SENATE COMMERCE SBCMT HRG ON SEARCH FOR LIFE, Aug 1, 2018, DC, 2:30 pm ET

The Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on August 1 2018 at 2:30 pm ET in 253 Russell Senate Office Building on “The Search for Life: Utilizing Science to Explore our Solar System and Make New Discoveries.”  The committee webcasts its hearings on its website.

Scheduled witnesses are:

• Dr. Sara Seager, Professor of Physics and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Dr. David Spergel, Professor of Astronomy, Princeton University
• Dr. Ellen Stofan, Director, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
• Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, NASA

The witness list is subject to change.

The committee states it is the second in a series of hearings leading to “a potential NASA reauthorization.”  The first took place on July 25 and focused on human Mars exploration.