Sec. 502. Flight opportunities program
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It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator should provide flight opportunities for payloads to microgravity environments and suborbital altitudes as required by section 907(c) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 18405(c) ), as amended by subsection (b). Section 907(c) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 18405(c) ) is amended to read as follows: The Administrator shall establish a Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program within the Space Technology Mission Directorate to fund— the development of payloads for scientific research, technology development, and education; flight opportunities for those payloads to microgravity environments and suborbital altitudes; and transition of those payloads to orbital opportunities.
In carrying out the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program, the Administrator may fund engineering and integration demonstrations, proofs of concept, and educational experiments for flights of commercial reusable vehicles. In carrying out the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program, the Administrator may not fund the development of commercial suborbital launch vehicles. In carrying out the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program, the Administrator shall work with the mission directorates of NASA to achieve the research, technology, and education goals of NASA. .
Section 907(b) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 18405(b) ) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program in and inserting Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program established under subsection (c)(1) within .
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