"Navy has Annapolis," Sen. Jim Banks (R-Indiana) tweets. "Army has West Point. Air Force has Colorado Springs. @USSpaceForce needs a service academy and Indiana has the academic and industrial ecosystem that it takes to support the mission. The next U.S. Space Academy should be built at Grissom."
Navy has Annapolis.
— Senator Jim Banks (@SenatorBanks) September 27, 2026
Army has West Point.
Air Force has Colorado Springs.@USSpaceForce needs a service academy and Indiana has the academic and industrial ecosystem that it takes to support the mission.
The next U.S. Space Academy should be built at Grissom. https://t.co/3mnTzxyi2G
That is an argument to have. Politics must have so many unpleasant topics for the Senators and Representatives to have to latch onto, and here comes one about creativity and sheer technical power. That must be fun.
Our military does have its places. The history and achievements on its training-soil need no introduction. There is a place for everything and everyone who goes into them. But the USSF, according to Sen. Banks, does not have one, and he suggests the Hoosier State for it. Indiana qualifies as part of the heartland of our country, and space coming to our nation's heart would demonstrate our relationship to the whole wide world. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, is located, according to its website, in Washington, D.C. Perhaps it would move there, as well. It could become the United States home for Space. USA!
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It is interesting how we are nowadays discussing the space force as a branch of the military, illustrating how far we have come in our scientific and technological advancements over time.