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

AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher testifies on Capitol Hill, 13 June 2018