Professor Steven H. Collicott to testify on May 16 before the Senate Sub-Committee on Science and Space
| Event Date: | May 15, 2013 |
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Professor Steven H. Collicott will testify on Thursday May 16 before the Senate Sub-Committee on Science and Space about the merits of private-sector space enterprise, particularly suborbital research.
Dr. Collicott has extensive zero-gravity research experience, with dozens of experiments on NASA aircraft and several suborbital rocket experiments, he designed a major portion of an experiment that flew on the International Space Station in 2006 and 2007, and is Principal Investigator on the Fluids Education Experiment scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in 2014.
He will testify about the positive impacts of suborbital research during a hearing entitled "Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space" at 10 a.m. in the Russell Senate Office Building. The hearing will examine the growth of the space industry, including the potential economic and scientific benefits of private sector space transportation, as well as the federal and private sector roles.
He serves on the Sub-orbital Applications Researchers Group of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. He also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the organization created by Congress and NASA to run the US portion of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory.