51 U.S.C. § 70901 — Peaceful uses of space station
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-314 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 80 words · no verdicts yet
This section limits a specified civil space station to peaceful uses.
A civil space station authorized under section 103(a)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration* Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 may not carry or put into orbit a nuclear weapon or another weapon of mass destruction, install such a weapon on a celestial body, or station one in space in any other way. The station may be used only for peaceful purposes.
No civil space station authorized under section 103(a)(1) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration* Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–611, 104 Stat. 3190) may be used to carry or place in orbit any nuclear weapon or any other weapon of mass destruction, to install any such weapon on any celestial body, or to station any such weapon in space in any other manner. This civil space station may be used only for peaceful purposes.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3436.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3436
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