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Final Commission Hearing to Feature International Partners, Space Organizations, Major Media and Public Deliberation

Posted on: Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 06:00 CDT

ARLINGTON, Va., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives from the European Space Agency, Arianespace, Canada and Japan will appear as witnesses before the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond in a public hearing to be held in New York City, May 3 and 4, 2004. Popular space organizations such as the Planetary Society, National Space Society and Federation of Galaxy Explorers will also be represented -- along with "big picture" media spokesmen from IMAX, PARADE and Aviation Week. The final segment of the hearing will be devoted to public deliberation by the Commission members. The hearing will take place at the Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, New York, New York.

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An International Partnerships panel will lead off the testimonies, which begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 3. The second panel of the day, titled "Lunar and Other Science" will feature Dr. Tony Tether, DARPA; Stu Nozette, NASA; and Professor John Delano of the SUNY University at Albany. A panel called "Space to the People," featuring grass roots space organizations, will complete the first day of testimony.

On Tuesday, May 4, the hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. with testimony from a BOEING representative who will discuss sustainability and management. The presentation at 10:00 a.m. will focus on astrophysics and feature Catherine Pilachowski, William Smith and David Spergel. Addressing the theme of "Prosperity and Competitiveness," SpaceVest CEO John Higginbotham, Morgan Stanley analyst Miles Walton, and Princeton Synergetics President Joel Greenberg will speak at 11:00. At 1:00 p.m., a "Big Picture" media panel will testify, and at 2:15 NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will make his comments to the Commission. From 3:00 until 3:30, members of the audience will be invited to comment, and a press conference will be held at 3:45.

At 4:30 the Commissioners will engage in public deliberation about their findings and recommendations for the report that is due at the White House in early June. While audience members are welcome to observe, there will be no opportunity at this time for questions.

A list of confirmed witnesses and timeline for the New York hearing follows.

The President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy (Moon, Mars and Beyond) is charged with building consensus, providing recommendations to the President regarding moon research activities, increasing young people's interest in space science, and bringing in industry and other countries as space partners.

Information about the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond is available at: http://www.moontomars.org/

President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond

Witness List and Timeline for New York City, NY Hearing

Hearings will take place at the Asia Society 725 Park Avenue,

New York City, NY 10021

Monday, May 3, 2004

1:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions

Chairman Pete Aldridge

1:15 p.m. International Space Partnerships

Daniel Sacotte, European Space Agency

M. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace

Hiyoshi Higuchi, JAXA

2:00 Lunar and Other Space Science

Stu Nozette, NASA

Dr. Tony Tether, DARPA

John Delano, University at Albany (SUNY)

2:45 BREAK

3:00 Space to the People!

George Whitesides, National Space Society

Nick Eftimiades, Federation of Galaxy Explorers

Frederick Hauck, Association of Space Explorers

Louis Friedman, Planetary Society

Commission adjourns

Tuesday, May 4, 2004

9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks

Chairman Pete Aldridge

9:05 a.m. Boeing representative

9:30 a.m. International

Marc Garneau, Canadian Space Agency

10:00 Astrophysics for the Beyond

Catherine Pilachowski, Am. Astronomical Society

William Smith, AURA

David Spergel, Princeton

10:45 BREAK

11:00 Space Prosperity and Resource Development

John Higginbotham, SpaceVest

Joel Greenberg, Princeton Synergetics

Miles Walton, Morgan Stanley

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 Media - The Big Picture

Rich Gelfond, IMAX

David Levy, PARADE

Craig Covault, Aviation Week

2:00 BREAK

2:15 Sean O'Keefe, NASA Administrator

3:00 Audience Comments

3:45 Press Conference

4:30 Deliberation of Commissioners

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President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond

CONTACT: Susan Flowers, +1-703-416-3218, susan.flowers@moontomars.org,or Susan Switzer, +1-703-416-4686, susan.switzer@moontomars.org, both for thePresident's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, Fax: +1-703-416-3487

Web site: http://www.moontomars.org/

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