Senate Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on NASA's FY2016 Budget Request, March 2015

The Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on NASA’s FY2016 budget request on March 12, 2015.  NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden was the only witness, although Deputy Administrator nominee Dava Newman was in the audience and Bolden used the opportunity to urge that she be confirmed.  Most of the hearing centered on a partisan debate over whether NASA is spending too much on earth science and not enough on space exploration.  SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on March 13, 2015.