Jared Isaacman, NASA’s near-administrator, was almost through. His nomination had cleared committee with bipartisan support and was days away from sailing through the full Senate on unanimous consent — the procedural fast track reserved for uncontroversial nominees.

Then the call came. L…