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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona is throwing its hat into the ring in a bid to host the newest United States service academy.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs’ office announced Friday that it created an Arizona U.S. Space Academy Steering Committee to explore housing the new Space Academy.
President Donald Trump announced plans for the new service academy through an Executive Order in August. Several other states are also competing to host the school that is to serve as a training academy for NASA.
“Arizona is bringing together the state’s pre-eminent leaders on space science and exploration, representing our world-class universities, industry partners, local communities and the Arizona Space Commission to build a strong proposal for NASA,” Gov. Hobbs said. “Together, we are going to secure the US Space Academy for our state and continue Arizona’s dominance in cutting-edge advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defense, and science and engineering.”
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Hobbs said the new steering committee will lead Arizona’s proposal to host the academy, highlighting the state’s scientific, aerospace and manufacturing achievements.
The governor’s office did not provide a proposed location for the Space Academy.
Arizona U.S. Space Academy Steering Committee members:
- Governor Katie Hobbs
- Ambassador Barbara Barrett, former U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, comprising the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
- Laurie Leshin, Arizona State University, University Professor for Space Futures. Former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Pete Worden, Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Chairman and Breakthrough Initiatives, Executive Director. Retired Brigadier General of the US Air Force and former Director of Development and Transformation of the Air Force Space Command.
- Dr. Erika Hamden, University of Arizona, Director of the Space Institute and Associate Professor of Astrophysics
- Dr. David Trilling, Northern Arizona University, Chair of the Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science and Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Science
- Dr. Sian Proctor, first female commercial spaceship pilot astronaut
- Brett Mecum, Arizona Space Commission, Chair
- Sandra Watson, Arizona Commerce Authority, President and CEO
- Jim Cantrell, Phantom Space, CEO and Co-Founder
- Mayor Douglas Nicholls, Yuma, Arizona
- Mayor Clea McCaa, Sierra Vista, Arizona
- Steve Zylstra, Arizona Technology Council, President and CEO
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