A presidential commission now has 120 days to design the United States Space Academy, a proposed federal school for astronauts, engineers and Space Force officers that the White House says NASA would lead. Houston is positioning itself to host the campus, even as budget analysts question the price tag and Latino advocates ask whether the school will touch NASA's long-standing hiring gap.
On August 28, President Trump signed an order forming a commission tasked with mapping out a new federal school called the United States Space Academy, according to a White House fact sheet on the order. The order itself does not open a school; it appoints a group of senior officials who must hand Trump a design within four months.
