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The Senate confirmed Jared Isaacman, an ally of Elon Musk who has flown multiple SpaceX missions, as the new NASA administrator on Wednesday.

Musk saw his wealth jump by $178 billion in just two days, putting his year-to-date gain at a record-breaking $216 billion as investors cheered Tesla’s driverless taxi tests in Texas, according to

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the agency after a monthslong saga where President Donald Trump revoked his nomination as part of a feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are igniting another space-related rivalry between each other — this one involving AI data centers, according to a report.

He cited the astronomical gaffe in January, when The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., announced the discovery of an asteroid zooming close to Earth — only to learn it was actually a Tesla sports car launched by Elon Musk as a publicity stunt seven years ago.

The SpaceX CEO just woke up $168 billion richer and set the bar for the first person estimated to be worth more than $600 billion.

Charlie Puth is calling out Elon Musk for launching rockets near his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. The singer said the sonic booms are scaring his pregnant wife.