Events of Interest: Week of May 2-6, 2011
The following events may be of interest in the week ahead. For more information, check our calendar on the right menu or click the links below. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Times, dates and witnesses for congressional hearings are subject to change; check the relevant committee’s website for up to date information.
All week, May 2-6
- RS2011: Reinventing Space 2011, Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, May 3
- NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Space Operations Committee, Doubletree Hotel, Cocoa Beach, FL, 8:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
- NAC Audit, Finance and Analysis Committee, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, 9:00 am – 11:45 am EDT
- Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on health of industrial base and S&T elements, SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building, 2:30 pm EDT
Wednesday, May 4
- House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee hearing on FY2012 Budget Request for the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), H-309 Capitol, 10:00 am EDT
- NASA news conference on Gravity Probe B Update, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, 1:00 pm EDT (watch on NASA TV)
- NAC Science Committee task group on organizing analysis groups, virtual (telecon and WebEx), 2:00 – 4:00 pm EDT
Wednesday-Thursday, May 4-5
- House Armed Services subcommittee markups of FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540), see the committee’s website for details
- May 4, subcommittees on military personnel, emerging threats and capabilities, strategic forces, and tactical air and land forces
- May 5, subcommittees on seapower and projection forces, and on readiness
Thursday, May 5
- HSS&T Space and Aeronautics subcommittee hearing on commercial space, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. 10:00 am EDT
Thursday-Friday, May 6-7
- NASA Advisory Council, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, OH
- Thursday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT
- Friday, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Friday, May 6
- Interagency Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, teleconference, 12:00 – 5:00 pm EDT
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