Events of Interest: Week of Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2012–UPDATE 2

Update:  The NAC heliophysics subcommittee meeting Feb. 27-28, and the HASC hearing on DOD’s FY2013 S&T budget request on Feb. 29 have been added.

The following events may be of interest in the week ahead.

The House and Senate are in session this week.

Monday, February 27

• SpacePolicyOnline.com editor Marcia Smith interviewed on David Livingston’s The Space Show, 7:00 pm ET (listen via the web)

Monday-Tuesday, February 27-28

• NASA Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), Hilton Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, VA
• NASA Advisory Council Heliophysics Subcommittee, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC

Monday-Wednesday, February 27-29

• Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, Palo Alto, CA

Tuesday, February 28

• Senate Budget Committee Hearing on DOD’s FY2013 Budget Request, 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building, 9:30 am ET
• HASC Hearing on FY2013 Air Force Budget Request, 2118 Rayburn House Office Building, 10:00 am ET
• National Air & Space Museum event announcing plans for the arrival of space shuttle Discovery, Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA, 10:00 am ET

 Wednesday,February 29

• House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Hearing on NOAA FY2013 Budget Request, H-309 Capitol, 10:00 am ET
• AIAA/NCS Luncheon with John Grunsfeld, Pier 7 restaurant, Washington,  DC, 11:30 am ET
• House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Hearing on OSTP FY2013 Budget Request, H-309 Capitol, 2:00 pm ET
• House Budget Committee Hearing on DOD FY2013 Budget Request, 210 Cannon House Office Building, 2:00 pm ET
• House SS&T Committee Subcommittee Hearing on NASA and Cybersecurity, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, 2:00 pm ET
• HASC Sbmcte Hearing on DOD’s FY2013 Budget Request for S&T, 2212 Rayburn House Office Building, 3:00 pm ET

Friday, March 2

• Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee teleconference, 12:00 – 5:00 pm ET, virtual