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Human Space Flight Review Committee Announces Meeting Agendas

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The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold public meetings July 28, 29, 30, Aug. 5 and 12. The meetings are open to news media representatives. No registration is required, but seating is limited to the location’s capacity. Agenda times are approximate and subject to change.

The first meeting will be July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT at the South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center, 2500 South Shore Blvd. in League City, Texas.

The agenda is:

10 a.m.: Committee chairman Norm Augustine opening remarks

10:30 a.m.: Mike Coats, director, NASA’s Johnson Space Center

11 a.m.: Congressional perspective (presenters TBD)

Noon: Lunch break

12:30 p.m.: NASA Constellation projects managed at Johnson

1:30 p.m.: International Space Station/space shuttle subgroup (Sally Ride, moderator)

3:30 – 4: p.m.: Public comment period

The second session will be July 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT at the Davidson/U.S. Space and Rocket Center, 1 Tranquility Base, in Huntsville, Ala.

The agenda is:

8 a.m.: Robert Lightfoot, director, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

8:30 a.m.: Low Earth Orbit Access subgroup briefing (Bo Bejmuk, moderator)

10 a.m.: NASA Constellation projects managed at Marshall

11a.m.: Congressional perspective (presenters TBD)

Noon: Lunch break

1 p.m.: NASA Constellation projects continued

2 p.m.: Integration subgroup briefing (Lester Lyles, moderator)

3:30 – 4 p.m.: Public comment period

The third public session will be July 30 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Grand Ballroom, 1550 North Atlantic Ave., in Cocoa Beach, Fla.

The agenda is:

8 a.m.: Bob Cabana, director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

8:30 a.m.: Exploration Beyond Low Earth Orbit subgroup (Ed Crawley, moderator)

11 a.m.: Congressional perspective (presenters TBD)

Noon: Lunch break

1 p.m.: NASA Constellation projects managed at Kennedy

2:30 p.m.: Public comment period

3 – 4 p.m.: Committee public deliberations

Following each meeting, committee chairman Norman Augustine will be available to answer questions from reporters. NASA Television will carry the meetings and news conferences live on the agency’s media channel. The events also can be viewed on NASA’s Web site.

The committee is planning two public meetings in Washington on Aug. 5 and 12. The Aug. 5 meeting is planned from 8 a.m. to noon EDT at the Carnegie Institution for Science, 1530 P St. NW.

The Aug. 12 session is expected to be the committee’s final public meeting. It is planned from 1 to 5 p.m. EDT at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Agendas will be released when finalized.

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July 24th, 2009

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US Human Space Flight Review Committee Announces NEW Public Meetings

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The Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will hold three public meetings July 28-30. The meetings are open to news media representatives. No registration is required, but seating is limited to location capacity.

The first meeting will be July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT at the South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center, 2500 South Shore Blvd. in League City, Texas. Agenda topics include NASA’s Johnson Space Center operations, NASA’s Constellation program, committee sub-group reports and public comments.

The second session will be July 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT at the Davidson/U.S. Space and Rocket Center, 1 Tranquility Base, in Huntsville, Ala. Agenda topics include NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center operations, committee sub-group reports, NASA’s Constellation program and public comments.

The third public session will be July 30 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront Grand Ballroom, 1550 North Atlantic Avenue, in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Agenda topics will include NASA’s Kennedy Space Center operations, committee sub-group reports, NASA’s Constellation program and public comments.

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July 14th, 2009

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FULL VIDEO: Augustine Commission First Public Meeting

Video Parts 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 of the first public meeting of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. AKA The Augustine Commission.

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 1

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 2

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 3

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 4

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 5

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 6

U.S. Human Space Flight Committee-Washington, DC Part 7

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June 26th, 2009

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Augustine Commission Posts Presentations From First Meeting

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Every public presentation presented at the first public hearing of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee is now available.

