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Will This Jewish Spaceman Point NASA Toward Mars?

JL;DR SUMMARY Jared Isaacman, a Jewish billionaire and space enthusiast, is being considered as the next head of NASA, backed by figures like Elon Musk and former President Trump. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Elon MuskJewish CommunityPhilanthropyNasaInnovationTechnologySpace ExplorationSpacexJared IsaacmanSpace Economy

Places mentioned

Ridge High School, New Jersey, United States
"As a 16-year-old, he dropped out of Ridge High School in north-central New Jersey and started Shift4, a payment processing business initially run out of his parents basement."
Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
"About 15 years ago, Isaacman, then still in his 20s, met Rabbi Eli Kornfeld, executive director of Chabad of Hunterdon County, NJ."
Texas, United States
"an astronaut could follow the Jewish legal opinion of 19th century scholar Rabbi Israel Lifshitz, who ruled that a Jewish explorer or desert wanderer should pray and observe Shabbat and festivals according to his point of origin. So in space, the astronaut should establish a home base on Earth and link to central standard time in Houston."
Ukraine
"He has donated $120 million and raised another $120 million for the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and has moved kids with cancer out of Ukraine."
United Kingdom
"In 2011, he started Draken International, which bought its first aircraft to provide training for military pilots in the United States, the United Kingdom and various other NATO countries."

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