51 USC § 70505 - Lunar outpost

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s70505"
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title: "51 USC § 70505 - Lunar outpost"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "70505"
section_name: "Lunar outpost"
chapter_number: 705
chapter_name: "EXPLORATION INITIATIVES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3431.)"
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# § 70505. Lunar outpost

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3431.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70505(a) | 42 U.S.C. 17732(a). | Pub. L. 110–422, title IV, § 404(a), (b), Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4789. |
| 70505(b) | 42 U.S.C. 17732(b). |  |