Augustine Commission Public Meeting Aug 12

Published by Marcos Huerta on August 7, 2009 under Policy

Here in Washington, the Norm Augustine-led human spaceflight review panel has a public meeting on Aug 12 at the Ronald Reagan Building.

1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Committee public deliberations: Discussion of final options Discussion of final report Discussion of close-out activities NASA Television will carry both meetings live on the agency’s media channel. The events may also be viewed on NASA’s Web site. Following the Aug. 12 meeting, committee chairman Norman Augustine will be available to answer questions from news media for approximately 30 minutes.

Further information is available at the NASA HQ website

Augustine NASA Review Panel Members announced

Published by Marcos Huerta on June 2, 2009 under Policy

Yesterday, NASA officially announced the members of human space flight review led by Norm Augustine. From the release:

  • Norman Augustine (chair), retired chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin Corp., and former member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
  • Dr. Wanda Austin, president and CEO, The Aerospace Corp.
  • Bohdan Bejmuk, chair, Constellation program Standing Review Board, and former manager of the Boeing Space Shuttle and Sea Launch programs
  • Dr. Leroy Chiao, former astronaut, former International Space Station commander and engineering consultant
  • Dr. Christopher Chyba, professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs, Princeton University, and member, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
  • Dr. Edward Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT and co-chair, NASA Exploration Technology Development Program Review Committee
  • Jeffrey Greason, co-founder and CEO, XCOR Aerospace, and vice-chair, Personal Spaceflight Federation
  • Dr. Charles Kennel, chair, National Academies Space Studies Board, and director and professor emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
  • Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles, chair, National Academies Committee on the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program, former Air Force vice chief of staff and former commander of the Air Force Materiel Command
  • Dr. Sally Ride, former astronaut, first American woman in space, CEO of Sally Ride Science and professor emerita at the University of California, San Diego