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 101 STAT. 864

International agreements. Canada. Europe. Japan. 42 USC 2451 note.

42 USC 2451 note.

42 USC 2451 note.

Reports.

PUBLIC LAW 100-147—OCT. 30, 1987

'8 (2) the servicing, rehabilitation, and construction of sateUites '.1 and space vehicles; (3) the development and demonstration of commercial prod':, ucts and processes; and (4) the establishment of a space base for other civilian and commercial space activities. (b) The space station shall be developed and operated in a manner that supports other science and space activities. (c) In order to reduce the cost of operations of the space station and its ground support system, the Administrator shall undertake the development of such advanced technologies as may be appropriate within the level of funding authorized in this Act. (d) The Administrator shall seek to have portions of the space station constructed and operated by the private sector, where appropriate. (e) The Administrator shall promote international cooperation in the space station program by undertaking the development, construction, and operation of the space station in conjunction with (but not limited to) the Governments of Europe, Japan, and Canada. (f) The space station shall be designed, developed, and operated in a manner that enables evolutionary enhancement. SEC. 107. (a) For each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1996, the Administrator, along with the President's submission to the Congress of the annual budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall submit a capital development plan for the space station program. Each such plan shall include the estimated cost of all direct research and development; space flight, control and data communications; construction of facilities; and research and program management for the fiscal year involved and the two succeeding fiscal years. 0?) For fiscal year 1989, the capital development plan shall also include a statement outlining the total cost, schedule, and configuration of the Administration's space station proposal, as well as an analysis of the "Report of the Committee on the Space Station of the National Research Council". Such analysis shall examine alternatives for the configuration of the space station including but not limited to low cost alternatives. SEC. 108. In order to ensure that the development of the space station is part of a balanced civilian space program, the Administrator is instructed to establish as a goal a funding profile that limits (1) space station total annual costs under the capital development plan in section 107 to 25 percent of the total budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and (2) all space station direct operations costs, except for those costs associated with the utilization of the space station, to 10 percent of the total budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SEC. 109. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the launching and servicing of the space station should be accomplished by the most cost-effective use of space transportation systems, including the space shuttle and expendable launch vehicles. Qo) Not later than January 15, 1988, the Administrator shall sulamit a preliminary report on the cost-effective use of space transportation systems for the launch of space station elements during the development and operation of the space station. The Administrator shall consider—

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