Gen. William L. Shelton, Commander of Air Force Space Command, testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, July 16, 2014, in Washington, D.C. He shared the panel with Honorable Alan F. Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., Associate Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office; retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Howard J. Mitchell, Vice President, Program Assessments, The Aerospace Corporation; Daniel L. Dumbacher, Professor of Practice, Department of Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University; and Dr. Yool Kim, Senior Engineer, The RAND Corporation. Together, they provided testimony on, “Assured Access to Space.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)
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