Testimony and Speeches

When Congress, the administration, and the many aerospace commissions want the real story on aerospace topics and programs, they turn to the experts: AIAA. We offer the objective insight they need - insight that comes with a solid grounding in technology.

Testimony

1 March 2022: Dan Dumbacher, AIAA Executive Director, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, “Keeping Our Sights on Mars Part 3: A Status Update and Review of NASA’s Artemis Initiative”
Dumbacher's Testimony

26 March 2019: Dan Dumbacher, AIAA Executive Director, testimony before the National Space Council, “Human Space Exploration – It’s Worth the Risk”
Dumbacher's Testimony

14 June 2018: Dan Dumbacher, AIAA Executive Director, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space, “NASA’s Cost and Schedule Overruns: Acquisitions and Program Management Challenges”
Dumbacher's Testimony

9 November 2017: Sandy Magnus, AIAA Executive Director, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space, “An Update on NASA Exploration Systems Development”
Magnus' Testimony

29 June 2017: Mitchell Walker, AIAA Associate Fellow and AIAA Electric Propulsion Technical Committee vice chair, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space, “In-Space Propulsion:  Strategic Choices and Options
Walker's Testimony

11 June 2015: Gregory Hyslop, AIAA Senior Member, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space, “Transforming America’s Air Travel”
Hyslop's Testimony

25 February 2014: Sandy Magnus, AIAA Executive Director, testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, "Mars Flyby 2021: The First Deep Space Mission for the Orion and Space Launch System?”
Magnus' Testimony

14 January 2014: Sandy Magnus, AIAA Executive Director, testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, Examining Conference and Travel Spending Across the Federal Government.
Magnus' Testimony

30 March 2011: Jim Maser, AIAA corporate membership committee chair and president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, CA, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, "A Review of NASA's Exploration Program in Transition: Issues for Congress and Industry."
Maser's Testimony

Speeches

29 October 2010: Robert Dickman, AIAA Executive Director, remarks before the Space Policy Institute, "Implementation Issues and U.S. Industry Panel."
Dickman's Remarks

22 September 2010: Robert Dickman, AIAA Executive Director, remarks before the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center Technical Society Luncheon.
Dickman's Remarks