42 U.S.C. § 18405 — Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program

submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-267 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 257 words · no verdicts yet

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NASA must set up a Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program to fund science, technology, and education payloads flown on commercial vehicles. A designated NASA official will manage it, and NASA must report each year on how it's going. Congress authorized $15 million a year for fiscal years 2011 through 2013.

(a) In general. A National Academy of Sciences report found that suborbital science missions are absolutely critical for building an aerospace workforce ready to handle current and future human and robotic space exploration. (b) Management. The Administrator must name an officer or employee of the Space Technology Program to be in charge of the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program. That person must build short- and long-term strategic plans for keeping, renewing, and expanding suborbital facilities and abilities. (c) Establishment. The Administrator must set up a Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program within the Space Technology Program. It must fund developing payloads for scientific research, technology development, and education, and provide flight opportunities for those payloads on trips to microgravity environments and suborbital altitudes. The program may fund engineering and integration demonstrations, proofs of concept, or educational experiments flown on commercial reusable vehicles. The program must try to work with NASA's other mission directorates to help meet NASA's research, technology, and education goals. (d) Report. The Administrator must report every year to Congress's appropriate committees on the program's progress, including how many suborbital missions are planned each fiscal year and what type they are. (e) Authorization. Congress authorizes $15,000,000 for the Administrator to spend on this program in each of fiscal years 2011 through 2013.

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(a) In general

The report of the National Academy of Sciences, Revitalizing NASA’s Suborbital Program: Advancing Science, Driving Innovation and Developing Workforce, found that suborbital science missions were absolutely critical to building an aerospace workforce capable of meeting the needs of current and future human and robotic space exploration.

(b) Management

The Administrator shall designate an officer or employee of the Space Technology Program to act as the responsible official for the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program in the Space Technology Program. The designee shall be responsible for the development of short- and long term strategic plans for maintaining, renewing and extending suborbital facilities and capabilities.

The Administrator shall establish a Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program within the Space Technology Program that shall fund the development of payloads for scientific research, technology development, and education, and shall provide flight opportunities for those payloads to microgravity environments and suborbital altitudes. The Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program may fund engineering and integration demonstrations, proofs of concept, or educational experiments for commercial reusable vehicle flights. The program shall endeavor to work with NASA’s Mission Directorates to help achieve NASA’s research, technology, and education goals.

(d) Report

The Administrator shall submit a report annually to the appropriate committees of Congress describing progress in carrying out the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research program, including the number and type of suborbital missions planned in each fiscal year.

(e) Authorization

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2013 to carry out this section.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 907, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2837.)

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2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-267 · 124 Stat. 2837

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