Apologies for the short notice, but the Senate Commerce Committee’s space subcommittee is holding a hearing this afternoon titled “The Case for Space: Examining the Value”. The only details about the hearing available is the list of speakers, although that, coupled with the title, give you the gist of what the hearing will be about:

Panel 1
Dr. Stephen I. Katz
Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Panel 2
Dr. Scott Pace
Director, Space Policy Institute, Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University

Dr. Lennard A. Fisk
Vice Chair, Committee on the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
Thomas M. Donahue Distinguished University Professor of Space Science at the University of Michigan

Dr. Jeanne L. Becker
Associate Director
National Space Biomedical Research Institute

Ms. Helen Greiner
CEO
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