What's Happening in Space Policy March 2-6, 2015
Here is our list of space policy related events for the week of March 2-6, 2015 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session.
During the Week
A passel of congressional hearings are on tap this week on the FY2016 budget requests for NASA, DOD, the Department of Commerce (including NOAA) and the Department of Transportation (including FAA). Most congressional hearings are webcast on the respective committee’s website. The exceptions are hearings held in the Capitol where, unfortunately, the House Appropriations CJS subcommittee holds many of its hearings. Its hearings this week on the Department of Commerce budget request and on NASA’s budget request are a case in point. One must be physically present in the tiny room (H-309 Capitol) to hear the discussion. All the other hearings this week should be webcast, however.
For those already weary of Washington politics or just looking for something uplifting, tomorrow’s (Monday’s) briefing on Dawn’s impending arrival at Ceres should be fun. The intrepid spacecraft, which already sent back fascinating data about the asteroid Vesta, will arrive at Ceres on March 6. The briefing is at JPL and will be webcast on JPL’s Ustream channel and NASA TV. We haven’t seen an announcement about coverage on March 6 itself, but will post whatever information comes our way later this week.
Those and other events we know about as of Sunday afternoon are listed below.
Monday, March 2
- NASA Briefing on Dawn’s Arrival at Dwarf Planet Ceres, JPL, Pasadena, CA, 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm ET), webcast
Tuesday, March 3
- Senate Commerce Committee Hearing on FY2016 Budgets for Departments of Commerce (incl NOAA) and Transportation (incl FAA), 253 Russell, 9:00 am ET
- House Appropriations CJS Sbcmte Hearing on FY2016 Budget for Department of Commerce (incl NOAA), H-309 Capitol, 2:00 pm ET
- Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Hearing on FY2016 Budget for Department of Defense, 216 Hart, 2:30 pm ET
Wednesday, March 4
- House Appropriations Defense Sbcmte Hearing on FY2016 Budget for Department of Defense, 2359 Rayburn, 10:00 am ET
- House Appropriations CJS Sbcmte hearing on FY2016 Budget for NASA, H-309 Capitol, 10:30 am ET
Thursday, March 5
- SASC Posture Hearing on the Army and Air Force, G-50 Dirksen, 9:30 am ET
- Senate Appropriations CJS Sbcmte Hearing on FY2016 Budget for NASA, 192 Dirksen, 10:30 am ET
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