42 USC 18403
42 USC 18403
§ 18403 - Goal for Agency space technology
CHAPTER 159— SPACE EXPLORATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE › SUBCHAPTER VIII— AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY
It is critical that NASA maintain an Agency space technology base that helps align mission directorate investments and supports long term needs to complement mission-directorate funded research and support, where appropriate, multiple users, building upon its Innovative Partnerships Program and other partnering approaches.