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More details on the commercial space transportation hearing

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released details about Wednesday’s hearing by its aviation subcommittee on commercial space transportation. As noted here a couple weeks ago, the hearing does appear based, at least in part, on a 2006 GAO report about the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation. The announced list of witnesses:

  • Dr. George C. Nield, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
  • Dr. Gerald Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office
  • Mr. J.P. Stevens, Vice President, Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.
  • Mr. Jeff Greason, Vice Chairman, Commercial Spaceflight Federation; President and Chief Executive Officer, XCOR Aerospace
  • Mr. James A. Testwuide, Chairman, The Great Lakes Aerospace Science
    and Education Center at Spaceport Sheboygan; Testifying on behalf of the
    Wisconsin Aerospace Authority

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