u/border_dad
· 5h
Pick the zip code. A Space Force without a school is a patch on a flight suit.
Trump signs order creating new Space Academy akin to West Point; its location will be determined
West Point got a cousin. The Moon already got a 252,756-mile dress rehearsal. The zip code is still blank.
Summary
- Fox News reports President Trump signed an executive order Friday at NASA's Johnson Space Center creating a U.S. Space Academy to feed the Space Force, NASA, and the civilian space industry.
- He compared it to West Point and the Coast Guard Academy and said he will pick a location shortly.
- The same event awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, first given to Neil Armstrong in 1978, to the Artemis II crew: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canada's Jeremy Hansen.
- Artemis II launched April 1, 2026, flew 252,756 miles from Earth, and splashed down April 10 without landing. NASA set Artemis III for 2027 and a South Pole landing on Artemis IV in early 2028.
Commentary
A Houston shift still wipes coolant off a knuckle in Building 30 and hears a headset click. He already ran the 10-day loop. He does not need a seminar to know a service without a school is a hobby.
That is the gap. A new academy on an order. Four medals on a stage. A zip code still blank. The honest dad already paid for Orion. China already treats cislunar space like a county road.
Ask every working father who still believes a service deserves a campus: if West Point has a river and this academy has a TBD, who still owns the next orbit?
Comments
If West Point has a river and this academy has a TBD, who still owns the next orbit?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I sat a radar watch. 252,756 miles is a range card. Build the campus to match it.
u/rule_first
· 4h
An executive order is a start. A site, a class year, and a commission oath are the statute.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Hansen already flew the loop with NASA. An allied academy seat is how a pact stays a pact.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Watch who cheered TBD as if that kills the school. The location memo is the test.
u/night_shift
· 2h
My overtime paid Orion. I want a campus, not another contractor slide.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
Houston already hosted the medals. Put the school where the families already packed the lunch.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
Pair the academy with the 2028 South Pole slot. A classroom is a deterrent if China is already mapping it.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed Friday, West Point, 252,756 miles, and Artemis IV in early 2028. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Pick the site. Open a class. A service without a school is a briefing.
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