UN COPUOS to meet June 3-12, Vienna, Austria
The United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space is scheduled to meet June 3-12, 2009 in Vienna, Austria.
Civil Space Activities
International Space Activities
Military/National Security Space Activities
DOD Recommends Terminating the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) Program
On April 6, 2009, DOD Secretary Robert Gates announced his department’s key FY2010 budget recommendations one of which is that “Third, we will terminate the $26 billion transformational satellite program, TSAT, and instead will purchase two more advanced extremely high-frequency satellites as alternatives.”
President calls station to chat with astronauts
President Barack Obama, hosting school kids and members of Congress, called the crews of the shuttle Discovery and the international space station today, quizzing the astronauts about life in space and offering congratulations for a successful station assembly mission. Transcript: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-the-President-in-Conversation-with-International-Space-Station-via-Satellite/
House Armed Services Holds Hearing on Space and National Security
On March 18, 2009, the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a hearing on space and national security. Subcommittee Chairman Tauscher’s Opening Statement Video Webcast (Due to a technical issue, the volume begins working around minute 14 of the video.) Witnesses: Mr. Bruce W. MacDonald (pdf) Author of recent Council on Foreign …