The man nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead NASA spoke at length about his love of space and his SpaceX work recently.

Unlike previous NASA administrators, Trump’s pick for the role isn’t a politician, scientist or engineer, but a billionaire entrepreneur.

Jared Isaacman, after his spacewalk during the Polaris Dawn mission, gave the commencement address to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduates.

NASA is facing an identity crisis, with budget woes, outdated policies, and aging infrastructure threatening the space agency.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur, pilot, and all-around space enthusiast, as the next NASA administrator, marking a major shift in the space agency’s leadership.

Donald Trump has picked billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman has flown to space twice on commercial SpaceX missions but has not worked in government.

Billionaire and nominee to become the next head of NASA Jared Isaacman is certainly a fan of SpaceX having relied on Elon Musk’s company for his two trips to space. But he shared the love across SpaceX competitors during a commencement speech for the fall graduation class at Daytona Beach’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on Thursday.