USE OF NASA’S SUPER GUPPY AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT.

SEC. 541. USE OF NASA’S SUPER GUPPY AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT. Notwithstanding section 40125 of title 49, United States Code, the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Turbine B-377-SGT aircraft, serial number 0004, may be used to provide the transport, for compensation or hire, of oversized space launch vehicle components or oversized spacecraft components while continuing to qualify as a public aircraft operation pursuant to section 40102(a)(41)(A) of title 49, United States Code, if— (1) the aircraft is owned and operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (2) commercial operation is limited to operations conducted wholly in United States airspace; and (3) no commercially available domestic air transport alternative exists.