Tue, Jun 02, 2009
Looks Beyond The Shuttle Program
NASA Monday announced the formation and initial members of the
Human Space Flight Review Committee, which will help the agency
develop plans for manned space flight after the shuttle fleet
retires.
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 of this year.
"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
from 0900 - 1700 EDT at the Carnegie Institution, located at 1530 P
Street NW in Washington. 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.
Other members of the committee include:
- 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
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