[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 54931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23971]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee--Open Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
open meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given of a 
meeting of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee 
(COMSTAC). The meeting will take place on Thursday, October 30, 2003, 
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Federal Aviation Administration 
Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, in 
the Bessie Coleman Conference Center, 2nd Floor. This will be the 
thirty-eighth meeting of the COMSTAC.
    The proposed agenda for the meeting will include a briefing from 
members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board focusing on the 
post-Columbia implications for all United States space sectors, updates 
on current commercial space transportation legislation, and an 
activities report from FAA's Associate Administrator for Commercial 
Space Transportation. Meetings of the COMSTAC Working Groups 
(Technology and Innovation, Reusable Launch Vehicle, Risk Management, 
and Launch Operations and Support) will be held on Wednesday, October 
29, 2003. For specific information concerning the times and locations 
of these meetings, contact the Contact Person listed below.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
inform the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Parker (AST-200), Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST), 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, telephone 
(202) 385-4713; e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, September 11, 2003.
Patricia G. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 03-23971 Filed 9-18-03; 8:45 am]
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