Space Policy Events for March 10-14, 2014
The following events may of interest in the week ahead. The House and Senate are in session. As hard as it is to believe, Washington, DC may get another (thankfully brief) taste of winter Wednesday night into Thursday. If the forecast holds, be sure to check to see if any Thursday events in DC are still on track.
During the Week
Of geopolitical as well as space interest, two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut are due to land in Kazakhstan tomorrow night (Monday) Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). U.S. officials insist that International Space Station (ISS) operations are not being affected by the tensions over Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. This landing, of Soyuz TMA-10M carrying Russians Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA’s Mike Hopkins, could help prove that point. Landing is scheduled for 11:24 pm EDT (9:24 am Tuesday local time at the landing site).
Fortuitously, noted Russian space authority Anatoly Zak will be speaking at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) earlier that day as part of the NASM/Applied Physics Lab Space Policy & History Forum series. Zak runs the RussianSpaceWeb.com website and is author of the superb book Russia in Space published last year. His talk is at 4:00 pm ET. There is no charge, but RSVPs are REQUIRED in order to enter the part of the museum where the talk will be held. See the entry for Monday below for instructions.
Lots of other interesting hearings, meetings and conferences are on tap. Here’s what we know about as of early Sunday afternoon.
Monday, March 10
- NASM/APL Space Policy & History Forum featuring Russian space expert Anatoly Zak, National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC. 4:00 pm ET. RSVP required to Roger Launius (launiusr@si.edu)
- Soyuz TMA-10M landing, Kazakhstan, 11:24 pm ET (9:24 am Tuesday local time at the landing site)
Monday-Thursday, March 10-13
- Satellite 2014 conference, Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Tuesday, March 11
- WSBR Silent Auction and Luncheon Featuring Tom Ingersoll, Skybox Imaging, Washington Convention Center (in connection with Satellite 2014), 11:30 am -1:30 pm ET
- ISU-DC Space Café Featuring Royce Dalby, Avascent, The Science Club, Washington, DC, 7:00 pm ET
Wednesday, March 12
- NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Planetary Science Subcommittee, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm ET
- SASC Sbcmte Hearing on Military Space Programs, 222 Russell Senate Office Building, 2:30 pm ET
Thursday, March 13
- House Appropriations Defense Sbcmte Hearing on FY2015 DOD Budget Request, 2359 Rayburn, 10:00 am ET
Friday, March 14
- HASC Hearing on FY2015 Air Force Budget Request, 2118 Rayburn, 9:00 am ET
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