- Administration human space flight vehicle
means a space vehicle, as defined in section 20138(a) of this title, that—
- aeronautical and space activities
means—
- aeronautical and space vehicles
means aircraft, missiles, satellites, and other space vehicles, manned and unmanned, together with related equipment, devices, components, and parts.
- contract
means any actual or proposed contract, agreement, understanding, or other arrangement, and includes any assignment, substitution of parties, or subcontract executed or entered into thereunder.
- cooperating party
means any person who enters into an agreement with the Administration for the performance of cooperative scientific, aeronautical, or space activities to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
- crewmember
means an astronaut or other person assigned to an Administration human space flight vehicle.
- developer
means a United States person (other than a natural person) who—
- experimental aerospace vehicle
means an object intended to be flown in, or launched into, orbital or suborbital flight for the purpose of demonstrating technologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, developed under an agreement between the Administration and a developer.
- government astronaut
has the meaning given the term in section 50902.
- launch services
has the meaning given the term in section 50902.
- person
means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, institution, or other entity.
- provider
means a person that provides domestic launch services or domestic reentry services to the Government.
- provisions known as the Anti-Deficiency Act
means sections 1341, 1342, 1349(a), 1350, 1351, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517, 1518, and 1519 of title 31.
- reentry services
has the meaning given the term in section 50902.
- related entity
means a contractor or subcontractor.
- space vehicle
means an object intended for launch, launched, or assembled in outer space, including the space shuttle and other components of a space transportation system, together with related equipment, devices, components, and parts.
- State
means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
- third party
means a person except—
- United States government astronaut
has the meaning given the term “government astronaut” in section 50902, except it does not include an individual who is an international partner astronaut.
- upper atmosphere
means that portion of the Earth’s sensible atmosphere above the troposphere.
- user
includes anyone who enters into an agreement with the Administration for use of all or a portion of a space vehicle, who owns or provides property to be flown on a space vehicle, or who employs a person to be flown on a space vehicle.