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