Sec. 2660. Lunar surface technologies
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It is the sense of Congress that the Administrator should— identify and develop the technologies needed to live on and explore the lunar surface and prepare for future operations on Mars; convene teams of experts from academia, industry, and government to shape the technology development priorities of the Administration for lunar surface exploration and habitation; and establish partnerships with researchers, universities, and the private sector to rapidly develop and deploy technologies required for successful lunar surface exploration.
The Administrator shall carry out a program, within the Space Technology Mission Directorate, to conduct technology development and demonstrations to enable human and robotic exploration on the lunar surface. The Administrator shall establish a consortium consisting of experts from academia, industry, and government— to assist the Administrator in developing a cohesive, executable strategy for the development and deployment of technologies required for successful lunar surface exploration; and to identify specific technologies relating to lunar surface exploration that— should be developed to facilitate such exploration; or require future research and development.
The Administrator may task any member of the research consortium established under subsection
(c)with conducting research and development with respect to a technology identified under paragraph
(2)of that subsection. The Administrator shall develop a standard process by which a consortium member tasked with research and development under paragraph
(1)may enter into a formal arrangement with the Administrator to carry out such research and development, such as an arrangement under section 2666 or 2667. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this division, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the one or more types of arrangement the Administrator intends to enter into under this subsection.