Jared Isaacman, the new NASA administrator, plans to donate his salary to U.S. Space Camp, in Huntsville, Alabama.
The billionaire entrepreneur was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on a 67-30 vote Wednesday. He was previously nominated by President Trump in January but the president pulled his nomination in late May before renominating Isaacman last month.
Isaacman said he is donating his $221,900 salary as administrator to the Huntsville-based Space Camp “to help prepare the pioneers of tomorrow.”
“Every launch, every scientific breakthrough must inspire the next generation to dream bigger, to reach higher, and believe that anything is possible,” he wrote.
“In addition to my existing philanthropic efforts, I will donate my salary as Administrator to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Space Camp to help prepare the pioneers of tomorrow.”
Isaacman, who attended the Space & Rocket Center’s Aviation Challenge program when he was 12, has made gifts totalling $25 million to the center’s Inspiration4 Skills Training Complex, currently under construction, and seed money for a fourth dormitory for Space Camp students.
“We are deeply moved by our friend Jared Isaacman’s generous donation of his salary as NASA’s new Administrator to Space Camp,” the Space & Rocket Center posted on Facebook. “Jared is our dear friend, and his journey started on our campus at Aviation Challenge.”
“Thank you so much, Jared, for your friendship, and for joining us on the mission to inspire the next generation of explorers.”
Courtesy of 256 Today.
