51 USC § 71102 - Requests for information

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identifier: "/us/usc/t51/s71102"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "51 USC § 71102 - Requests for information"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "71102"
section_name: "Requests for information"
chapter_number: 711
chapter_name: "NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3439.)"
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# § 71102. Requests for information

The Administrator shall issue requests for information on—

**1** a low-cost space mission with the purpose of rendezvousing with, attaching a tracking device,[^1] and characterizing the Apophis asteroid; and

So in original. The comma probably should be preceded by “to”.

**(2)** a medium-sized space mission with the purpose of detecting near-Earth objects equal to or greater than 140 meters in diameter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3439.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 71102 | 42 U.S.C. 17793. | Pub. L. 110–422, title VIII, § 803, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4803. |