The White House announced on Saturday that the US President Donald Trump His candidacy for billionaire Jared Esgman, ally Elon Musk And close to him, to take over NASA Space Agency.
He said White House In an email message, “It is necessary to be the next president of NASA fully compatible with President Trump’s program and the principle of America first,” noting that Trump will announce directly a substitute for him soon.
This step appears to be an ignorance of the billionaire Illon Musk, who stepped down on his position in leadership Ministry of Governmental efficiency.
This decision comes just a few days before the Senate’s expected vote on Ezkman’s nomination.
Last December and before returning to the presidency, Trump expressed his desire to be Ezkman – the entrepreneur and the first non -professional astronaut to walk in space – manager NASA Next.
But a newspaper New York Times On Saturday, it was reported that Trump would withdraw this nomination after learning that Ezkman had made donations to prominent Democrats.
According to reports, Mask practiced direct pressure on President Litoli Esguman, who had important trade transactions with Spice X, the highest position in NASA, which raised questions about the possibility of conflicts of interests.
With the emergence of the news, Musk confirmed on the X platform that “it is rare to find a person with this efficiency and kind -hearted.”
Eskman, founder of the 42 -year -old Shevat 4, has emerged as a leading figure in the field of commercial spaces through his prominent cooperation with Spice X.
Ezkman made history last September when he got out of the “Croo Dragon” vehicle to look at the Earth from space as he holds the outer structure of the vehicle, in the first traffic operation carried out by a civilian civilian and an uncontrolled astronaut.