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SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE
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Findings
Definitions
United States human space flight policy
Goals and objectives
Assurance of core capabilities
Human space flight beyond low-Earth orbit
Space Launch System as follow-on launch vehicle to the Space Shuttle
Multi-purpose crew vehicle
Utilization of existing workforce and assets in development of Space Launch System and multi-purpose crew vehicle
NASA launch support and infrastructure modernization program
Development of technologies and in-space capabilities for beyond near-Earth space missions
Report requirement
Commercial Cargo Development program
Requirements applicable to development of commercial crew transportation capabilities and services
Continuation of the International Space Station
Maximum utilization of the International Space Station
Maintenance of the United States segment and assurance of continued operations of the International Space Station
Management of the ISS national laboratory
Sense of Congress on the Space Shuttle program
Retirement of Space Shuttle orbiters and transition of Space Shuttle program
Disposition of orbiter vehicles
Interagency collaboration implementation approach
Transitioning experimental research to operations
Decadal Survey missions implementation for Earth observation
Instrument test-beds and venture class missions
Technology development
Suborbital research activities
In-space servicing
Decadal results
On-going restoration of radioisotope thermoelectric generator material production
Collaboration with ESMD and SOMD on robotic missions
Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed
Aeronautics research goals
Research collaboration
Goal for Agency space technology
National space technology policy
Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program
Study of potential commercial orbital platform program impact on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Workforce stabilization and critical skills preservation
National and international orbital debris mitigation
Reports on program and cost assessment and control assessment
Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA
Counterfeit parts
Information security