A weeks-long “Game of Thrones” struggle for control of NASA is still ongoing. In one corner is Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy. In the other corner is billionaire private space traveler Jared Isaacman.

It all started when President Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of Isaacman to be NASA administrator. A month or so later, Trump appointed Duffy, the secretary of Transportation, to be acting NASA administrator pending the selection of a permanent space agency chief.

Duffy’s tenure as a caretaker administrator continued for a time without controversy, with him occasionally showing up on television to tout the Artemis program and express confidence that NASA would beat China back to the moon. He also announced an initiative to build a small nuclear power plant on the lunar surface.

Things began to change when the media reported that Isaacman had met with Trump several times to discuss space policy and the possibility of the billionaire space traveler’s renomination for NASA administrator. Duffy interviewed Isaacman too, a meeting described as a “tense examination of the fintech........

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