SENATE COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON NASA ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT, February 2022

The subcommittee on Space and Science of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on “NASA Accountability and Oversight” on February 9, 2022.

A main theme of the hearing was the need for a new NASA authorization bill. The most recent bill was enacted in 2017.  Other topics included the status of the Artemis program and cost overruns on the James Webb Space Telescope.

SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on February 9: Cantwell, Wicker Press Need for NASA Authorization Bill This Year.

Witnesses were:

• Mr. James Free, Associate Administrator, NASA Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
• Mr. James Reuter, Associate Administrator, NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate
• Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate
• Mr. W. William Russell, Director, Government Accountability Office Contracting & National Security Acquisitions Team
• Dr. Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute and Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at the George Washington University