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New NASA Advisory Council Holds Inaugural Meeting
Nov. 29, 2005
Debra Rahn/Melissa Mathews Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1638/1272 RELEASE: 05-416 NEW NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL HOLDS INAUGURAL MEETING Two former Apollo astronauts joined 22 other experts in the first meeting of the newly restructured NASA Advisory Council, a group of eminent U.S. citizens organized to provide guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency. The NASA Advisory Council will be chaired by former Senator and Apollo astronaut Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt. Former Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong joins Schmitt as one of the distinguished experts on the council, along with Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF (Ret.), former commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Dr. Charles F. Kennel, director, Scripps Institute of Oceanography. The NASA Advisory Council was restructured to meet agency needs as it implements the Vision for Space Exploration, outlined by President Bush two years ago to take astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars and other destinations in the solar system. A number of previously-chartered standing committees are incorporated into the restructured council. The NASA Advisory Council will include subject matter experts in five key areas: exploration, science, aeronautics, human capital, and audit and finance, and also include three ex-officio members from the National Research Council's Space Studies Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and the Institute of Medicine. "I am looking forward to working closely with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and NASA senior management as they address the exciting challenges facing the agency as it prepares for its next 50 years," Schmitt said. "These challenges include returning the space shuttle safely to flight, completing the International Space Station, developing a new crew exploration vehicle and returning humans to the surface of the moon and then on to Mars." Senator Schmitt will be joined on the NASA Advisory Council by the following distinguished experts: --Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF (Ret.) Aerospace Consultant --Dr. Juan J. Alonso, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics Stanford University --Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 Astronaut --Dr. Raymond S. Colladay, Chair Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Research Council --Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, Chair Space Studies Board, National Research Council --Robert M. Hanisee Trust Company of the West --Capt. Frederick H. Hauck, USN (Ret.) Former Space Shuttle Astronaut --Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Director Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington --Hon. Kay Coles James, Consultant Former Director, Office of Personnel Management --Dr. Stephen I. Katz, Director National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health --Dr. Charles F. Kennel, Director Scripps Institute of Oceanography --Dr. Gerald L. Kulcinski, Associate Dean, Research University of Wisconsin-Madison --Dr. Eugene H. Levy, Professor of Physics & Astronomy Rice University --Dr. John M. Logsdon, Director Space Policy Institute, George Washington University --Dr. David Longnecker, Chair Committee on Aerospace Medicine and the Medicine of Extreme Environments, Institute of Medicine --Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF (Ret.) The Lyles Group Former Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio --Wendell Maddox, President and Chief Executive Officer ION Corporation --Hon. Edward R. McPherson Under Secretary of Education --Dr. R. James Milgram, Professor Department of Mathematics, Stanford University --Hon. Michael Montelongo, Senior Vice President, Strategic Marketing Sodexho Inc. --Dr. Mark S. Robinson, Research Associate Professor Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University --Howard J. Stanislawski, Attorney Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP --Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Frederick P. Rose Director, Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History The NASA Advisory Council meets today at the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, in room 2318 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST; and on Wednesday at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in room 562 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/home -end- -- -------------- Jacques :-) www.spacepatches.info |
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