Senate Commerce Hearing on Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space, May 2013
The Science and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on May 16, 2013 on Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space. Witnesses were:
- Wayne Hale, Director, Human Spaceflight, Special Aerospace Services (and former NASA space shuttle program manager)
- Patti Grace Smith, consultant (and former FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation)
- Michael Lopez-Alegria, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation (and former NASA astronaut)
- Steven Collicott, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
SpacePolicyOnline.com published two articles summarizing different aspects of the hearing on May 20, 2013.
- Hale: Logistics Key to Deep Space Human Exploration, and Commercial Space Is the Answer
- Patti Grace Smith: Extend Indemnification for 10 Years, At Least