President Trump announced a new Space Academy, though details remain scarce. The proposed institution would offer a four-year degree with curricula covering human and non-human spaceflight, ground control, vehicle design, and orbital debris mitigation. Its goal is to train technical leaders for both commercial and government space efforts.

No location has been selected, but it may be near existing NASA facilities. The academy is modeled after military service academies like West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy, according to Trump, who said, "They're all great, but we're going to have now the Space Force."

However, critics have concerns. Lori Garver, a former NASA deputy administrator under President Obama, warned that tying the academy to the Space Force could conflate NASA's peaceful civil mission with military activities. She noted that NASA's charter calls for a civilian agency separate from the military, and structuring a feeder college along military lines "strikes me as ill-conceived."

Garver added that NASA has not historically struggled to attract talent, despite lower pay than the private sector, and has strong ties to universities like MIT and Purdue. The academy's future remains uncertain as no concrete plans have been released.