NASA Admin. Bill Nelson at start of the NAC meeting: despite the challenges here on Earth, committed to the 7 astronauts and cosmonauts on ISS. Continuing working relationship with international partners.
Nelson is giving us the highlights of the last year for the committee: Perseverance/Ingenuity, DART, Lucy and JWST.
Nelson promises three NAC meetings this year. The last NAC meeting before this was in late 2019, when Nelson himself was one of the council’s newest members.
Deputy Administrator Melroy says she visited Boeing while at KSC for today’s GOES-T launch; the company is working to OFT-2 launch “hopefully in May.”
No questions from NAC members for Nelson, Melroy and Bob Cabana, so they’re about 20 minutes ahead of schedule.
Wayne Hale: ISS is operating normally and hope that stays the same but think the situation calls for a tiger team to be prepared if the situation changes.
NAC member and former Rep. Jane Harman says “now is the time to make a huge deal” about the excitement for space given the geopolitical situation; opportunity to win support for long-term funding.
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