Events of Interest: Week of December 7-11, 2009

Events of Interest: Week of December 7-11, 2009

The following events may be of interest next week. For further information, see our calendar on the right menu or click on the links provided below. Note that congressional hearings …

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AIA Recommends Changes to Export Controls

AIA Recommends Changes to Export Controls

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) sent a letter to President Obama on Wednesday spelling out changes its members want to the export control system. The President ordered a review of …

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Appropriations Update

Appropriations Update

As the clock ticks down on the current Continuing Resolution, which expires on December 18, seven of the 12 appropriations bills still have not been cleared by Congress. All seven …

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Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agree to Work Together to Facilitate International Cooperation

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agree to Work Together to Facilitate International Cooperation

At a space policy workshop in Mexico City last month, space policy-makers from six Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed to identify common elements in their space policies to facilitate …

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Summary of House Hearing on Ensuring the Safety of Human Space Flight Now Available on SpacePolicyOnline.com

Summary of House Hearing on Ensuring the Safety of Human Space Flight Now Available on SpacePolicyOnline.com

A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of Wednesday’s hearing on Ensuring the Safety of Human Space Flight before the Space and Aeronautics subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee is now available. …

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Congressional Testimony on Commercial Human Space Flight Safety

Congressional Testimony on Commercial Human Space Flight Safety

The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) testimony to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation is available from GAO. Testimony from all the witnesses and a webcast of the …

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Congressional Testimony on Ensuring Safety of Human Space Flight

Congressional Testimony on Ensuring Safety of Human Space Flight

The testimony from the House Science and Technology Committee’s subcommittee hearing on ensuring the safety of human space flight is available on the committee’s website, along with opening remarks from …

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Human Space Flight Safety Hot Topic Today

Human Space Flight Safety Hot Topic Today

Two congressional hearings at 10:00 this morning will look into the safety of human space flight and related issues. The Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology …

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NASA's Brand New Inspector General to Testify Tomorrow

NASA's Brand New Inspector General to Testify Tomorrow

The House Science and Technology Committee just updated the list of witnesses for the hearing tomorrow on Independent Audit of NASA. Paul Martin, who was confirmed as NASA’s new Inspector …

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