Keeping the Space Environment Safe for Civil and Commercial Users

A hearing of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the House Science and Technology Committee, "Keeping the Space Environment Safe for Civil and Commercial Users," took place on April 29, 2009. The event took place at 2318 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.

The hearing was chaired by Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Witnesses included Larry D. James, Commander of 14th Air Force and the Joint Functional Command for Space at the U.S. Strategic Command; Nicholas Johnson, Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris at NASA; Richard DalBello, Vice President of Government Relations at Intelsat; and Scott Pace, Director of the Space Policy Institute at The George Washington University.

The full transcript of the hearing can be accessed here.