NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 6TH PUBLIC MEETING, Aug 20, 2019, Chantilly, VA, 9:30-11:30 am ET (WATCH ON C-SPAN, NASA TV)

The White House National Space Council will hold its 6th public meeting on August 20, 2019 at the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, from 9:30-11:30 am ET.  It will focus on innovation in the space sector and highlighted by a panel of leaders in space science, engineering, and business.

Panelists are:

• Rex Geveden, president and CEO of BWX Technologies
• Clive Neal, University of Notre Dame
• Saralyn Mark, founder and president of iGIANT (impact of Gender/Sex on Innovation and Novel Technologies) and SolaMed Solutions LLC, a consulting firm
• Elizabeth (“Zibi”) Turtle, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Learn more about them in our What’s Happening in Space Policy article.

Past Space Council meetings have been broadcast on NASA TV and/or the White House website.  UPDATE:  We’re told it will be live on C-SPAN (c-span.org).  And NASA now says it will be on NASA TV and NASA Live.

August 7:  Sandra Erwin, Space News, reports that a ceremony to establish U.S. Space Command will take place at the White House on August 20.  We have not been able to confirm that event. UPDATE, Aug 19:  Rumors now are that it may be August 21, not August 20.  UPDATE, Aug 20:  At the Space Council meeting, it was announced that this will take place on August 29.