Billionaire's Vision for Humanity

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Nasa needs saving from itself – but is this billionaire right for that job?

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Jared Isaacman is being nominated by President Trump to be the new head of Nasa .

The billionaire businessman has a big vision for the future of humanity in space.

He set off on his first mission to space in 2021 a private journey he paid an estimated $200m ( 160 m) for and announced that he wanted space travel for the masses.

Bezos 's new Moon rocket, New Glenn , had its maiden test launch at the beginning of January .

SpaceX's equivalent rocket system, Starship , is estimated to cost around $100 m ( 80 m) per launch.

Competition between the two billionaires is likely to speed up innovation and reduce costs further.

Prof Logsdon expects big changes under Trump , Mr Musk and Mr Isaacman : scrapping programmes, closing Nasa centres and contracting out to SpaceX, Blue Origin and other private sector firms.

Nasa 's budget is controlled by Congress , and individual senators and congressmen on the committees that oversee Nasa are from states with jobs and industries dependent on Nasa 's $ 25bn ( 20bn ) budget.

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