Sec. 612. Heliophysics research
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It is the sense of Congress that— NASA heliophysics research advances the scientific understanding of the Sun, its impact on the Earth and near-Earth environment, and the Sun’s interactions with other bodies in the solar system, the interplanetary medium, and the interstellar medium; fundamental science supported by the Heliophysics division is critical to improving space weather observations forecasting capabilities, which contribute to— fortifying national security and other critically important space-based and ground-based assets; improving the resilience of the energy infrastructure of the United States; and protecting human health in space; and the Heliophysics Division should continue to maximize the scientific return on investment of its portfolio through maintaining a balanced portfolio that includes research and analysis, including multidisciplinary research initiatives, technology development, space-based missions, and suborbital flight projects that include both directed and strategic missions and principal investigator-led, competitively solicited missions, informed by the science priorities and guidance of the most recent decadal survey in solar and space physics.
The Administrator shall seek— to maintain a regular Explorer Announcement of Opportunity cadence and alternate between small and mid-sized missions; and to enable a regular selection of Missions of Opportunity.