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 102 STAT. 4084

PUBLIC LAW 100-685—NOV. 17, 1988 Station of those science and technology programs that can be most efficiently and effectively conducted on that facility; (8) the Administration should encourage the United States private sector investment in space and, to the maximum extent practicable provide frequent flight opportunities for the development of technologies, processes and products that benefit from the space environment; (9) the Administration should enhance the existing space transportation capability through a robust mixed fleet of manned and unmanned vehicles in order to increase the reliability, productivity, and efficiency and reduce the cost of the Nation's access to space; (10) the United States faces an increasingly successful foreign challenge to its traditional preeminent position in aeronautics which is rapidly reducing its lead in both civil and military aircraft; (11) NASA's personnel are an integral component and resource for the Nation's space program, and an innovative personnel system should be developed; (12) the establishment of a permanent presence in space leading ultimately to space settlements is fully consistent with the goals of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958; (13) the United States civil space activities should contribute significantly to enhancing the Nation's scientific and technological leadership, economy, pride, and sense of well-being, as well as United States world prestige and leadership; (14) civil sector activities should be comprised of a balanced strategy of research, development, operations, and technology for science, exploration, and appropriate applications; (15) assured access to space, sufficient to achieve all United States space goals, is an essential element of United States space policy, and the United States space transportation systems must provide a balanced, robust, and flexible capability with sufficient resiliency to allow continued operation despite failures in any single system; (16) the goals of the United States space transportation system are— (A) to achieve and maintain safe and reliable access to, transportation in, and return from, space; (B) to exploit the unique attributes of manned and unmanned launch and recovery systems; (C) to encourage, to the maximum extent feasible, the development and use of United States private sector space transportation capabilities; and (D) to reduce the costs of space transportation and related services; (17) recognizing that communications advancements are critical to all United States space activities, the Administration should continue research and development efforts for future advances in space communications technologies; (18) the goal of aeronautical research and technology development and validation activities should be to contribute to a national technology base that will enhance United States preeminence in civil and military aviation and improve the safety and efficiency of the United States air transportation system; and

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