Pub. L. 100-685, tit. III, sec. 302

Sec. 302. The Administrator should develop an aggressive and balanced plan of space research and technology including but not limited to— (1) fundamental and innovative research as the seedbed for enabling technologies for future civil space missions; (2) focused technology programs keyed to long range, high priority civil space missions; (3) technology research and demonstrations, extending laboratory activities from Earth to space-based facilities such as the Space Shuttle, Space Station, orbital platforms, and eventually the Moon and other planetary bodies; and (4) cooperation with, and service to, other space program sectors with advanced technology and use of ground and space-based facilities.