Jared Isaacman in response to president trump nominating his as NASA administrator in an appreciation post wrote: “Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honorto serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities.

“The support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations.

“To the innovators building the orbital economy, to the scientists pursuing breakthrough discoveries and to dreamers across the world eager for a return to the Moon and the grand journey beyond–these are the most exciting times since the dawn of the space age– and I truly believe the future we have all been waiting for will soon become reality.

“And to the best and brightest at NASA, and to all the commercial and international partners, we have an extraordinary responsibility–but the clock is running. The journey is never easy, but it is time to inspire the world once again to achieve the near-impossible–to undertake and accomplish big, bold endeavors in space…and when we do, we will make life better here at home and challenge the next generation to go even further.

“NASA will never be a caretaker of history–but will forever make history.

“Godspeed, President Donald J. Trump, and Godspeed NASA, as America leads the greatest adventure in human history”