House Science Committee Schedule – Week of April 2, 2001

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2001

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE AND AERONAUTICS – Hearing

Vision 2001: Future Space

WHEN: 4:00 P.M.- 6:00 P.M.

WHERE: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building (WEBCAST)

WITNESS LIST:

Dr. Buzz Aldrin, President, Starcraft Enterprises

Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, Chairman, Dept. of Physics, Case Western
Reserve University

Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Director, Geophysical Laboratory,

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Mr. Allen Steele, Author, Science Fiction Genre

The hearing will explore visionary concepts of America’s future in space.
Witnesses will examine issues as far-ranging as the physics of space travel
to the potential for our science fiction fantasies to become reality. They
have been encouraged to let their imaginations roam.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2001

FULL COMMITTEE – Hearing:

Space Station Cost Overruns

WHEN: 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON

WHERE: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building (WEBCAST)

WITNESS LIST:

The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, NASA

Ms. Marcia S. Smith, Specialist, Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy,

Congressional Research Service

Mr. Robert J. Polutchko, Member, Cost Assessment and Validation Task

Force

Mr. Russell A. Rau, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, NASA

The hearing will review NASA’s management of the Space Station program, the
status and underlying causes of recent cost growth, risks associated with
increased reliance on international partners, the re-prioritization of
planned science, and actions NASA is taking to address these issues.

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Jeff Donald

Deputy Communications Director

House Science Committee

2320 Rayburn

Washington, DC 20515