42-U.S.C.-18405
§18405 – Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program
Pathway
Title 42 > Chapter 159 > Subchapter VIII > Section 18405
Details
- Reference: Section 18405
- Legend: §18405 – Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program
- USCode Year: 2011
Provision Content
(a) In general
The report of the National Academy of Sciences, Revitalizing NASAs 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.
(c) Establishment
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 NASAs Mission Directorates to help achieve NASAs 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.
(Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, §907, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2837.)
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