NASA authorization and Griffin hearings

The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a markup hearing this Thursday at 10 am to handle, among other matters, a proposed NASA authorization bill. The committee’s science and space subcommittee has not held its own hearing on the bill, which doesn’t even have a bill number yet.

While earlier reports indicated that the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee would also meet this week to mark up its version of a NASA authorization bill, committee communications director Joe Pouliot said today that the subcommittee will likely meet later next week to mark up the bill. The full committee, meanwhile, has scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday, June 28, at 10am with NASA administrator Michael Griffin.