In April, during Jared Isaacman's first nomination hearing for the post of NASA administrator, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts asked repeatedly if SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk was in the room when President Donald Trump offered him the job of NASA chief. Isaacman declined to answer directly.

Isaacman appeared before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday, eight months after his first nomination hearing.

President Trump’s pick to lead NASA, billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, refused on Wednesday to say if Elon Musk was in the room when Trump first offered him the job. Isaacman — who was

Jared Isaacman repeatedly refused to say whether Elon Musk was present when Donald Trump offered him the NASA administrator job, prompting senators to question his ties to SpaceX and raising fresh concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Isaacman told the panel that NASA needs “full-time leadership” as it prepares to send astronauts back to the moon.

Billionaire SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman said his relationship to Elon Musk is limited to past missions with the chief executive’s space company, as the nominee to run NASA attempted to counter concerns of a conflict of interest if he is confirmed for the job.