Meeting Presentations

Summary of past studies - NASA/Mike Hawes (ppt, 201k)
Constellation Program – Nasa/Doug Cooke (ppt, 23.3 MB)
ISS Partner Discussion – ESA – Jean-Jacques Dordain (pdf, 241k)
ISS Partner Discussion – RSA – Perminov (ppt, 1.44MB)
Comments via Website (pdf, 81k)
EELV Considerations – NASA Expendable Launch Services Current Use of EELV - Lynn Cline (ppt, 3.26MB)
EELV Considerations – Briefing to the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee – Michael Gass (pdf, 3.03MB)
EELV Considerations – Initial Summary of Human Rated Delta IV Heavy Study – Gary Pulliam (ppt, 1.16MB)
Other Commercial Launch Capabilities – NASA COTS – NASA/Doug Cooke (pptx, 5.43MB)
Other Commercial Launch Capabilities – SpaceX COTS – SpaceX (pptx, 16.2MB)
Other Commercial Launch Capabilities – Orbital COTS – Orbital (ppt, 107MB)
Other Commercial Launch Capabilities – ISS CRS – NASA/Mike Suffredini (ppt, 3.11MB)
Alternative Architectures – Direct – Steve Metschan (ppt, 42.5MB)
Alternative Architectures – Shuttle Side-mount Options - NASA/John Shannon (pptx, 6.97MB)

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June 20th, 2009

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Agenda Released for U.S. Human Space Flight Meeting

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The first public meeting of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 17, at the Carnegie Institute, located at 1530 P Street NW in Washington. The meeting will take place in the auditorium and is open to the public. No pre-registration is required.

The planned agenda is below. All times are EDT.

9 a.m.: Introduction and opening remarks

9:20 a.m.: Summary of past studies

9:30 a.m.: NASA’s Constellation Program

10 a.m.: International Space Station partner discussions (European Space Agency and Roscosmos)

11 a.m.: Authorization bills and congressional perspective

Noon: Public comment period

12:30 p.m.: Lunch break

1 p.m.: Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle considerations

2 p.m.: Other commercial launch capabilities
NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Program
SpaceX COTS program status
Orbital COTS program status
International Space Station commercial resupply services process and status

3:30 p.m.: Alternative architectures
Direct
Space shuttle side-mount options

4:30 p.m.: Public comment period

5 p.m.: Meeting adjourned

Following the meeting, committee chairman Norman Augustine will answer questions from the news media from approximately 5:05 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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June 16th, 2009

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NASA Launches Human Space Flight Review Web Site

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NASA is inviting the public to make its voice heard as a panel of experts undertakes an independent review of planned U.S. human space flight activities.

NASA has created a Web site for the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee to facilitate a two-way conversation with the public about the future direction of the agency’s space flight programs. In addition to providing documents and information, the site will allow the public to track committee activities, receive regular updates and provide input through Web 2.0 tools such as Twitter, Flickr, user-submitted questions, polls and RSS feeds. Additional features and content may be added as the committee’s activities continue.

“The human space flight program belongs to everyone,” committee chairman Norman Augustine said. “Our committee would hope to benefit from the views of all who would care to contact us.”

Anyone may use the Web site to submit questions, upload documents or comment about topics relevant to the committee’s operations. The committee will conduct public meetings during the course of the review. The first will be held June 17 in Washington, D.C. An agenda for this meeting will be announced soon. Time will be set aside for public questions and comments to the committee members. No registration is required to attend.

To learn more, visit the committee’s Web site at: http://hsf.nasa.gov

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June 5th, 2009

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NASA Announces Members of Human Space Flight Review Committee

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NASA announced Monday the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee. They are:

- 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

Norman Augustine will chair the independent review of U.S. human space flight plans. During the course of the review, the panel will examine ongoing and planned NASA development activities and potential alternatives in order to present options for advancing a safe, innovative, affordable and sustainable human space flight program following the space shuttle’s retirement. The committee will present its results in time to support an administration decision on the way forward by August 2009.

“I look forward to working with the members of the committee to assist in defining the future U.S. human space flight program,” Augustine said. “The members offer a broad spectrum of professional backgrounds, and we are all committed to offering sensible proposals that will serve the White House and NASA in their deliberations.”

Dr. W. Michael Hawes is leading the NASA review team that will provide technical and analytic support to the committee. Hawes is NASA’s associate administrator for program analysis and evaluation. Philip McAlister is the executive director of the committee and the designated federal official.

The committee will hold several public meetings at different U.S. locations. The first public meeting will take place June 17, 2009. Topics on the agenda for the meeting include previous studies about U.S. human space flight; national space policy; international cooperation; evolved expendable launch vehicles; commercial human space flight capabilities; and exploration technology planning.

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June 1st, 2009

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