A U.S House of Representatives hearing was held March 19th, 2013 covering the recently popular subject of asteroids and meteorite strikes. The hearing, titled “Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors”, was held before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The text below is an excerpt from a prepared statement from NASA Administrator, [...]
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Commercial Space Transportation’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request
Source: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Good morning and welcome to today’s hearing on the President’s 2013 budget request for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation. I want to thank our witnesses, Dr. George Nield and Cpt. Wilbur Trafton, for joining us. I know that many people put in a lot of effort preparing for these hearings, and [...]
State Department: Leading with Diplomacy to Strengthen Stability in Space
Source Department of State Remarks by Frank A. Rose Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance U.S. Department of State USSTRATCOM Cyber and Space Symposium Omaha, Nebraska November 17, 2011 Thank you for your kind introduction. I am honored to have been invited back to the Symposium to give a keynote speech this year. When I spoke last [...]
Maj Gen US AF/SE Gregory A. Feest Opening Speech – IAASS 2011
The following keynote address was presented at the opening, plenary session of the5th IAASS Conference “A Safe Space for a Safer World”, Versailles, Paris, France, 17-19 October 2011. Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my privilege to attend the fifth International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Conference and address this distinguished body of scientists and space professionals. On [...]
Future Private Market for Human Spaceflight
On October 26, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing to provide aerospace companies and NASA an opportunity to testify about progress being made toward the goal of establishing a commercial capability to fly humans to and from low Earth orbit and the long-term non-Government commercial market for private launch services. John Elbon, Boeing CCDev spokesman, presenting [...]
Testimony of VADM Joseph W. Dyer
Source Science, Space, and Technology Committee: October 12, 2011, Statement of VADM Joseph W. Dyer, USN (Retired), Chairman National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Before the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics U.S. House of Representatives Chairman Palazzo, acting ranking member Costello, and distinguished Members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. As requested, I would [...]
Tribute to Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Steve Jobs, founder and former CEO of Apple Computers, died on October 5, 2011. We reproduce the prepared prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005 at Stanford University, as an homage to a person that had the ability to foresee the future and the capacity to bring [...]
Neil Armstrong’s Testimony
On September 22, 2011, at 10 am EDT, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing titled “NASA Human Spaceflight Past, Present, and Future: Where Do We Go From Here?”, which has been webcast on the committee’s site. The witnesses included former astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, as well as former NASA administrator Mike Griffin and MIT planetary [...]
