§20112 Functions of the Administration

Summary

The Administration must plan, run, and manage aeronautical and space activities. It must work with scientists on what to measure and observe from aircraft and spacecraft, do or arrange those measurements, share information about its work as widely as is appropriate, promote as much commercial use of space as possible, and encourage federal agencies to use commercial space services and hardware when those services meet government needs. If Congress provides the money, the Administration must begin, support, and carry out research, development, demonstrations, and related work in ground propulsion technologies as set out in sections 4 to 10 of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 2503–2509), and in solar heating and cooling technologies as set out in sections 5, 6, and 9 of the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5503, 5504, 5507).