Donald Trump · Artemis Program · Ars Technica
Trump debuts creation of U.S. Space Academy
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Trump signed the executive order as part of a ceremony in Houston during which he awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four astronauts who flew on Artemis II earlier this year.
Key facts
- This would be an entirely new academy, perhaps similar in design to the US Merchant Marine Academy, which is based in Kings Point, New York
- This initiative is being spearheaded by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who included the development of an “academy” to seed the future NASA workforce as part of his Project Athena plan to revamp
- So you think of West Point, and you think of Annapolis, and you think of the Air Force Academy, and you think of the Coast Guard Academy,” Trump said after announcing the Space Academy
- Garver served under President Obama at NASA about a decade ago
Summary
During a visit to Johnson Space Center, President Trump on Friday signed an executive order to establish a new commission with the purpose of creating the first national space academy. “It’s clear that we will need to educate and train an entire generation of skilled service members, engineers, and civil operators, and everything else to do what we have to do,” Trump said. The proposed United States Space Academy would fall under the jurisdiction of NASA, and according to US space officials, is not intended be a traditional service academy in the sense that it educates and trains officers for the armed services, such as the Air Force Academy.