NASA Advisory Council ISS Research Subcommittee, February 2014

The Research Subcommittee of the Human Exploration and Operations Committee of the NASA Advisory Council met on February 24, 2014 in Washington, DC to discuss research conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS).   Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, and Sam Scimemi, ISS Director at NASA Headquarters, were among the officials who briefed the subcommittee.  SpacePolicyOnline.com published a summary of the remarks made by Gerstenmaier and Scimemi on February 24, especially Gerstenmaier’s comments about the desirability of the private sector building commercial space stations as successors to ISS because he does not believe the government will build future space stations of that magnitude.