Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrobiology - An Assessment
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515
Opening Statements
Ranking Member Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) of the Subcommittee on Space
Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Witnesses
Dr. Paul Hertz, Director, Astrophysics Division, NASA
Dr. Jim Ulvestad, Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, NSF
Dr. Angela Olinto, Chair, Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC), and Homer J. Livingston Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago;
Dr. Shelly Wright, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, Breakthrough Listen Advisory Committee
Dr. Christine Jones, President, American Astronomical Society; Senior Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
