Administrator Bolden: What is the future of the manned space program? 

Tomorrow morning, Congressmen Frank Wolf (R-VA), John Culberson (R-TX), Pete Olson (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) will host a press conference calling on Administrator Bolden to explain how he plans to save the manned space program.

In light of the many questions surrounding the president's budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Exploration Program, CongressmanFrank Wolf, Ranking Member on the Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee on Appropriations and Congressmen John Culberson, Pete Olson, Rob Bishop and Michael McCaul will call on NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to appoint a team of NASA experts to review how exploration spacecraft and launch vehicle development and testing may be maintained within the proposed budget request to ensure uninterrupted, independent U.S. human space flight access to the International Space Station and beyond.  The team should report back within 30 days in order to provide the administration and Congress with this necessary information – before the President’s space summit in Florida on April 15. 

Who: Congressmen Frank Wolf, John Culberson, Pete Olson, Rob Bishop and Michael McCaul

What: Press conference discussing NASA and the future of the manned space program

When: Thursday, March 11, 2010

Where: Capitol Visitor Center, HVC Room 201 A