I must agree with the first part of the last reviewer's comments, regarding the budget and props of the show. However, I believe that the reviewer missed the point entirely regarding sending the kid's on missions; this was a kid's show, directed at a younger audience, and the hero's of the show were other kids. The audience could imagine themselves having those adventures and saving the day. What would the point be if adults gave the orders and were the ones who set things right? Realistically speaking, it never made sense on Star Trek that the captain and first officer went on the landing parties/away teams, but they were the lead actors. That does not happen in our modern military. Space Academy was a TV show.

I liked the show! It was fun with excitement in the scripts. For the longest time, I thought Meeno Peluce played Loki. It was one of those post Star Wars tv shows that was thrown together to address the Star Wars craze. Don't try and over analyze a show. The effects weren't great, but in retrospect, neither were Star Trek's but people are still fans. I remember this one episode that Loki stole a ship as a childish prank. I liked how Loki was disciplined. I remember another episode with a living asteroid. The telepathy of the twins was the first time I had been introduced to the concept of telepathy. They weren't goody goody. I loved Jason of Star Command. It was a fun serial for kids.

In case those who wanted to see this ill-forgotten show from the mid-70's again,let me inform you that some of the episodes are available somewhere on video(in which I got the opportunity to see one of them)and let me tell you that this was totally ill-fated crap of an array of children's television of bad junk.The show was mostly seen on Saturday Mornings when it originally ran for one season on CBS. This show focuses on a group of high school kids who were aboard a spaceship academy that was commanded by the school leader/or principal(played by Jonathan Harris,aka Dr. Zachery Smith of the Lost In Space TV series),and his assistant/science officer(played by James Doohan,aka Mister Scott,or 'Scotty' from the Star Trek TV show)somewhere going through unchartered worlds in the remote reaches of the galaxy.I totally agree with the other comment about the special effects since some of the props look so store-brought,especially with the spaceship that looks like one of those big pink erasers that were picked up for the art supplies aisle at the nearby K-Mart. You can tell that the company that produced this show,Filmation Productions were responsible for this since during the 1970's they cranked out a lot of cheesy shows including "Shazam!","Isis","Ark One",and "Jason Of Star Command"--in which the same special effects were used again for other shows to save production costs.Sorry piece of children's television at its complete worst.

SPACE ACADEMY was a franchise that was designed to capitalize off of STAR WARS and the late 1970's science fiction explosion. The program was about teens in space training for duty in space only to get caught up with JAMES DOOHAN and the evil Doctor smith from LOST IN SPACE in intergalactic adventures and hijinks. Some of the sets and vehicles would be reused later on JASON OF STAR COMMAND to save money. The show was harmless family adventure fluff and was popular during it's run. The show was live action and not animated spomething no longer done in childrens shows as much anymore. I watched it as a kid, I liked it.