NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
AIAA PR – March 14, 2011 – Reston, Va. – On Friday, March 18, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host its first biennial Congressional Aerospace Policy Retreat. This inaugural event will brief Members of Congress, congressional staffers, and the media, on a wide variety of aerospace topics, including the role of the U.S. space program in the “post-shuttle†era.
Offering an overview of America’s aerospace policy, speakers for the event include:
- Charles F. Bolden Jr., NASA administrator;
- George C. Nield, associate administrator for commercial space transportation, FAA;
- Ken Bowersox, SpaceX;
- Brewster Shaw Jr., The Boeing Company;
- Andreas Diekmann, European Space Agency, among many others.
The event is free and open to the public, and will take place on Friday, March 18, starting at 9:00 a.m. in room 201–00 and room 209–08 in the Senate Visitors Center, located in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20001.
Although admission is free, space is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected] to register, noting any media affiliation for reserved seating. For additional information, please contact Duane Hyland at 703.264.7558 or [email protected].
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