Exploration Hearing Statements

Prepared Statement By Richard Gilbrech
Prepared Statement By Kathryn Thornton
Prepared Statement By Cristina Chaplain
Prepared Statement By Noel Hinners
Opening Statement By Chairman Mark Udall

“Thus, at a minimum, NASA needs to follow good program management practices and do its best to control costs, something the GAO witness will discuss. NASA also needs to do a better job of keeping Congress informed of its progress on critical initiatives, so we can determine if they are proceeding in the right way and on budget. In addition, it means that we need to make sure that NASA’s Exploration program is structured in a way that ensures that the critical long-term exploration research and technology investments will be made.”