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Title 51—NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS > Subtitle VII—Access to Space > CHAPTER 705—EXPLORATION INITIATIVES

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may conduct missions to intermediate destinations in sustainable steps in accordance with section 20302(b) of this title , and on a timetable determined by the availability of funding, in order to achieve the objective of human exploration of Mars specified in section 202(b)(5) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 18312(b)(5) ); and

( Pub. L. 111–314, § 3 , Dec. 18, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3431 ; Pub. L. 115–10, title IV, § 414 , Mar. 21, 2017 , 131 Stat. 34 .)

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