From Detection to Deflection: Evaluating NASA’s Planetary Defense Strategy

Opening Statement

Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Valerie Foushee (D-NC)

Witness

Dr. Nicola Fox, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Professor Amy Mainzer, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Matthew J. Payne, Director, Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory