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1 Introduction
Pages 5-6

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... , directed the agency to conduct the nation's civil space activities to contribute materially to "the preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology..." (Space Act, 1958~. Subsequent national space policies have reaffirmed NASA's responsibility for the development of advanced civil space technologies (The White House, 1989, 1996~.
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... NASA also will have to develop a plan and mechanism to support advanced technology development for the long term if it intends to be a source of technology for industry and other government programs in the new century. The NRC Committee on Advanced Space Technology examined future technology needs and opportunities to create a technology development portfolio of six enabling space technologies that would maximize the impact of the small amount of technology development funding that NASA is expected to be able to provide in a constrained budget environment.
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