Senate Hearing on Commercial Space Today Chock Full of Witnesses
Seven witnesses are scheduled to testify this afternoon before the Science and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on commercial space activities. It’s an unusually large group for a space hearing, and spans a range of government and private sector expertise. Three former astronauts (Stafford, O’Connor and Culbertson) are among them. The hearing is at 2:30 pm in 253 Russell Senate Office Building.
- Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford (USAF, Ret.)
- Bryan O’Connor, NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance
- George Nield, FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transporation
- Malcolm Peterson, former NASA Comptroller
- Michael Gass, President, United Launch Alliance
- Frank Culbertson, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager, Advanced Programs Group, Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Gwynne Shotwell, President, SpaceX
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