Space Academy Panel Starts Work on Federal Training Plan

The U.S. Space Academy Must Build a New Culture of American Spacepower

President Donald Trump has provided the United States an extraordinary opportunity to shape the future of American spacepower. On August 28th, President Trump established a Presidential Comm

The U.S. Space Academy Is More of a Workforce Bet Than an Astronaut School

TL;DR: The proposed U.S. Space Academy is not an operating school yet. It is a 120-day attempt to decide whether the United States needs a dedicated pipeline for the engineers, operators, civil servants, military personnel and commercial leaders who would run a far busier space economy. The strongest case for the academy is not astronaut training. It is the coordination problem created when civil, defence and commercial space systems begin shari…

Space Academy Panel Starts Work on Federal Training Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A presidential commission began work Wednesday on a proposed U.S. Space Academy that would train military and civilian space professionals, starting a 120-day process to determine how …

The Downlink [Sep 13, 26] U.S. Space Academy: "Doesn't It Make Sense?"

States are already vying to become the home of the White House's proposed Space Academy, but what critical problem set should it solve? Do we really need it? This episode — Part 2 of this two-part series and following last week's episode on the National Space Transportation Policy — focuses on the "Establishing the United States Space Academy" proclamation. Laura Winter speaks with retired Space Force Gen. David "DT" Thompson, the first Vice Chi…