US president Donald Trump on Tuesday decided who he wants to lead NASA, despite having ruled out the same person six months ago.

Trump’s pick is Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of payment outfit Shift4 who used some of his fortune to buy a ticket on a SpaceX tourism flight, during which he became the first private citizen to conduct a spacewalk.

Isaacman is also a qualified pilot who bought the MiG-29 fighter owed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen , and holds the speed record for the fastest in-atmosphere trip around the planet.

Trump nominated Isaacman to become NASA administrator, but then reversed that decision in June, perhaps coincidentally a couple of days before Elon Musk ended his time as a member of the administration.

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