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 PUBLIC LAW 101-611—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3199 (3) a proposed schedule for the implementation of such policy; (4) an estimate of the costs to the United States of implementing such policy; and (5) a process for informing the Congress in a timely and regular manner of how the plan is being implemented. (c) At least annually, the Administrator shall submit to the Reports. Congress a report certifying that the payloads scheduled to be launched on the space shuttle for the next four years are consistent with the policy set forth in subsection (a)(D. For each payload scheduled to be launched from the space shuttle, which do not require the presence of man, the Administrator shall, in the certified report to Congress, state the specific circumstances which justified the use of the space shuttle. If, during the period between scheduled reports to the Congress, any additions are made to the list of certified payloads intended to be launched from the Shuttle, the Administrator shall inform the Congress of the additions and the reasons theiiefor within 45 days of the change. (d) The report described in subsection (c) shall also include those National Aeronautics and Space Administration payloads designed solely to fly on the space shuttle which have begun the phase C/D of its development cycle. SEC. 113. LIFE SCIENCES STRATEGIC PLAN. 42 USC 2451 "(a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that— ^°^' (1) the current knowledge base in life sciences is not compatible with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's current objectives in space, and the National Aeronautics and - Space Administration lacks an adequate strategic plan to acquire a knowledge base; (2) it is critical to the success of manned missions in space, be they commercial operations of microgravity laboratories or manned missions to Mars, that a realistic appraisal of the influences of the space environment on biological systems is completed and appropriate protective countermeasures developed; (3) the space station is rapidly approaching design maturity without a corresponding development of the physiological and other human factors knowledge base necessary for long-term manned operations in space; and (4) space station laboratory hardware specifications are being fixed before fully establishing the objectives and requirements for life sciences research. (b) STRATEGIC PLAN. — The Administration shall— (1) review currently proposed manned space flight missions in order to— (A) identify the physiological and other human factors knowledge base necessary to determine the human capacity to adapt to and perform effectively in the space environment according to mission requirements, including identify- ing which life sciences parameters must be measured and which technologies, processes, and procedures must be developed; and (B) develop a schedule indicating when specific components of information, technologies, processes, or procedures identified under subparagraph (A) will need to be acquired or developed in order to verify that human adaptability

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