Proposed changes to NASA's exploration program : what's known, what's not, and what are the issues for Congress? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, March 24, 2010.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007-2011). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

United States.

Outer space--Exploration.

Outer space.

Exploration of outer space.

Genre:

Legislative hearings

Legislative hearings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 92 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2010.

Summary:

The Subcommittee examines proposed changes to the exploration program, including (1) cancellation of the Constellation Program, (2) investment in the development of a new "commercial crew" space transport industry, (3) provision of additional funding to commercial space cargo demonstration [COTS] providers, (4) establishment of a new research and technology program in support of human exploration, and (5) plans to develop and conduct precursor robotic missions; the status of the Constellation Program, including the results of the recent program level Preliminary Design Review; the workforce, industrial base, and contractual implications of the administration's proposed changes to NASA's exploration program, were they to be implemented; and the applicability of work completed by NASA, including activities carried out in the Constellation Program, to exploration options available to the Nation.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 28, 2011).

Paper version available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O.

"Serial no. 111-91."

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007-2011). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Proposed changes to NASA's exploration program.

Microfiche: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007-2011). Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. Proposed changes to NASA's exploration program.

OCLC:

704267252