Lunar outpost

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

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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.

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

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