51 U.S.C. § 70904 — International Space Station completion
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-314 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 403 words · no verdicts yet
This section states a policy of broad International Space Station use and requires specified capabilities and contingency planning.
(a) Policy. The policy of the United States is to achieve varied and increasing use of, and benefits from, the International Space Station.
(b) Elements, Capabilities, and Configuration Criteria. The Administrator* must ensure that the station will—(1) be assembled and operated to fulfill international partner agreements, if the Administrator decides the shuttle can safely allow the United States to do so; (2) support varied microgravity research, including basic, applied, and commercial research, consistent with section 40904; (3) be able to support at least 6 crew members, unless, within 60 days after December 30, 2005, the Administrator sends the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a report explaining why not, the effects on research, operations, and partner agreements, and the extra funding or other steps needed to support at least 6 people; (4) support docking by the Crew Exploration Vehicle and automated docking by cargo vehicles or modules launched by heavy-lift or commercially developed launch vehicles; (5) support needed diagnostic human research, in-orbit study of molecular-crystal growth, cellular research, and other research the Administration* believes necessary but cannot support by returning the materials for analysis to Earth; and (6) operate at an appropriate risk level.
(c) Contingencies. (1) Policy. The Administrator must ensure that, if needed, the station can have enough logistics and in-orbit capability to support a period when the space shuttle or its successor crew and cargo systems are unavailable. The Administrator must also ensure that, if needed, it can have enough surge delivery capability or stored spare parts and other supplies to handle that interruption. (2) Plan. Before changing the station assembly sequence in effect on December 30, 2005, the Administrator must send the two committees identified in subsection (b)(3) a plan to carry out paragraph (1)’s policy.
It is the policy of the United States to achieve diverse and growing utilization of, and benefits from, the International Space Station.
The Administrator* shall ensure that the International Space Station will—
be assembled and operated in a manner that fulfills international partner agreements, as long as the Administrator determines that the shuttle can safely enable the United States to do so;
be used for a diverse range of microgravity research, including fundamental, applied, and commercial research, consistent with section 40904 of this title;
have an ability to support a crew size of at least 6 persons, unless the Administrator transmits to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 60 days after December 30, 2005, a report explaining why such a requirement should not be met, the impact of not meeting the requirement on the International Space Station research agenda and operations and international partner agreements, and what additional funding or other steps would be required to have an ability to support a crew size of at least 6 persons;
support Crew Exploration Vehicle docking and automated docking of cargo vehicles or modules launched by either heavy-lift or commercially-developed launch vehicles;
support any diagnostic human research, on-orbit characterization of molecular crystal growth, cellular research, and other research that the Administration* believes is necessary to conduct, but for which the Administration lacks the capacity to return the materials that need to be analyzed to Earth; and
be operated at an appropriate risk level.
The Administrator shall ensure that the International Space Station can have available, if needed, sufficient logistics and on-orbit capabilities to support any potential period during which the space shuttle or its follow-on crew and cargo systems are unavailable, and can have available, if needed, sufficient surge delivery capability or prepositioning of spares and other supplies needed to accommodate any such hiatus.
Before making any change in the International Space Station assembly sequence in effect on December 30, 2005, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan to carry out the policy described in paragraph (1).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3437.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3437
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