What's Happening in Space Policy February 16-20, 2015 – UPDATE
UPDATE, February 18: Friday’s WSBR luncheon has been postponed.
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of February 16-20, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. Congress is in recess this week in observance of Presidents’ Day (which commemorates Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12 and George Washington’s on February 22).
During the Week
Members of Congress will be working in their State or District offices this week instead of Washington, D.C., hearing directly from their constituents about whatever is on their minds.
Lots of non-congressional events are on tap, though, including what could be a very interesting investors conference call with the leadership of the brand new OrbitalATK on Thursday. This is the first such call for the merged company, which melds Orbital Sciences Corporation and Alliant TechSystems’ (ATK’s) aerospace business (it spun off its sporting division as part of the merger). Only financial folks get to ask questions, but anyone can listen and the company is actually making this available via webcast. Orbital’s David Thompson is President and CEO of the merged company, and Garrett Pierce is CFO, the same positions they held at Orbital. Blake Larson, who headed ATK’s Aerospace Group, is COO of the merged company.
The Director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Chris Scolese, will speak to the Maryland Space Business Roundtable (MSBR) on Tuesday.
Those and other events we know about as of Sunday afternoon are listed below.
Editor’s Note: Some of you may have heard about the Pioneering Space National Summit scheduled for Thursday and Friday. That event is by invitation only, so we do not list it. On a personal note, I wish them luck. I’ve been involved in too many of these exercises over the decades and declined their kind invitation to participate in yet another one. Perhaps this will be the one that makes a difference, but I admit to being skeptical.
Tuesday, February 17
- MSBR Luncheon Featuring NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Director Chris Scolese, Martin’s Crosswinds, Greenbelt, MD, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm ET
Wednesday, February 18
- Potential for Finding Life in a Europa Plume, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Pacific Time (PT)
- NASA Briefing on Three Upcoming Spacewalks, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 2:00 pm ET (1:00 pm Central Time)
Thursday, February 19
- OrbitalATK Investors Conference Call, virtual, 9:00 am ET
- AIAA-NCS/NDIA Luncheon Featuring Gregg Constable, JSF, Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center, Crystal City (Arlington), VA, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm ET
Thursday-Friday, February 19-20
- NASA Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG), NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
Friday, February 20
- US ISS Spacewalk (1st of 3), Earth orbit, 7:10 am ET
- POSTPONED WSBR Luncheon Featuring AF Maj. Gen. Roger Teague, University Club, Washington, DC, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm ET
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