Events of Interest: Week of April 30-May 4, 2012

The following events may be of interest in the coming week.  The House and Senate both are in recess this week.

Tuesday, May 1

• NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Commercial Space Committee, Cleveland, OH, 8:45 am - 2:45 pm ET
• Secure World Foundation meeting on International Perspectives on Space Sustainability from Africa, Asia and Latin America, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC  9:00-11:00 am ET

Tuesday-Wednesday, May 1-2

• National Research Council (NRC) Committee on NASA's Strategic Direction, Keck Center, 500 5th Street, NW, Washington DC (some sessions of this meeting are closed)
• NAC Planetary Protection Subcommittee, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC

Wednesday-Thursday, May 2-3

•  NASA Exploration Telerobotics Symposium, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Wednesday-Friday, May 2-4

• European Space Agency (ESA) Conference on International Space Station Research, Berlin, Germany