Events of Interest: Week of March 14-18, 2011
The following events may of interest in the coming week. Check our calendar on the right menu for more details or click the links below. Times, dates and witnesses for congressional hearings are subject to change.
During the Week
Another week, another Continuing Resolution (CR). The current CR expires on Friday, March 18. The House and Senate are each expected to pass a three-week extension (through April 8) this week. It will cut another $6 billion, keeping to the Republican goal of cutting $2 billion a week. The cuts appear to be from earmarks (for example, $63 million is taken from NASA’s Cross-Agency Support line, the same amount that was used to fund earmarks in FY2010, the base year used in the CR) and programs that either the President or Senate Democrats have already indicated they want to terminate. Thus, this CR is not expected to be overly contentious. The practice of continuing to fund the government with short-term CRs is contentious, however, with many politicians commenting that it is irresponsible.
Monday, March 14
- Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Living in Space Panel, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, room 144, Washington, DC 1:00-3:00 pm EDT (in conjunction with the Satellite 2011 conference)
Monday-Thursday, March 14-17
- Satellite 2011, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
Tuesday, March 15
- NASA telecon on Messenger’s imminent entry into orbit about Mercury, 1:00 pm EDT
- Senate Commerce Hearing on “Realizing NASA’s Potential,” 253 Russell Senate Office Building, 2:30 pm EDT
Tuesday-Thursday, March 15-17
- Space, Propulsion and Energy Sciences International Forum, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Wednesday, March 16
- Marshall Institute Symposium on Air Force Space Policy and Programs, National Press Building, First Amendment Lounge, Washington, DC 8:30 – 11:00 am EDT
- NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Planetary Science Subcommittee telecon, 2:00-3:00 pm EDT
Wednesday-Friday, March 16-18
- National Research Council Committee on Planetary Protection Standards for Icy Bodies in the Outer Solar System, NRC Beckman Center, Irvine, CA. Some sessions of the meeting are closed.
Friday, March 18
- AIAA et al Congressional Aerospace Policy Retreat, Senate Visitors Center, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT
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