HOUSE SS&T HEARING ON SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, May 2022

On May 12, 2022, the space subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, held a hearing on “Space Situational Awareness: Guiding the Transition to a Civil Capability.”

Witnesses were:

• Matthew Hedyuk, Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation
• Moriba Jah, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
• Andrew D’Uva, Senior Policy Advisor, Space Data Association
• Kevin O’Connell, Founder, Space Economy Rising, LLC and former Director of the Office of Space Commerce, NOAA, Department of Commerce
• Mariel Borowitz,  Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on May 17, 2022: “As Space Gets More Crowded, House Comittee Still Questioning SSA Path Forward.”