The space subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday, the 16th, on “Enhancing the Relevance of Space to Address National Needs”. The witness list isn’t published on the site yet, but according to an email sent out late yesterday, the current list includes:

• General (Ret.) Lester L. Lyles, Chair of the Committee on the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Aeronautics & Space Engineering Board, National Research Council
• Ms. Patti Grace Smith, Board of Directors, The Space Foundation
• Ms. Debbie Adler Myers, General Manager, Science Channel, Discovery Communications
• Mr. Miles O’Brien, Journalist

The hearing is at 10 am on the 16th in Rayburn 2318.