Senate Commerce Hearing on Human Spaceflight and Commercial Space, February 2015

Senate Commerce Hearing on Human Spaceflight and Commercial Space, February 2015

The Space, Science and Competitiveness subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing on February 24, 2015 on “U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness.”  It was the first subcommittee hearing chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).   SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the hearing on February 25, 2015.  Witnesses were:

Panel 1

  • Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham
  • Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin (second man to walk on the Moon)
  • Space Shuttle astronaut Mike Massimino

Panel 2

  • John Elbon, Boeing Space Exploration
  • Scott Pace, George Washington University Space Policy Institute
  • Eric Stallmer, Commercial Spaceflight Federation