Kirsten Larson/Ray Castillo
Headquarters, Washington                      August 16, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-0243/1600)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-047

SPACE STATION PROGRAM REVIEW TEAM TO MEET AUG. 20-21;
REPORTERS INVITED TO ATTEND

     The first meeting of the ISS Management and Cost 
Evaluation Team is scheduled for Aug. 20-21 at NASA 
Headquarters. The Aug. 20 session is open to the public, and 
reporters are invited to attend.

During the Aug. 20 session, which begins at 8:30 a.m., 
Administration and NASA officials will provide a broad 
overview of the Agency, the Human Exploration and Development 
of Space Enterprise and the International Space Station 
program. 

The meeting will be held in conference room MIC-7, on the 7th 
floor of the NASA Headquarters building. NASA Headquarters is 
located at 300 E Street, SW, Washington, DC. Reporters 
wishing to attend this session should call Kirsten Larson 
(202/358-0243) or Ray Castillo (202/358-1600) to make the 
necessary arrangements. Because of the small size of the 
room, media television cameras will not be admitted to the 
meeting.

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin created the ISS 
Management and Cost Evaluation Team last month to take a 
focused look at the budget and management challenges facing 
the International Space Station program.

Chaired by Thomas Young, the former president of Martin-
Marietta Corp., the task force will help NASA address the 
quality of the ISS cost estimates as well as program 
assumptions and requirements, identifying high-risk budget 
areas and potential risk mitigation strategies.

The full membership of the panel can be found on the Internet 
at:

  ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2001/01-152.txt


ISS Management and Cost Evaluation Task Force
August 20, 2001
NASA Headquarters

8:30 a.m.  Panel Introductions
8:45 a.m.  Opening Remarks          Tom Young
                                    Chairman

9 a.m.     Welcome                  Daniel Goldin
                                    NASA Administrator

9:30 a.m.  Office of Management     Sean O'Keefe
           and Budget Perspective   OMB Deputy Director

10 a.m.    NASA Organization,       Malcolm Peterson
           Budget Overview          NASA Comptroller

10:45 a.m. Break

11 a.m.    Human Exploration and    Joseph Rothenberg
           Development of Space     Associate Administrator
                                    Office of Space Flight

Noon       Lunch

1 p.m.     ISS Facilities and       Dr. Kathie Olsen
           Research                 Chief Scientist

2 p.m.     ISS Development Status   Michael Hawes
                                    Deputy Associate 
Administrator,
                                    Space Station
                                    Office of Space Flight

3 p.m.     Break

3:15 p.m.  ISS-The Partners         Angela Diaz
                                    Director, Human Space 
Flight and Research,
                                    Office of External 
Relations

4 p.m.     Congressional            TBD
           Perspective              NASA Legislative Affairs

5 p.m.                              Adjourn

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