House Appropriations Hearing on NASA's FY2017 Budget, March 2016

The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee held a hearing on March 15, 2016 on NASA’s FY2017 budget request.   Key topics discussed included the Space Launch System (SLS), a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa, NASA’s interaction with China, and the potential of turning NASA’s Ames Research Center into a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), like the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that is managed by CalTech.   SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on March 15.

The witness at the hearing was NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden.