<ul><li>President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate entrepreneur and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman as the next administrator of NASA.</li><li>Isaacman, who founded a payment processing company at 16 years old, is viewed positively by the space community.</li><li>Isaacman is seen as having a wealth of experience in entrepreneurial enterprise and working with both NASA and SpaceX.</li><li>His nomination is regarded as an ideal choice for NASA's new era of increased cooperation with commercial spaceflight.</li></ul>

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