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- | Trump’s unconventional NASA pick signals Mars intentions in confirmation hearing | + | ‘I could not afford the American Dream:’ This retired US veteran relocated to Brazil after struggling with the cost of living |
- | President Donald Trump’s pick to run NASA, Jared Isaacman, made waves Wednesday by signaling his intention to create a new focus on Mars exploration. | + | |
- | A confirmation hearing for Isaacman — the billionaire CEO of payments platform company Shift4 who has twice paid to fly aboard SpaceX capsules — kicked off before | + | After spending years traveling |
- | During | + | But the retired veteran, who grew up in New Jersey but was based in Maryland at the time, ended up relocating earlier than he’d intended after struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. |
- | For months, the space agency | + | “I really couldn’t afford my mortgage payments |
- | If such a shift plays out, it could lead to changes for NASA’s Artemis program, which was announced during Trump’s first term and marked | + | “I struggled. I was living off of VA disability,” Boris says, referring to a tax-free monetary benefit paid to veterans with disabilities. “And |
+ | In the summer of 2024, Boris and his wife Maria Jesus, originally from Bolivia, left the US to start a new life in Brazil. | ||
- | Notably, however, Mars has long been the destination of choice touted by Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX who over the past year has become a close confidant of Trump and invested at least $260 million in his presidential campaign. | + | “I could not afford |
- | Currently, NASA does not have any concrete plans to send humans to the red planet, though the agency has routinely said it views lunar exploration as an important precursor | + | According |
- | However, Isaacman told the committee | + | |
- | “Along the way, we will inevitably have the capabilities to return | + | “It was a year-long decision,” he adds. “My wife and I were always talking about moving overseas.” |
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+ | While they considered moving | ||
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+ | “We chose Brazil, and Rio specifically, | ||