Climate and the Role of Satellites in Understanding Climate and Prediction

Witnesses:
Dr. Robert Bindschadler, PhD, Goddard Space Flight Center, Chief Scientist
Dr. Compton Tucker, PhD, Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Scientist

Thursday, March 19, 2009
House Science Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (Chrm. Miller)
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.
2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Oversight of Stimulus Funding

Witnesses:
Panel I
Dr. Cora Marrett/National Science Foundation
The Honorable Ronald R. Spoehel/NASA Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Ellen Herbst/Department of Commerce
Mr. Matthew Rogers/Department of Energy
Panel II
Mr. Tim Cross/National Science Foundation
Mr. Todd Zinser/Department of Commerce
Mr. Gregory H. Friedman/Department of Energy
Ms. Eileen Norcross, George Mason University
Ms. Patricia Dalton/Government Accountability Office

Thursday, March 26, 2009
House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chr. Giffords)
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.
2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Alternative Aviation Fuels

Hearing Charter

Opening Statement of Chairwoman Gabrielle Giffords

Witnesses:
Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Other Witnesses:
Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI)/Dr. Lourdes Maurice
Boeing Commercial Airplace/Billy Glover
Pratt & Whitney/Alan Epstein
Continential Airlines/Holden Shannon

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
House Committee on Science and Technology (Chrm. Gordon)
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing Charter

Monitoring, Measurement and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions II: The Role of Federal and Academic Research and Monitoring Programs

Opening Statement of Chairman Bart Gordon

Witness:
Dr. Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, Director, Earth Systems Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ms. Dina Kruger, Director, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Beverly Law, Professor, Global Change Forest Science, Oregon State University, and Science Chair, AmeriFlux Network
Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher, Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dr. Michael Freilich, Director, Earth Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Richard Birdsey, Project Leader, Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Science, USDA Forest Service, and Chair, Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group
Dr. Albert Heber, Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Science Advisor
National Air Emission Monitoring Study Director, Purdue Agricultural Air Quality Laboratory, Purdue University -- Additional Documents

Thursday, April 23, 2009
House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommitteee on Energy and Environment (Chrm. Baird, D-WA)
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m., 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing Charter

Continued Oversight of NOAA’s Geostationary Weather Satellite System

Opening Statement of Chairman Brian Baird

Witnesses:
Ms. Mary Ellen Kicza, Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mr. David Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, Government Accountability Office
Mr. George Morrow, Director, Flight Projects Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chrm. Giffords, D-AZ)
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing Charter

Space Debris

Opening Statement of Chairwoman Gabreille Giffords

Witness:
Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, And Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command
Mr. Nicholas Johnson, Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mr. Richard DalBello, Vice President of Government Relations Intelsat General Corporation
Dr. Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute George Washington University

Additional Documents Submitted for the Record

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agenices (Chrm. Mollohan)


NASA's FY 2010 Budget Request

Witness:
NASA Acting Administrator Scolese

Thursday, May 19, 2009
House Committee on Science and Technology (Chrm. Gordon)


NASA's FY 2010 Budget Request

Witness:
NASA Acting Administrator Chris Scolese

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agenices (Chr. Mikulski)


NASA's FY 2010 Budget Request

Witness:
NASA Acting AdministratorChris Scolese

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Science and Space (Chrm. Nelson)


NASA's FY 2010 Budget Request

Witness:
NASA Acting AdministratorChris Scolese

Thursday, June 18, 2009
10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing before the House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chr. Giffords, D-AZ)

External Perspectives on th FY 2010 NASA Budget Request and Related Issues

Witnesses:

NASA Advisory CouncilC/Kenneth Ford
NASA Advisory Council/Robert M. Hanisee
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel/John Marshall
ASEB/Raymond Colladay
SSB/Berrien Moore, III
Vice President for Space Systems
Aerospace Industries Association AIA/J.P. Stevens