Title 51 — National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-73not60
§70507 Technology Development
Title 51 › Subtitle Subtitle VII— Access to Space › Chapter 705— EXPLORATION INITIATIVES › § 70507
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The Administrator must create a long-term program inside the Science Mission Directorate to develop new space and Earth science technology. It must be run apart from any flight projects that are being built. NASA must aim to fund the program at 5 percent of the Science Mission Directorate’s annual budget. The program must award money through competitive grants and contracts.
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Title 51, §70507
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The Administrator shall establish an intra-Directorate long-term technology development program for space and Earth science within the Science Mission Directorate for the development of new technology. The program shall be independent of the flight projects under development. The Administration shall have a goal of funding the intra-Directorate technology development program at a level of 5 percent of the total Science Mission Directorate annual budget. The program shall be structured to include competitively awarded grants and contracts.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7050742 U.S.C. 17741.Pub. L. 110–422, title V, § 501, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4791.
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51 U.S.C. § 70507
Title 51 — National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60