Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–267); 
(2) that the Administration shall make use of 
United States commercially provided International 
Space Station crew transfer and crew rescue services 
to the maximum extent practicable; and 
(3) the policy stated in section 501(b) of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Au-
thorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18351(b)) that 
the Administration shall pursue international, com-
mercial, and intragovernmental means to maximize 
International Space Station logistics supply, mainte-
nance, and operational capabilities, reduce risks to 
International Space Station systems sustainability, 
and offset and minimize United States operations 
costs relating to the International Space Station. 
(c) ASSURED ACCESS TO LOW-EARTH ORBIT.—Sec-
tion 70501(a) of title 51, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the 
United States to maintain an uninterrupted capability for 
human space flight and operations in low-Earth orbit, and 
beyond, as an essential instrument of national security 
and the capability to ensure continued United States par-
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ticipation and leadership in the exploration and utilization 
of space.’’. 
(d) REPEALS.— 
(1) USE
OF
SPACE
SHUTTLE
OR
ALTER-
NATIVES.—Chapter 701 of title 51, United States 
Code, and the item relating to such chapter in the 
table of chapters for such title, are repealed. 
(2) SHUTTLE PRICING POLICY FOR COMMER-
CIAL AND FOREIGN USERS.—Chapter 703 of title 
51, United States Code, and the item relating to 
such chapter in the table of chapters for such title, 
are repealed. 
(3) SHUTTLE PRIVATIZATION.—Section 50133 
of title 51, United States Code, and the item relat-
ing to such section in the table of sections for chap-
ter 501 of such title, are repealed. 
(e) EXTENSION CRITERIA REPORT.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Admin-
istrator shall submit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report on the feasibility of extending the op-
eration of the International Space Station that includes— 
(1) criteria for defining the International Space 
Station as a research success; 
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(2) cost estimates for operating the Inter-
national Space Station to achieve the criteria in 
paragraph (1); 
(3) cost estimates for extending operations to 
2020, 2025, and 2030; and 
(4) an assessment of how the defined criteria 
under paragraph (1) respond to the National Acad-
emies Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical 
Sciences in Space. 
(f) STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION RESEARCH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, in consultation with 
the Administrator, academia, other Federal agencies, 
the International Space Station National Laboratory 
Advisory Committee, and other potential stake-
holders, shall develop and transmit to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a stra-
tegic plan for conducting competitive, peer-reviewed 
research in physical and life sciences and related 
technologies on the International Space Station 
through at least 2020. 
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(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The strategic plan 
shall— 
(A) be consistent with the priorities and 
recommendations established by the National 
Academies in its Decadal Survey on Biological 
and Physical Sciences in Space; 
(B) provide a research timeline and iden-
tify resource requirements for its implementa-
tion, including the facilities and instrumenta-
tion necessary for the conduct of such research; 
and 
(C) identify— 
(i) criteria for the proposed research, 
including— 
(I) a justification for the research 
to be carried out in the space micro-
gravity environment; 
(II) the use of model systems; 
(III) the testing of flight hard-
ware to understand and ensure its 
functioning in the microgravity envi-
ronment; 
(IV) the use of controls to help 
distinguish among the direct and indi-
rect effects of microgravity, among 
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other effects of the flight or space en-
vironment; 
(V) approaches for facilitating 
data collection, analysis, and interpre-
tation; 
(VI) procedures to ensure repeti-
tion of experiments, as needed; 
(VII) support for timely presen-
tation of the peer-reviewed results of 
the research; and 
(VIII) defined metrics for the 
success of each study; 
(ii) instrumentation required to sup-
port the measurements and analysis of the 
research to be carried out under the stra-
tegic plan; 
(iii) the capabilities needed to support 
direct, real-time communications between 
astronauts working on research experi-
ments onboard the International Space 
Station and the principal investigator on 
the ground; 
(iv) a process for involving the exter-
nal user community in research planning, 
including planning for relevant flight hard-
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ware and instrumentation, and for utiliza-
tion of the International Space Station, 
free flyers, or other research platforms; 
(v) the acquisition strategies the Ad-
ministration plans to use to acquire any 
new capabilities which are not operational 
on the International Space Station as of 
the date of enactment of this Act and 
which have an estimated total life cycle 
cost of $10,000,000 or more, along with a 
justification of any anticipated use of less 
than full and open competition and written 
approval therefor from the Administra-
tion’s Assistant Administrator for Procure-
ment; and 
(vi) defined metrics for success of the 
research plan. 
(3) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall 
transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a report on 
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the progress of the organization chosen for the 
management of the International Space Station 
National Laboratory as directed in section 504 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 
18354). 
(B) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS.—The re-
port shall assess the management, organization, 
and performance of such organization and shall 
include a review of the status of each of the 7 
required activities listed in section 504(c) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 18354(c)). 
SEC. 213. COMMERCIAL CREW REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall consider 
the ramifications of and create contingencies as the se-
questration adopted in the Budget Control Act of 2011 
(Public Law 112–25) continues to reduce the Administra-
tion’s overall budget. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall transmit to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report containing 5 dis-
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tinct options for the final stages of the commercial 
crew program. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—These options shall in-
clude— 
(A) a strategy that assumes an appropria-
tion of $500,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal 
years; 
(B) a strategy that assumes an appropria-
tion of $600,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal 
years; 
(C) a strategy that assumes an appropria-
tion of $700,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal 
years; 
(D) a strategy that assumes an appropria-
tion of $800,000,000 over the next 3 fiscal 
years; and 
(E) a strategy that has yet to be consid-
ered previously in any budget submission but 
that the Administration believes could ensure 
the flight readiness date of 2017 for at least 
one provider or significantly decreases the over-
all program lifecycle cost. 
(3) INCLUSIONS.—Each strategy shall include 
the contracting instruments the Administration will 
employ to acquire the services in each phase of de-
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velopment or acquisition, the number of commercial 
providers the Administration will include in the pro-
gram, and the estimated flight readiness date in 
each scenario. 
SEC. 214. FLIGHT READINESS DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall carry 
out its flight readiness demonstration, in which one or 
more commercial crew partner companies safely trans-
ports United States astronauts to the International Space 
Station, by December 31, 2017. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter until 
the Administration carries out its flight readiness dem-
onstration, the Administrator shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report— 
(1) describing the current status of the Com-
mercial Crew program, including all funding paid to 
any partner company throughout the life of the pro-
gram detailed by specific dollar amounts provided 
for each milestone completed for each partner com-
pany; 
(2) specifying the accomplishments and mile-
stones completed in the 90 days prior to the date of 
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transmission of the report under any phase of the 
program and all dollar amounts provided for each of 
those milestones; 
(3) identifying those accomplishments and mile-
stones that were expected to be completed in the 90 
days prior to the date of transmission of such report 
under any phase of the program but that were not 
completed in that timeframe; 
(4) setting forth the accomplishments and mile-
stones that are expected to be completed in the 90- 
day period following the transmission of such report 
under any phase of the program; and 
(5) containing a statement of flight readiness 
under subsection (c). 
(c) STATEMENT OF FLIGHT READINESS.—The state-
ment of flight readiness required by subsection (b)(5) shall 
include— 
(1) either— 
(A) a certification by the Administrator 
that the Administration is on schedule to com-
ply with subsection (a); or 
(B) an explanation as to why the Adminis-
tration is not on schedule to comply with sub-
section (a) and why the Administration did not 
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develop an acquisition strategy based on exist-
ing budget authority; and 
(2) a certification by the Administrator that all 
deviations from the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel 
recommendations have been reported in accordance 
with section 215. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS.—Not later than 60 
days after the issuance of the explanation described in 
subsection (c)(2), the Administrator shall provide, and 
begin implementation of, a new acquisition strategy that 
ensures that at least 1 company will be prepared to pro-
vide crew transport services by December 31, 2017. 
SEC. 215. AEROSPACE SAFETY ADVISORY PANEL ADVICE. 
(a) IMPORTANCE.—Congress reaffirms the impor-
tance of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel in providing 
advice to the Administrator and Congress in accordance 
with the duties prescribed in section 31101 of title 51, 
United States Code. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
on the extent to which the Administration has followed, 
intends to follow, or does not intend to follow the advice 
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in the 2012 Annual Report of the Aerospace Safety Advi-
sory Panel. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 31101 of title 51, 
United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) PANEL ANNUAL REPORT.—The Panel shall sub-
mit an annual report to the Administrator and to Con-
gress. The Panel shall include in such report an evaluation 
of the Administration’s management and culture related 
to safety. Each annual report shall include an evaluation 
of the extent to which the Administration follows the Pan-
el’s advice. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATOR ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later 
than 30 days after each annual report by the Panel under 
subsection (e), the Administrator shall report to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the extent 
to which the Administration has followed, intends to fol-
low, or does not intend to follow the Panel’s advice.’’. 
SEC. 216. SPACE COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) PLAN.—The Administrator shall develop a plan, 
in consultation with relevant Federal agencies, for updat-
ing the Administration’s space communications architec-
ture for both low-Earth orbital operations and deep space 
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exploration so that it is capable of meeting the Adminis-
tration’s needs over the next 20 years. The plan shall in-
clude lifecycle cost estimates, milestones, estimated per-
formance capabilities, and 5-year funding profiles. The 
plan shall also include an estimate of the amounts of any 
reimbursements the Administration is likely to receive 
from other Federal agencies during the expected life of 
the upgrades described in the plan. At a minimum, the 
plan shall include a description of the following: 
(1) Projected Deep Space Network require-
ments for the next 20 years, including those in sup-
port of human space exploration missions. 
(2) Upgrades needed to support Deep Space 
Network requirements, including cost estimates and 
schedules. 
(3) Cost estimates for the maintenance of exist-
ing Deep Space Network capabilities. 
(4) Projected Tracking and Data Relay Sat-
ellite System requirements for the next 20 years, in-
cluding those in support of other relevant Federal 
agencies. 
(5) Cost and schedule estimates to maintain 
and upgrade the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 
System to meet projected requirements. 
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(6) Steps the Administration is taking to miti-
gate threats to electromagnetic spectrum use. 
(b) SCHEDULE.—The Administrator shall transmit 
the plan developed under this section to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
TITLE III—SCIENCE 
Subtitle A—General 
SEC. 301. SCIENCE PORTFOLIO. 
(a) BALANCED AND ADEQUATELY FUNDED ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 803 of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (124 Stat. 
2832) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 803. OVERALL SCIENCE PORTFOLIO; SENSE OF CON-
GRESS. 
‘‘Congress reaffirms its sense, expressed in the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration Authoriza-
tion Act of 2010, that a balanced and adequately funded 
set of activities, consisting of research and analysis grants 
programs, technology development, small, medium, and 
large space missions, and suborbital research activities, 
contributes to a robust and productive science program 
and serves as a catalyst for innovation and discovery.’’. 
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(b) DECADAL SURVEYS.—In proposing the funding 
of programs and activities for the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration for each fiscal year, the Admin-
istrator shall, to the greatest extent practicable, follow 
guidance provided in the current decadal surveys from the 
National Academies’ Space Studies Board. 
SEC. 302. ASSESSMENT OF SCIENCE MISSION EXTENSIONS. 
Section 30504 of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 30504. Assessment of science mission extensions 
‘‘(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator shall carry 
out biennial reviews within each of the Science divisions 
to assess the cost and benefits of extending the date of 
the termination of data collection for those missions that 
exceed their planned mission lifetime. The assessment 
shall take into consideration how extending existing mis-
sions impacts the start of future missions. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF PO-
TENTIAL BENEFITS OF INSTRUMENTS ON MISSIONS.— 
When deciding whether to extend a mission that has an 
operational component, the Administrator shall consult 
with any affected Federal agency and shall take into ac-
count the potential benefits of instruments on missions 
that are beyond their planned mission lifetime. 
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‘‘(c) COSTS.—If a mission is extended based on con-
sultation required under subsection (b), the full costs of 
the extension shall be paid for by the operational agency 
or agencies. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Administrator shall transmit to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, at the 
same time as the submission to Congress of the Presi-
dent’s annual budget request, a report detailing any as-
sessment required by subsection (a) that was carried out 
during the previous year.’’. 
SEC. 303. RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS. 
(a) ANALYSIS OF REQUIREMENTS AND RISKS.—The 
Administrator, in consultation with other Federal agen-
cies, shall conduct an analysis of— 
(1) the requirements of the Administration for 
radioisotope power system material that is needed to 
carry out planned, high priority robotic missions in 
the solar system and other surface exploration activi-
ties beyond low-Earth orbit; and 
(2) the risks to missions of the Administration 
in meeting those requirements, or any additional re-
quirements, due to a lack of adequate radioisotope 
power system material. 
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(b) CONTENTS
OF ANALYSIS.—The analysis con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) detail the Administration’s current pro-
jected mission requirements and associated time-
frames for radioisotope power system material; 
(2) explain the assumptions used to determine 
the Administration’s requirements for the material, 
including— 
(A) the planned use of Advanced Stirling 
Radioisotope Generator technology; 
(B) the status of and timeline for com-
pleting development and demonstration of the 
Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator tech-
nology, including the development of flight 
readiness requirements; and 
(C) the risks and implications of, and con-
tingencies for, any delays or unanticipated tech-
nical challenges affecting or related to the Ad-
ministration’s mission plans for the anticipated 
use of Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Gener-
ator technology; 
(3) assess the risk to the Administration’s pro-
grams of any potential delays in achieving the sched-
ule and milestones for planned domestic production 
of radioisotope power system material; 
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(4) outline a process for meeting any additional 
Administration requirements for the material; 
(5) estimate the incremental costs required to 
increase the amount of material produced each year, 
if such an increase is needed to support additional 
Administration requirements for the material; 
(6) detail how the Administration and other 
Federal agencies will manage, operate, and fund 
production facilities and the design and development 
of all radioisotope power systems used by the Ad-
ministration and other Federal agencies as nec-
essary; 
(7) specify the steps the Administration will 
take, in consultation with the Department of En-
ergy, to preserve the infrastructure and workforce 
necessary for production of radioisotope power sys-
tems; and 
(8) detail how the Administration has imple-
mented or rejected the recommendations from the 
National Research Council’s 2009 report titled ‘‘Ra-
dioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Main-
taining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration’’. 
(c) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
transmit the results of the analysis to the Committee on 
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Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
SEC. 304. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF POLICY AND 
PURPOSE. 
Section 20102(d) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(10) The direction of the unique competence 
of the Administration to the search for life’s origin, 
evolution, distribution, and future in the Universe. 
In carrying out this objective, the Administration 
may use any practicable ground-based, airborne, or 
space-based technical means and spectra of electro-
magnetic radiation.’’. 
SEC. 305. UTILIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STA-
TION FOR SCIENCE MISSIONS. 
The Administrator shall utilize the International 
Space Station and commercial services for Science Mission 
Directorate missions in low-Earth orbit wherever it is 
practical and cost effective to do so. 
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Subtitle B—Astrophysics 
SEC. 311. DECADAL CADENCE. 
In carrying out section 301(b), the Administrator 
shall ensure a steady cadence of large, medium, and small 
astrophysics missions. 
SEC. 312. EXTRASOLAR PLANET EXPLORATION STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The Administrator shall enter into 
an arrangement with the National Academies to develop 
a science strategy for the study and exploration of 
extrasolar planets, including the use of TESS, the James 
Webb Space Telescope, WFIRST, or any other telescope, 
spacecraft, or instrument as appropriate. Such strategy 
shall— 
(1) outline key scientific questions; 
(2) identify the most promising research in the 
field; 
(3) indicate the extent to which the mission pri-
orities in existing decadal surveys address key 
extrasolar planet research goals; and 
(4) make recommendations with respect to opti-
mal coordination with international partners, com-
mercial partners, and other not-for-profit partners. 
(b) USE OF STRATEGY.—The Administrator shall use 
the strategy to— 
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(1) inform roadmaps, strategic plans, and other 
activities of the Administration as they relate to 
extrasolar planet research and exploration; and 
(2) provide a foundation for future activities 
and initiatives. 
(c) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Na-
tional Academies shall transmit a report to the Adminis-
trator, and to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
containing the strategy developed under subsection (a). 
SEC. 313. JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the James Webb 
Space Telescope program is significant to our under-
standing of the history of the universe, including galaxies, 
stars, and planetary systems, and should continue to re-
ceive priority of funding in accord with the recommenda-
tion of the most recent decadal survey for Astronomy and 
Astrophysics of the National Academies’ Space Studies 
Board. 
SEC. 314. WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE. 
The Administrator shall ensure that the development 
of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope continues 
while the James Webb Space Telescope is completed. 
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SEC. 315. NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE TELESCOPE 
DONATION. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a report to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate out-
lining the cost of the Administration’s potential plan for 
developing the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope as 
described in the most recent astronomy and astrophysics 
decadal survey, including an alternative plan for the Wide- 
Field Infrared Survey Telescope 2.4, which includes the 
donated 2.4-meter aperture National Reconnaissance Of-
fice telescope. Due to the budget constraints on the Ad-
ministration’s science programs, this report shall in-
clude— 
(1) an assessment of affordable approaches to 
develop the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope; 
(2) a comparison to the development of mission 
concepts that exclude the utilization of the donated 
asset; 
(3) an assessment of how the Administration’s 
existing science missions will be affected by the utili-
zation of the donated asset described in this section; 
and 
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new composite materials and design methods while main-
taining rigorous inspection of new composite materials. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit 
a report to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
detailing the Administration’s work on new composite ma-
terials and the coordination efforts among Federal agen-
cies. 
SEC. 404. HYPERSONIC RESEARCH. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with other 
Federal agencies, shall develop and transmit to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a research and 
development roadmap for hypersonic aircraft research 
with the objective of exploring hypersonic science and 
technology using air-breathing propulsion concepts, 
through a mix of theoretical work, basic and applied re-
search, and development of flight research demonstration 
vehicles. The roadmap shall prescribe appropriate agency 
contributions, coordination efforts, and technology mile-
stones. 
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