PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Administrator must make a flexible plan for the human exploration program that does not depend on meeting fixed milestone dates. The Administrator must also run research and tech programs to support human and robotic missions, develop ways to use space resources so missions need less support from Earth and can go beyond low‑Earth orbit, and quickly build automated rendezvous and docking systems to help the International Space Station and other missions.

Title 51, §70502

National and Commercial Space Programs, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Administrator shall—

(1)construct an architecture and implementation plan for the Administration’s human exploration program that is not critically dependent on the achievement of milestones by fixed dates;

(2)implement an exploration research and technology development program to enable human and robotic operations consistent with section 20302(b) of this title;

(3)conduct an in-situ resource utilization technology program to develop the capability to use space resources to increase independence from Earth, and sustain exploration beyond low-Earth orbit; and

(4)pursue aggressively automated rendezvous and docking capabilities that can support the International Space Station and other mission requirements.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7050242 U.S.C. 16763.Pub. L. 109–155, title V, § 503, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2929.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2017—Par. (2). Pub. L. 115–10 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “implement an exploration technology development program to enable lunar human and robotic operations consistent with section 20302(b) of this title, including surface power to use on the Moon and other locations;”.

§70502 Exploration Plan and Programs