Events of Interest: Week of January 8-13, 2012
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are meeting in non-legislative pro forma sessions every three days (this tactic has been used in the past to prevent Presidents from making “recess appointments” while Congress is in recess, but President Obama has decided to challenge that interpretation of what constitutes a recess and made several recess appointments nonetheless). The House returns for legislative business on January 17; the Senate on January 23.
Sunday-Thursday, January 8-12
- American Astronomical Society annual winter conference, Austin, TX
- “Town Hall” (plenary) session on James Webb Space Telescope, Monday, 1:45 pm EST (12:45 pm local time)
- Town Hall session on NASA, Wednesday, 1:45 pm EST (12:45 pm local time)
Monday, January 9
- AAS Town Hall session on James Webb Space Telescope (see entry above), 1:45 pm EST (12:45 pm local time)
Monday-Thursday, January 9-12
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) annual Aerospace Sciences meeting, Nashville, TN
Wednesday, January 11
- AAS Town Hall session on NASA (see AAS item above for Sunday-Thursday), 1:45 pm EST (12:45 pm local time)
- NASA press conference with next International Space Station crew, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 2:00 pm EST (1:00 pm local time)
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