America Declares Control of Space
America Declares Control of Space By Robert Korczynski In 1967 the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Outer Space Treaty, establishing an international framework intended to prevent the weaponization of satellites in orbit, legally barring nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction from orbiting the Earth. For decades, the Pentagon leaned into that ideal, treating the orbital theater as a sanctuary dedicated to communication, GPS navigation, and reconnaissance satellites. On August 28, 2026, President Trump stood at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston to sign an Executive Order establishing the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, laying the groundwork for a dedicated federal service academy to train a permanent officer corps for orbital defense, NASA, and the commercial space sector. Then on Monday, September 14, 2026, at the annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Secretary of the Ai...