Us Senate Subcommittee On Space Talks Insurance Science And New Opportunities

Witnesses representing US government agencies and the commercial spaceflight industry supported extending insurance indemnification for commercial spaceflight launches during a 20 June US Senate Science and Space subcommittee hearing. The indemnification is scheduled to expire on 31 December, reported "FLIGHT GLOBAL".

NASA is banking on its Commercial Crew Program to increase international space station (ISS) crew capacity to seven from the current six - something that could happen as soon as 2017 if Congress is willing to dramatically increase the program's budget, the agency's top human spaceflight official as stated in "SPACENEWS".

Several of the representatives spoke about the anticipated benefits of commercial spaceflight, which include being able to use the International Space Station to its full research potential, while also providing a platform for private companies to perform research and development in microgravity. Scientific experiments, such as vaccine development, already occur aboard the space station, but having more cost-effective means of reaching low-Earth orbit could revolutionize certain industries, such as pharmaceuticals and materials science, notes MSNBC.

The complete SENATE SCIENCE & SPACE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING is available with the complete list of witnesses from today. The subcommittee was chaired by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla).

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