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 104 STAT. 3200 PUBLIC LAW 101-611—NOV. 16, 1990 requirements of manned space flight missions can be achieved; (2) develop a strategy plan for life sciences research and technology development sufficient to accomplish the life sciences knowledge base acquisition schedule developed under paragraph (1)(B), including— (A) a crew certification plan setting acceptable crew conditioning standards for Extended Duration Orbiter operations and verifying countermeasures sufficient to meet those standards before actual Extended Duration Orbiter operations; and (B) a life sciences implementation plan for the design and development of the space station, to be provided as part of the Preliminary Design Review for the space station, and to include crew adaptability standards; and (3) verify the physiological and technical feasibility of the life sciences implementation plan developed under paragraph (2)(B), as part of the Critical Design Review for the space station. 42 USC 2471 SEC. 114. STUDY ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN PLANETARY note. EXPLORATION. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) the President on July 20, 1989, established the long-range goal of establishing a lunar base, followed by manned exploration of Mars in the early twenty-first century; (2) the United States and the Soviet Union, in cooperation with other countries, are currently planning further unmanned missions to the Moon and to Mars with the possible goal of landing a human on Mars; (3) a series of international missions to expand human presence beyond Earth orbit would further a spirit of, and follow through on the commitment made in, the 1987 agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States for space cooperation, as well as the successful cooperative agreements the United States has pursued with over one hundred countries since its inception, including the agreement with Japan, Canada, and the European countries for Space Station Freedom; (4) international manned missions beyond Earth orbit could further encourage a cooperative approach in world affairs unrelated to activities in space; (5) international manned missions beyond Earth orbit could save the individual nations involved tens of billions of dollars over national missions; and (6) a multilateral effort for manned missions to establish a lunar colony, a Mars mission, and any other missions that have the goal of establishing human presence beyond Earth's orbit and possibly landing a human on Mars would lead to greater understanding of our universe and greater sensitivity to our own planet. 0?) STUDY.— The National Space Council shall conduct a study on International Cooperation in Planetary Exploration (hereafter in this section referred to as the "study"), (c) PURPOSE OF STUDY. —The purpose of the study is— (1) to develop an inventory of technologies and intentions of all national space agencies with regard to lunar and planetary exploration, both manned and unmanned;

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