§50502 — Title 51 National and Commercial Space Programs | U.S. Code

Summary

The Administrator must create a demo program that gives vouchers to pay for commercial launch and payload integration services for Administration-funded payloads. Vouchers will be awarded through grants for suborbital flights and for small payloads going to orbit. The Administrator may help recipients with contracts and technical review.

Title 51, §50502

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(a)The Administrator shall establish a demonstration program to award vouchers for the payment of commercial launch services and payload integration services for the purpose of launching payloads funded by the Administration.

(b)The Administrator shall award vouchers under subsection (a) to appropriate individuals as a part of grants administered by the Administration for the launch of—

(1)payloads to be placed in suborbital trajectories; and

(2)small payloads to be placed in orbit.

(c)The Administrator may provide voucher award recipients with such assistance (including contract formulation and technical support during the proposal evaluation) as may be necessary to ensure the purchase of cost effective and reasonably reliable commercial launch services and payload integration services.

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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5050215 U.S.C. 5803(a)–(c).Pub. L. 102–588, title V, § 504(a)–(c), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5124; Pub. L. 105–303, title I, § 103, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2851. In subsection (a), the words “to become effective October 1, 1993”, which appeared at the end, are omitted as obsolete.

§50502 Launch Voucher Demonstration Program

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Title 51, §50502

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