House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Human Spaceflight Ethics and Obligations: Options for Monitoring, Diagnosing, and Treating Former Astronauts

Date:

Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 2:00pm

Location:

2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515

Subcommittees:

Space (114th Congress)

Opening Statements

Ranking Member Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) of the Subcommittee on Space

Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses

Dr. Richard Williams, Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA

Captain Chris Cassidy, United States Navy (USN); Chief, Astronaut Office, NASA

Captain Scott Kelly (USN, Ret.), Former Astronaut, NASA

Captain Michael Lopez-Alegria (USN, Ret), President, Association of Space Explorers-USA; Former Astronaut, NASA

Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics; Chairman, Committee on the Ethics Principles and Guidelines for Health Standards for Long Duration and Exploration Spaceflights, Board on Health Sciences Policy, National Academies of Sciences

114th Congress