Category: Government

Event Format: Hearing

Date: 2012-09-12

Location: Russell Senate Office Building Room 253, Washington, DC 20150, US

Sep 12 2012 2:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a hearing on "The Path From LEO to Mars." This hearing will examine NASA's exploration portfolio -- both robotic and human -- beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) to the surface of Mars. The hearing will begin with an update from project scientists working on the Mars Science Laboratory mission (Witness Panel 1).

Please note the hearing will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website. Refresh the Commerce Committee homepage 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time to automatically begin streaming the webcast.

Individuals with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid or service, including closed captioning service for webcast hearings, should contact Collenne Wider at 202-224-5511 at least three business days in advance of the hearing date.

Witness Panel 1

Dr. Fuk Li, Director, Mars Exploration Directorate, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dr. John Grotzinger, Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist California Institute of Technology

Witness Panel 2

Dr. Steven W. Squyres, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University

Dr. Charles F. Kennel ,Chair, Space Studies Board, The National Academies Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science (Emeritus), Senior Advisor, Sustainability Solutions Institute, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Mr. Jim Maser, President , Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

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