House Hearing on Suborbital Launch Vehicle Market

The Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on The Emerging Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle market on August 1, 2012.  SpacePolicyOnline.com published an article summarizing the hearing, including the release of a report by the Tauri Group that forecasts a robust market for suborbital reusable launch vehicles (SRVs), that day.  Witnesses were:

• Carissa Christensen, Managing Partner, The Tauri Group
• Alan Stern, Chairman, Suborbital Applications Researchers Group
• George Whitesides, CEO and President, Virgin Galactic
• Bretton Alexander, Director, Business Development and Strategy, Blue Origin
• Andrew Nelson, Chief Operating Officer, XCOR Aerospace
• Stephan McCandliess, Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University