This is, in reality, the death of NASA. By decree, it can no longer serve the purpose for which it was formed and has been replaced with a very different agency that happens to have the same name.

It's such a shame to see the US abandon peaceful, civilian-run space efforts.

Does that mean that NASA is a spy agency now? Are there any different or additional ways to interpret this? And what are the consequences beyond the obvious?

> The main purpose of space flight has always been to put spy satellites and nuclear weapons into orbit.

All US spy satellites are under the NRO:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office

Positioning nuclear weapons in space is not allowed per treaty that US ratified:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

Branches of the DOD run ICBMs.

Further NASA was put in charge of all space activities except "activities peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems, military operations, or the defense", which went to the DOD (Section 102):

* https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-72/pdf/STATUTE-7...

So all military "space flight" is explicitly not with-in NASA's purview.