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Also on the Hill and also on Wednesday, the House Science, Space, and Technology (SS&T) Space Subcommittee has a hearing scheduled on “Regulating Space: Innovation, Liberty, and International Obligations.” Regulatory matters may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but this hearing has a REALLY interesting set of witnesses who will lend their expertise to issues that could have a profound effect on how the private sector engages in new non-traditional activities in Earth orbit and beyond. It’s at 10:00 am ET. The committee webcasts its hearings.

Fortunately the committee archives the webcasts for people who can't be in multiple places at once, which is how Wednesday is shaping up. The Satellite 2017 conference will be in full swing (it begins Monday) at the Washington Convention Center and the American Astronautical Society’s Goddard Memorial Symposium will be starting at the Greenbelt Marriott in Greenbelt, MD, just outside the Beltway.