42 U.S.C. § 18302
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In this chapter:
- (1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- (2)The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
- (3)The term “cis-lunar space” means the region of space from the Earth out to and including the region around the surface of the Moon.
- (4)The term “deep space” means the region of space beyond cis-lunar space.
- (5)The term “ISS” means the International Space Station.
- (6)The term “NASA” means the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- (7)The term “near-Earth space” means the region of space that includes low-Earth orbit and extends out to and includes geo-synchronous orbit.
- (8)The term “NOAA” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- (9)The term “OSTP” means the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
- (10)The term “Space Launch System” means the follow-on government-owned civil launch system developed, managed, and operated by NASA to serve as a key component to expand human presence beyond low-Earth orbit.