Events of Interest: Week of November 16-20, 2009

The following events next week may be of interest. Check our calendar on the right menu for further details or click on the links below. Congressional schedules and space shuttle launch schedules are always subject to change. Check the websites of the House, Senate, relevant congressional committees, or NASA for up-to-date information.

During the Week

No conference committee meetings have yet been announced for either the Department of Defense (DOD) or Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) appropriations bills, but could be scheduled during the week.

Monday, November 16

• Scheduled launch of STS-129 Space Shuttle Atlantis, 2:28 pm EST

Monday-Wednesday, November 16-18

• NRC Planetary Science Decadal Survey Steering Committee meeting, Irvine, CA. Some sessions of this meeting are closed.

Tuesday, November 17

• Space and Security: Transatlantic Issues and Perspectives, sponsored by the European Space Policy Institute and George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, 9:30 am -1:30 pm EST, 1957 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, November 18

• Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Nomination of Erin Conaton to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, 9:30 am EST, 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
• Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on Nomination of Philip Coyle to be Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the Office of Science and Technology Policy (and other nominations), 2:30 pm EST, 253 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Thursday , November 19

• House Science and Technology Committee hearing on “The Growth of Global Space Capabilities: What’s Happening and Why it Matters,” 10:00 am EST, 2318 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
• Senate Commerce Committee markup of Satellite TV Extension and Localism Act (and other legislation), 10:00 am EST, 253 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Thursday-Friday, November 19-20

• Space, Telecommunications and Cyber Law in the Transatlantic Arena: Comparison, Competition & Cooperation.” Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Law School. Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
• NRC Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Panel on Human Behavior and Mental Health, Irvine, CA. Some sessions of this meeting may be closed.