In the meantime, CNBC has reported that Jared Isaacman’s name has surfaced. It seems that the billionaire space traveler and President Trump are deep in conversations on space policy, presumably with a view of reviving Isaacman’s nomination as NASA administrator.

“Sean Dummy is trying to kill NASA!” Musk wrote on X, which he also owns, using an insulting nickname to refer to the acting administrator. In a separate post, he said: “The person responsible for America’s space program can’t have a 2 digit IQ.”

The antagonism reached a peak when Duffy, who also serves as Transportation Secretary, publicly stated that Musk's SpaceX was "behind schedule" on the critical Artemis III project, designed to land U.

For the first time in half a century, America stands on the threshold of sending astronauts back to the Moon. Slated for launch no earlier than February 2026, Artemis II will not land on the lunar surface, but it will carry four astronauts on a flyby of Earth’s only natural satellite.

Key MAGA voices are turning on Donald Trump’s acting administrator of NASA as a right-wing race to run the space agency intensifies. Sean Duffy, a former The Real World star, was appointed the Secretary of Transportation in January and has been doing double duty as the acting administrator of NASA since July.

SpaceX’s delays forced NASA to reopen its moon lander contract. Rivals are circling, Artemis is wobbling, and China’s steady march to a 2030 landing now looks harder to beat.

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On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, live on national television. Behind the tragedy lay ignored warnings, flawed decisions, and a frozen rubber O-ring that failed in the Florida cold.