Sec. 327. Assessment of Mars architecture
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The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies to assess— the Administration’s revised post-2016 Mars exploration architecture and its responsiveness to the strategies, priorities, and guidelines put forward by the National Academies’ planetary science decadal surveys and other relevant National Academies Mars-related reports; the long-term goals of the Administration’s Mars Exploration Program and such program’s ability to optimize the science return, given the current fiscal posture of the program; the Mars architecture’s relationship to Mars-related activities to be undertaken by agencies and organizations outside of the United States; and the extent to which the Mars architecture represents a reasonably balanced mission portfolio.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit the results of the assessment to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.