"In early 2026, the Star Trek franchise will boldly go where it's never gone before: An entire TV series devoted to the institution known as Starfleet Academy. By its very nature, a show about a space academy will, of course, focus on space cadets; people training to become futuristic types of astronauts. But, Star Trek, of course, did not invent this idea, nor did that famous franchise even popularize the notion of a "space cadet.""
"Greene had first imagined his future-tense world as a comic book called Space Academy, but in 1945, he was unable to sell it. Then, he tried to rework it as a radio show, which was also unsuccessful. Instead, it was only the runaway success of Heinlein's novel Space Cadet that allowed Greene to convince Rockhill Studios to take his idea and turn it into a TV show."
An upcoming 2026 Star Trek series will center on Starfleet Academy and focus on space cadets training as futuristic astronauts. The 'space cadet' trope entered popular culture through a circuitous route involving an unsold comic and an unsold radio show before gaining traction. Joseph Greene originally conceived Tom Corbett as a comic called Space Academy in 1945 and later reworked it for radio, but both attempts failed. The runaway success of the novel Space Cadet enabled Greene to persuade Rockhill Studios to produce a television series. Grosset & Dunlap later published Tom Corbett books credited to Carey Rockwell, marking early instances of a TV show spawning tie-in novels.
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