June 16, 2009 Doc Mirelson/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4495/4997 doc.mirelson@xxxxxxxx, stephanie.schierholz@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-108 AGENDA RELEASED FOR U.S. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT PLANS MEETING WASHINGTON -- 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. NASA Television will carry the meeting and news conference live on the agency's media channel. Both events also can be viewed on the agency's Web site. To watch the events online, select the media channel at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv Viewers also can watch and participate in the meeting online via Ustream at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasatelevision For committee information, charter, biographies and schedules, visit: http://hsf.nasa.gov For information about NASA and agency activities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
