AGENDA
Hearing on "The Rocket’s Red Glare: China’s Ambitions to Dominate Space"
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Michael Kuiken [Opening statement] and Commissioner Cliff Sims [Opening statement]
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:10 AM: Panel I: U.S. Space Force’s Perspective on Strategic Competition with China in Space
- General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force [Testimony]
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM: Break
11:20 AM – 1:00 PM: Panel II: Space as a Contested Domain: Expansion of China’s Military and Commercial Space Activities
- Brien Alkire, Senior Operations Researcher, RAND [Testimony]
- Blaine Curcio, Founder, Orbital Gateway Consulting [Testimony]
- Victoria Samson, Chief Director of Space Security and Stability, Secure World Foundation [Testimony]
- Dave Cavossa, President, Commercial Space Federation [Testimony]
- Andrew Cox, Founder, Fourspoke LLC [Testimony]
1:00 PM – 1:05 PM: Closing Remarks
1:05 PM: Adjourn