{"id":659815,"date":"2026-08-29T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=659815"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:47:01","slug":"trump-unveils-space-force-academy-talks-nuclear-powered-interplanetary-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=659815","title":{"rendered":"Trump unveils Space Force Academy; talks nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump has revealed a new military academy for the Space Force to prepare the next generation of fighters.<\/p>\n

While giving a speech from the NASA Johnson Space Center, Trump unveiled the new United States Space Academy, a \u201ctop line\u201d school with strict admission criteria that aims to educate military and civilian aerospace engineers.<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Move over, West Point and Annapolis\u2014the next military academy has its sights on space.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump announcing plans to sign an executive order creating the U.S. Space Academy, a dedicated training ground for the nation\u2019s Space Force.<\/p>\n

Designed to sit\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/uWaIne7BtY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou think of West Point, and you think of Annapolis, and you think of the Air Force Academy, and you think of the Coast Guard Academy. It\u2019s great. They\u2019re all great, but we\u2019re going to have now a Space Force,\u201d the president said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have an academy for what the people in this room love the most, and I\u2019m going to be choosing a location very shortly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The facility \u201cwill serve both the United States Space Force as well as NASA and the civilian spaceflight industry, and it will attract, train, and graduate the very best of our nation,\u201d the president continued, adding that he would like to facilitate the establishment of a permanent moon base, as well as eventually put people on Mars.<\/p>\n

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NEW: President Trump announces NASA is working on a nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft set to launch on a mission to Mars in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ship will be among the first of what will ultimately be a massive American Star fleet, making space travel almost as common as ocean\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/XrSpFjgoVW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cNASA has already begun to work on the first-ever nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft which will launch in 2028 on a mission to Mars. It\u2019s going to be so incredible,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey have to go nuclear because they have, essentially, unlimited fuel. You don\u2019t have to fill up the tanks every so many miles. Incredible. This ship will be among the first of what will ultimately be a massive American Star fleet, making space travel almost as common as ocean travel today.\u201d<\/p>\n

X owner Elon Musk, who has a specific interest in the mission to \u201cOccupy Mars,\u201d celebrated the news.<\/p>\n

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Space Academy! https:\/\/t.co\/3d6BZ4igSA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Social media users weighed in:<\/p>\n

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Lots of missed opportunities. Star Fleet Academy? Sentinels is also better than Guardians.<\/p>\n

\u2014 3lly (@ll_r_ps) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I hope the academy isn\u2019t going to be in San Fransisco\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Darin Wagner (@DarinWagner6) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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it would be good to know what\u2019s really happening on Mars LMAO pic.twitter.com\/Gay3JRog0O<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 (@valeriaxanzz) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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You had a lot to do with this, @elonmusk<\/a>! It\u2019s your doing! Thank you from every red-blooded American!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jaime Kuroski (@jrk771893) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please tell me the students will be Space Cadets.<\/p>\n

\u2014 John Bechtel (@j_bechtel) August 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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