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February 3rd, 2016
A U.S. congressional hearing was held today…and the hearing was loud, sound, critical and confusing.
The U.S. House Space Subcommittee Committee “reviewed” NASA’s human space exploration proposals – particularly the big step to a human mission to Mars.
Moon first, Mars first, asteroid first, and whether or not the U.S. can afford any of it – all these topics and others were touched upon.
Another focus of the hearing was the challenges ahead for keeping programs on track through changing presidential administrations.
Talkfest 2016
On the “talk to Congress” docket were:
Tom Young, Former Director, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA; Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Martin Marietta Corporation
John C. Sommerer, Chair, Technical Panel, Pathways to Exploration Report, National Academy of Sciences
Paul Spudis, Senior Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Credit: NASA/Langley Research Center
Video feedstock
Live video streaming of the hearing – “Charting a Course: Expert Perspectives on NASA’s Human Exploration Proposals” is available on the Committee’s website and YouTube at:
Written testimony
For readers out there, I put this list together…so take a look at the prepared text of the individual folks that testified:
1)
Thomas Young
2)
John C. Sommerer
3)
Paul D. Spudis
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