House SS&T Hearing on Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrobiology, July 2016
Two subcommittees of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on July 12, 2016 on “Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Astrobiology.” Much of the hearing focused on the 2010 Decadal Survey for astronomy and astrophysics conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the next one that is now being planned. SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on July 12. Witnesses were:
- Paul Hertz, Director, Astrophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
- Jim Ulvestad, Director, Division on Astronomical Sciences, NSF
- Angela Olinto, Chair, Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) and Homer J. Livingston Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
- Shelley Wright, Breakthrough Listen Advisory Committee member; Assistant Professor, UC San Diego; Member, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, UC San Diego
- Caroline Jones, President, American Astronomical Society and Senior Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory