House SS&T Subcommittee Hearing on Deep Space Human Exploration, September 2019

The Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing on September 18, 2019 on “Developing Core Capabilities for Deep Space Exploration: An Update on NASA’s SLS, Orion, and Exploration Ground Systems.”  Most of the hearing focused on SLS/Orion/EGS in the context of the Artemis program to return astronauts to Moon’s surface by 2024 although other human space exploration issues were discussed as well.

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on September 18:  Skepticism Abounds on Moon-by-2024 Goal at House Hearing. 

Witnesses were:

• Ken Bowersox, Acting Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA
• Cristina Chaplain, Director, Contracting and National Security ACquisitions, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Doug Cooke, Cooke Concepts and Solutions, Former NASA Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems