42 USC § 18403 - Goal for Agency space technology

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s18403"
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title: "42 USC § 18403 - Goal for Agency space technology"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18403"
section_name: "Goal for Agency space technology"
chapter_number: 159
chapter_name: "SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 904, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2836.)"
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# § 18403. Goal for Agency space technology

It is critical that NASA maintain an Agency space technology base that helps align mission directorate investments and supports long term needs to complement mission-directorate funded research and support, where appropriate, multiple users, building upon its Innovative Partnerships Program and other partnering approaches.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–267, title IX, § 904, Oct. 11, 2010, 124 Stat. 2836.)