WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper raised questions about President Trump's new plan (https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-will-sign-order-create-us-space-academy-2026-08-28/) to create a U.S. Space Academy. President Trump announced plans to establish the academy earlier today at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
"President Trump's proposed plan is duplicative, costly, and unserious.
Establishing a dedicated service academy for space may sound good on paper, but our nation already has an exceptional institution that trains tomorrow's Space Force leaders: it's called the U.S. Air Force Academy.
To duplicate that effort at a ti...