Events of Interest: Week of June 25-29, 2012
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate both are in session this week.
Monday, June 25
- Fourth Space Policy and History Forum featuring Mark Albrecht, author of Falling Back to Earth: A First Hand Account of the Great Space Race and the End of the Cold War, Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC, 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Monday-Wednesday, June 25-27
- National Research Council study committee on NASA’s Strategic Direction, NRC Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC. Some sessions of this meeting are closed. Three former NASA Administrators (Beggs, Truly, and O’Keefe) as well as current Administrator Bolden will share their perspectives with the committee.
Monday-Thursday, June 25-28
- Toulouse Space Show, including First Toulouse Space and Law Forum, Toulouse, France
Tuesday, June 26
- DARPA Satellite Servicing Conference, 675 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA, 7:30 am – 5:00 pm ET
- ISU Space and Media Panel, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, 8:00-10:00 pm ET
Tuesday-Thursday, June 26-28
Wednesday, June 27
- House SS&T joint subcommittee hearing on NOAA’s JPSS and GOES-R Weather Satellite Programs, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 2:00 pm ET
Thursday, June 28
- B612 Foundation Press Conference on Privately Funded Asteroid Hunting Spacecraft, San Francisco, CA, 8:30 am PT (11:30 am ET)
Friday, June 29
- Marshall Institute meeting on China’s Space Program, 601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 600 (Indiana Avenue entrance), Washington, DC, 9:00 am ET
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