2004 Congressional Hearings on Space

September

NASA's Space Shuttle Program
September 8, 2004 - Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology

Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford (Ret.),
Co-Chairman, Return to Flight Task Group

July

Saturn
July 22, 2004 - Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee

Mr. Orlando Figueroa ,
Director, Solar System Exploration Division, and Mars Program Office, Office of Space Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

July 22, 2004 - House Armed Services Committee: Strategic Forces Subcommittee
Space Cadre/Space Professionals

General Lance Lord, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command
Lt General Larry J. Dodgen, USA, Commander, Space and Missile Defense Command
Vice Admiral James McArthur, USN, Commander, Navy Network Warfare Command
Brigadier General John Thomas, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Command, Control, Communications and Computers
Dr. Robert Calico, Provost Engineering and Management Department, Air Force Institute of Technology
Captain Dan Bursch, USN, Associate Dean of Graduate School Engineering and Applied Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School
Mr. John Douglass, President and CEO, Aerospace Industries
Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak, Chancellor, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Dr. Victoria Coverstone, Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineer, University of Illinois

June

Final Report on the President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy
June 17, 2004 - Senate Committee on Commerse, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space

Mr. Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Chairman, President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space

May

Space Shuttle and the Future of Launch Vehicles
May 5, 2004. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space.

Mr. William F. Readdy, Associate Administrator, Space Operations and Mission Directorate, NASA
Rear Adm. Craig E. Steidle, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems, NASA

Mr. Mike Kahn, Vice President of Space Operations, ATK Thiokol Propulsions
Dr. John C. Karas, Vice President, Space Exploration, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Mr. Robert A. Hickman, Director of the Advanced Spacelift and Force Application Directorate, The Aerospace Corporation
Mr. Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Space Exploration Technologies Group

April

International Space Exploration Program
April 27, 2004 - Senate Committee on Commerse, Science, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space.

Mr. Sven Grahn , Vice President Engineering & Corporate Communications, Swedish Space Corporation
Dr. John Logsdon , Director, Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Mr. James Oberg, Aerospace Operations Consultant, Soaring Hawk Productions, Inc.
Ms. Marcia S. Smith , Specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy, Resources, Science, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

FY05 Missile Defense Budget
April 21, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Defense Subcommittee

Lieutenant General Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency

Near Earth Objects (NEO)
April 7, 2004 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space
Panel 1

Dr. Wayne Van Citters, Division Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, National Science Foundation
Dr. Lindley Johnson, Program Manager, Near Earth Objects Observation Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Panel 2

Dr. Grant Stokes, Associate Head of the Aerospace Division, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Dr. Michael Griffin, Head of the Space Department, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Rusty Schweickart, Chairman of the Board, B612 Foundation
Dr. Ed Lu, President (and NASA Astronaut), B612 Foundation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request
April 01, 2004 Senate Committee on Appropriations: Subcommitte on Science, Technology, and Space

Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

March

Missle Defense (CLOSED HEARING)
March 31 2004 House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense

National security space programs and management in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005
March 25, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of the Air Force and Director, National Reconnaissance Office
Admiral James O. Ellis Jr., USN, Commander, United States Strategic Command
General Lance W. Lord, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command
Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN (Ret.), Director, Office of Force Transformation

Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request - Missile Defense Programs
March 25, 2004 - House Armed Services Committee: Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Chairman Everett Opening Statement
Lieutenant General Ronald T. Kadish, Untied States Air Force, Director, Missile Defense Agency
Lieutenant General Larry J. Dodgen, Untied States Army, Commander, Space and Missile Defense Command
Thomas P. Christie, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense

FY05 Budget Request for NASA
March 11, 2004 Senate Committee on Appropriations: VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee

Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, NASA

Missile defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005
March 11, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

Michael W. Wynne, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, Commander, United States Strategic Command
Thomas P. Christie, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Lieutenant General Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency
Lieutenant General Larry J. Dodgen, USA, Commander, Space and Missile Defense Command

Mars Exploration Program
March 10, 2004 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space

Dr. Edward Weiler, Associate Administrator for Space Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

February

Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request: Status of the Space Programs
February 25, 2004 - House Armed Services Committee: Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Chairman Everett Opening Statement
Pete B. Teets, Undersecretary of the Air Force

Field Hearing - President's New Space Vision
February 18, 2004 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space

Sam Brownback, Senator, Kansas
John Cornyn, United States Senator,
Tom DeLay, Majority Leader, United States House of Representatives
Panel 1
William F. Readdy, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Panel 2
Charles M. Chafer, President, Team Encounter, LLC
Robert Lorsch, President, The RHL Group
W.F. "Mitch" Mitchell, President, Altair Development Corporation
Courtney Stadd, President, Capitol Solutions

January

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Future Space Mission
January 28, 2004 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

John McCain, Chairman, U.S. Senator (R-AZ)
Panel 1
Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Panel 2
Dr. Louis Friedman, Executive Director, The Planetary Society
Neal Lane, Ph. D., University Professor with Appointments in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and as Senior Fellow, James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy, Physics and Astronomy Department
Dr. Howard McCurdy, Professor, Department of Public Administration, School of Public Affairs, American University
Richard Tumlinson, President, Space Frontier Foundation

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