The first, but certainly not the last, hearing on the president’s new space initiative is scheduled for Wednesday morning, when the full Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on “National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Future Space Mission”. The usual cast of characters will be present: besides NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe, a separate panel of witnesses will include Lou Friedman (Planetary Society), Neal Lane (former presidential science advisor and NSF director), Howard McCurdy (American Univ.), and Rick Tumlinson (Space Frontier Foundation). The hearing will be webcast live starting at 9:30 AM Eastern time.
The webcast link on the Commerce Comte’s web site doesn’t seem to be working right now, but you can get an audio feed at http://www.capitolhearings.org/ . Look for “Russell 253″ in the list of meeting rooms on the right-hand side of the page.