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US CodeTitle 42Chapter 159

Chapter 159

SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE

Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare

44 sections

Sections

§ 18301

Findings

Long

§ 18302

Definitions

Short

§ 18311

United States human space flight policy

Short

§ 18312

Goals and objectives

Medium

§ 18313

Assurance of core capabilities

Short

§ 18321

Human space flight beyond low-Earth orbit

Medium

§ 18322

Space Launch System as follow-on launch vehicle to the Space Shuttle

Medium

§ 18323

Multi-purpose crew vehicle

Short

§ 18324

Utilization of existing workforce and assets in development of Space Launch System and multi-purpose crew vehicle

Short

§ 18325

NASA launch support and infrastructure modernization program

Medium

§ 18326

Development of technologies and in-space capabilities for beyond near-Earth space missions

Medium

§ 18327

Report requirement

Short

§ 18341

Commercial Cargo Development program

Short

§ 18342

Requirements applicable to development of commercial crew transportation capabilities and services

Long

§ 18351

Continuation of the International Space Station

Short

§ 18352

Maximum utilization of the International Space Station

Short

§ 18353

Maintenance of the United States segment and assurance of continued operations of the International Space Station

Long

§ 18354

Management of the ISS national laboratory

Long

§ 18361

Sense of Congress on the Space Shuttle program

Short

§ 18362

Retirement of Space Shuttle orbiters and transition of Space Shuttle program

Short

§ 18363

Disposition of orbiter vehicles

Medium

§ 18371

Interagency collaboration implementation approach

Short

§ 18372

Transitioning experimental research to operations

Short

§ 18373

Decadal Survey missions implementation for Earth observation

Very short

§ 18374

Instrument test-beds and venture class missions

Very short

§ 18381

Technology development

Very short

§ 18382

Suborbital research activities

Medium

§ 18383

In-space servicing

Short

§ 18384

Decadal results

Very short

§ 18385

On-going restoration of radioisotope thermoelectric generator material production

Medium

§ 18386

Collaboration with ESMD and SOMD on robotic missions

Short

§ 18387

Near-Earth object survey and policy with respect to threats posed

Short

§ 18401

Aeronautics research goals

Short

§ 18402

Research collaboration

Short

§ 18403

Goal for Agency space technology

Very short

§ 18404

National space technology policy

Medium

§ 18405

Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program

Short

§ 18421

Study of potential commercial orbital platform program impact on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Short

§ 18431

Workforce stabilization and critical skills preservation

Short

§ 18441

National and international orbital debris mitigation

Medium

§ 18442

Reports on program and cost assessment and control assessment

Short

§ 18443

Eligibility for service of individual currently serving as Administrator of NASA

Very short

§ 18444

Counterfeit parts

Medium

§ 18445

Information security

Medium