42 U.S.C. § 18383 — In-space servicing

submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-267 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 85 words · no verdicts yet

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NASA must keep making sure that future big science spacecraft, placed in Earth orbit or at special gravity-balance points, can be serviced and repaired in space or by astronauts, when practical. NASA's investments in technology, robotics, and human spaceflight should take this repair ability into account.

The Administrator must keep taking all necessary steps to make sure that future observatory-class scientific spacecraft, meant for Earth orbit or a Lagrangian point, can be serviced and repaired in space or by astronauts, as far as that's practical and appropriate. The Administrator should make sure NASA's investments and future abilities in space technology, robotics, and human spaceflight take this repair-and-service ability into account where it makes sense, and build it into design and operational plans.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Administrator shall continue to take all necessary steps to ensure that provisions are made for in-space or human servicing and repair of all future observatory-class scientific spacecraft intended to be deployed in Earth-orbit or at a Lagrangian point to the extent practicable and appropriate. The Administrator should ensure that agency investments and future capabilities for space technology, robotics, and human space flight take the ability to service and repair these spacecraft into account, where appropriate, and incorporate such capabilities into design and operational plans.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–267, title VIII, § 804, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2833.)

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2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-267 · 124 Stat. 2833

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