The Emerging Commercial Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle Market

Subcommittee on Space | 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Aug 1, 2012 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Opening Statements

Rep. Donna F. Edwards

Witnesses

Ms. Carissa Christensen - Managing Partner, The Tauri Group

Dr. Alan Stern - Chairman, Suborbital Applications Researchers Group

Mr. George Whitesides - CEO and President, Virgin Galactic LLC

Mr. Bretton Alexander - Director, Business Development and Strategy, Blue Origin

Mr. Andrew Nelson - Chief Operating Officer, XCOR Aerospace

Dr. Stephan R. McCandliss - Research Professor, The Johns Hopkins University