Sec. 205. Space suits
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Congress finds the following: Space suits and associated extravehicular activity (in this section, referred to as EVA ) technologies are critical space exploration technologies. The NASA civil service workforce at the Johnson Space Center possesses unique capabilities to integrate, design, and validate space suits and associated EVA technologies. Maintaining a strong core competency in the design, development, manufacture, and operation of space suits and related technologies allows NASA to be an informed purchaser of competitively awarded commercial space suits and associated EVA technologies.
NASA should fully utilize the International Space Station by 2025 to test future space suits and associated EVA technologies to reduce risk and improve safety. NASA shall develop space suits and associated EVA technologies. The Johnson Space Center shall manage the space suit and EVA programs of NASA. In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator may enter into agreements with the private sector as the Administrator considers appropriate.