Agenda Released for U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Meeting

WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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.

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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://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/home

For information about NASA and agency activities, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

SOURCE NASA

Doc Mirelson, +1-202-358-4495, doc.mirelson@nasa.gov, or Stephanie Schierholz,
+1-202-358-4997, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov, both of NASA Headquarters,
Washington