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§18403 Goal for Agency Space Technology

Title 42 › Chapter 159— SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE › Subchapter VIII— AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY › § 18403

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

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NASA must keep a space technology base. It must align mission investments, support long-term needs, complement mission research, and partner with others.

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Title 42, §18403

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It is critical that NASA maintain an Agency space technology base that helps align mission directorate investments and supports long term needs to complement mission-directorate funded research and support, where appropriate, multiple users, building upon its Innovative Partnerships Program and other partnering approaches.

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42 U.S.C. § 18403

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60