§2466b. "Administrator" and "additive cost" defined

For purposes of sections 2466 to 2466c of this title, the term-

(1) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and

(2) "additive cost" means the average direct and indirect costs to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of providing additional flights of the Space Transportation System beyond the costs associated with those flights necessary to meet the space transportation needs of the United States Government.

( Pub. L. 99–170, title II, §203, Dec. 5, 1985, 99 Stat. 1017 .)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1986, and not as part of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which is classified principally to this chapter.

Effective Date

Section applicable to flights of the Space Transportation System beginning on and after Oct. 1, 1988, see section 205 of Pub. L. 99–170, set out as a note under section 2466 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 2466a of this title.