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51 U.S.C. § 70505 — Lunar outpost
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**(a) Establishment.—** As the Administration works toward the establishment of a lunar outpost, the Administration shall make no plans that would require a lunar outpost to be occupied to maintain its viability. Any such outpost shall be operable as a human-tended facility capable of remote or autonomous operation for extended periods.
**(b) Designation.—** The United States portion of the first human-tended outpost established on the surface of the Moon shall be designated the “Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost”.
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**(a) Establishment.—** As the Administration works toward the establishment of a lunar outpost, the Administration shall make no plans that would require a lunar outpost to be occupied to maintain its viability. Any such outpost shall be operable as a human-tended facility capable of remote or autonomous operation for extended periods.
**(b) Designation.—** The United States portion of the first human-tended outpost established on the surface of the Moon shall be designated the “Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost”.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 17732, Pub. L. 110–422, title IV, § 404, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4789, which related to establishment of a lunar outpost, was repealed in part and omitted in part. Subsecs. (a) and (b) were repealed and reenacted as [section 70505 of Title 51](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section70505&num=0&edition=prelim), National and Commercial Space Programs, by Pub. L. 111–314, §§ 3, 6, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3328, 3444, which Act enacted Title 51. Subsec. (c), providing sense of Congress relating to use of commercial services in support of lunar outpost activities, was omitted from the Code following the enactment of Title 51.
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TITLE 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS
§ 70506
a timetable determined by the availability of
funding, in order to achieve the objective of
human exploration of Mars specified in section
202(b)(5) of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration Authorization Act of
2010 (42 U.S.C. 18312(b)(5)); and
(2) shall incorporate any such missions into
the human exploration roadmap under section
432 of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration Transition Authorization Act of
2017.
(b) COST-EFFECTIVENESS.—In order to maxi-
mize the cost-effectiveness of the long-term
space exploration and utilization activities of
the United States, the Administrator shall take
all necessary steps, including engaging inter-
national, academic, and industry partners, to
ensure that activities in the Administration’s
human space exploration program balance how
those activities might also help meet the re-
quirements of future exploration and utilization
activities leading to human habitation on the
surface of Mars.
(c) COMPLETION.—Within budgetary consider-
ations, once an exploration-related project en-
ters its development phase, the Administrator
shall seek, to the maximum extent practicable,
to complete that project without undue delays.
(d) INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION.—In order to
achieve the goal of successfully conducting a
crewed mission to the surface of Mars, the Presi-
dent may invite the United States partners in
the ISS program and other nations, as appro-
priate, to participate in an international initia-
tive under the leadership of the United States.
(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3431;
Pub. L. 115–10, title IV, § 414, Mar. 21, 2017, 131
Stat. 34.)
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