Commercial Crew Hearing
Hearing: Update on NASA Commercial Crew Systems Development
“10 a.m. EST, the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology will hold a Subcommittee on Space hearing titled An Update on NASA Commercial Crew Systems Development. The purpose of the hearing is to examine the development of NASA’s two commercial crew systems, being built by Boeing and SpaceX, to service the International Space Station.”
– Watch live
– Hearing charter
NASA will require seven flights of the Block 5 version of the Falcon 9 rocket before certifying it for humans, apparently. "Not a totally random number," Patricia Sanders says. Humans will go on second flight of SLS rocket.
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) January 17, 2018
Prepared statements:
– Cristina Chaplain (GAO)
“Both Boeing and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are making progress toward their goal of being able to transport American astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS). However, both continue to experience schedule delays. Such delays could jeopardize the ability of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Commercial Crew Program to certify either company’s option–that is, to ensure that either option meets NASA standards for human spaceflight–before the seats the agency has contracted for on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft run out in 2019.”
– Patricia Sanders (ASAP)
– Hans Koenigsmann (SpaceX)
– John Mulholland (Boeing)
– William Gerstenmaier (NASA)
– Rep. Smith
– Rep. Babin
– Rep. Bera
– Rep. Johnson
