Events of Interest: Week of March 18-23, 2012

The following events may be of interest in the week ahead.  They include a segment scheduled to air tonight (Sunday) on 60 Minutes about Elon Musk and SpaceX.

The House and Senate both are in session this week.

Sunday, March 18

• CBS 60 Minutes scheduled to air segment on Elon Musk and SpaceX, check local listings for time

Monday-Friday, March 19-23

• Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), The Woodlands, TX (near Houston)
  • Masursky lecture featuring Brown University's Dr. James Head on "Mars Climate History:  A Geological Perspective" on Monday from 1:30-2:30 pm CT (2:30-3:30 pm ET) will be livestreamed
  • NASA briefing by Associate Administrator for Science John Grunsfeld on Monday at 5:30 pm CT (6:30 pm ET) will be livestreamed 
  • Community Forum on Tuesday from 12:00-1:15 pm CT (1:00-2:15 pm ET) will be livestreamed

Tuesday, March 20

• Aerospace States Association Policy Forum, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm ET, 2325 Rayburn
• Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the FY2013 Air Force budget request, 9:30 am ET, G-50 Dirksen
• House SS&T Hearing on the FY2013 budget request for the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, 10:00 am ET, 2318 Rayburn
• LPSC Community Forum, 12:00-1:15 pm CT (1:00-2:15 pm ET), livestreamed (see above) 
• House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee hearing on FY2013 NOAA budget request (postponed from February 29), 2:30 pm ET, H-309 Dirksen 

Wednesday, March 21

• House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee hearing on FY2013 NASA budget request, 9:00 am ET, 2359 Rayburn
• AIAA-NCS section luncheon with NASA's Bill Gerstenmaier, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm,  Pier 7 Restaurant, 650 Water St., SW, Washington, DC.
• Lecture on James Webb Space Telescope by GSFC's Amber Straughn, 11:30 am ET, Library of Congress Madison Building, Washington DC

Wednesday-Thursday, March 21-22

• NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Earth Science Subcommittee meeting, NASA HQ, Washington, DC

Wednesday-Friday, March 21-23

•  Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS) conference (in conjunction with LPSC), the Woodlands, TX

Thursday, March 22

• House Appropriations CJS Subcommittee Hearing with Public Witnesses, 9:00 am ET, H-309 Capitol