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this function as a procurement agent for the user.

(d) Users utilizing NASA as their procurement agent for SSUS procurement shall contract directly with NASA for such procurement services.

(e) All users shall enter into a Launch Service Agreement with NASA for SSUS launch site services.

(f) The United States shall not be liable for costs or damages directly or indirectly arising from a delayed mission, or an unsuccessful performance of the SSUS.

§ 1214.1003 Reimbursement procedure.

(a) Within the guidelines of the NASA-SSUS supplier agreements, a user procuring a SSUS from a SSUS supplier shall:

(1) Reimburse the SSUS supplier for the SSUS and related services.

(2) Reimburse NASA for all SSUS launch site services provided to the SSUS supplier.

(b) A user who has entered into a Launch Services Agreement with NASA which calls for NASA to act as a procurement agent for SSUS and related services shall reimburse NASA an amount which is the sum of:

(1) The contract price of the SSUS and related services.

(2) A fee for NASA activities associated with a SSUS procurement.

(3) The price for all NASA-provided SSUS launch site services.

(c) In addition to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, SSUS users will reimburse NASA a share of the costs incurred by NASA for monitoring the commercial SSUS development and a share of the costs of NASA's investment in SSUS capabilities.

Subpart 1214.11-NASA Astronaut Candidate Recruitment and Selection Program

AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 2473.

SOURCE: 44 FR 36024, June 20, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

§ 1214.1100 Scope.

This Subpart 1214.11 sets forth NASA procedures and assigns responsibilities for recruitment and selection of astronaut candidates. It applies to all pilot and mission specialist astro

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(a) Astronaut candidate opportunities will be announced by the Johnson Space Center (JSC) on a nationwide basis and reannounced annually as required.

(b) Announcements will be open to the general public for a two-month period and to the military services for a longer period as necessary for the DOD screening process and will cover all positions to be filled for one year following the establishment of rosters of qualified applicants. To be considered, civilian applicants must apply prior to the end of the specified period. Military personnel on active duty must apply through and be nominated by the military service with which they are affiliated.

(c) Notification will be sent to the Department of Defense as early as possible with a request for their nominations.

(d) The Director of Equal Opportunity Programs, NASA Headquarters, will be notified as early as possible and requested to provide assistance in the recruiting process.

§ 1214.1102 Evaluation of applications.

(a) All incoming applications will be reviewed by the JSC personnel office to determine whether or not applicants meet basic qualifications. Those not meeting the basic qualification requirements will be so notified in writing and will not be eligible for further consideration. Those meeting the basic qualification requirements will have their applications retained for review by designated rating panels.

(b) Rating panels of at least three members each will be appointed by the Director of JSC and will include discipline specialists, current astronauts, and management officials as appropriate.

(c) Each member of a rating panel will initially review each incoming application from qualified applicants. The overall initial score will be determined by the rating panel. This initial score may be determined through

averaging of individual ratings or consensus of the rating panel meeting as a group.

(d) To assure consistency across the rating panels, a review panel appointed by the Director of JSC will monitor the rating process. The JSC Personnel Officer will assure adherence to applicable rules and regulations.

(e) The Director of JSC will make every reasonable effort to assure that minorities and females are included among the members of the rating panels and the review panel.

(f) Based on the numerical scores, the JSC personnel officer will establish rosters of qualified applicants. Separate rosters will be established for civilian applicants and for active duty military applicants nominated by the DOD.

(g) Based on requirements approved by NASA Headquarters, the Director of JSC will decide the number of astronaut candidates to be selected. A decision on the number of applicants to be selected from the roster established for civilian applicants and from that established for active duty military applicants, will be made by the JSC Director based upon program needs. The Director of Flight Operations and the JSC Personnel Officer will determine the number of highest scoring applicants from the rosters to receive final consideration (at least twenty times the number of vacancies). Reference forms and physical examination forms will be obtained from these applicants.

(h) Upon receipt of physical examination forms (completed by personal physicians or appropriate public health or military medical authorities), the JSC medical staff will identify those applicants who appear to meet the physical requirements.

(i) For those applicants appearing to have met the physical requirements, the respective rating panels will review and rate the references received. The score for references will be incorporated into the initial score and the rosters adjusted accordingly.

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ate discipline specialists, and will make every reasonable effort to assure that minorities and females are included among selection committee members.

(b) The JSC Personnel Officer will issue to the selection committee appropriate certificates of the highest scoring applicants in the disciplines in which selections will be made. Normally at least four applicants will be listed for each vacancy.

§ 1214.1104 Interviews and medical evaluation.

Applicants included on the certificates will be interviewed by the selection committee and will be given detailed medical evalution by the JSC medical staff. The interview process will result in a numerical score based on scoring criteria previously established by the selection committee.

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§ 1214.1108 Notification.

Selectees and appropriate military services will be notified and the public informed. Unsuccessful applicants will be notified of nonselection.

who are NASA employees, shall be retained in the individual's official personnel folder.

(4) Acknowledgements made by individuals who are not NASA employees shall be retained by the program Associate Administrator sponsoring their activities, or by the Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems, as appropriate.

(b) Procedures required to bring nonNASA employees under this subpart. (1) The requirements of this subpart will be made applicable to individuals who participate on a flight who are not NASA employees.

(2) The Associate Administrator for External Relations, the Associate Administrator for Space Transportation Systems, or the Director, Procurement Office, is responsible for insuring that individuals not employed by NASA are made subject to these requirements through the terms of the applicable interagency agreement, contract, or other agreement.

Subpart 1214.7-The Authority of the Space Transportation System (STS) Commander

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 85-588; 72 Stat. 426; 42 USC 2473, 2455; 18 USC 799; Art. VIII, TIAS 6347 (18 UST 2410).

SOURCE: 45 FR 14845, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

§ 1214.700 Scope.

This subpart establishes the authority of the STS commander to enforce order and discipline during all flight phases of an STS flight to take whatever action in his/her judgment is necessary for the protection, safety, and well-being of all personnel and onboard equipment, including the STS elements and payloads. During the final launch countdown, following crew ingress, the STS commander has the authority to enforce order and discipline among all on-board personnel. During emergency situations prior to liftoff, the STS commander has the authority to take whatever action in his/her judgment is necessary for the protection or security, safety, and well-being of all personnel on board.

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(a) STS Elements consists of the Orbiter, an External Tank, two Solid Rocket Boosters, Spacelab, Upper Stage Boosters (Solid Spinning Upper Stage and Interim Upper Stages) and others as specified in NASA Management Instruction 8040.9.

(b) The flight crew consists of the commander, pilot, and mission specialist(s).

(c) A flight is the period from launch to landing of a Space Shuttle-a single round trip. (In the case of a forced landing the STS commander's authority continues until a competent authority takes over the responsibility for the Orbiter and for the persons and property aboard.)

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(d) The flight-phases launch, in orbit, deorbit, entry, landing, and postlanding.

(e) A payload is a specific complement of instruments, space equipment, and support hardware/software carried into space to accomplish a scientific mission or discrete activity.

(f) Personnel on board refers to those astronauts or other persons actually in the Orbiter or Spacelab during any flight phase of an STS flight (including any persons who may have transferred from another vehicle) and including any persons performing extra-vehicular activity associated with the mission.

§ 1214.702 Authority and responsibility of the STS commander.

(a) During all flight phases of an STS flight, the STS commander shall have the absolute authority to take whatever action is in his/her discretion necessary to (1) enforce order and discipline, (2) provide for the safety and well being of all personnel on board, and (3) provide for the protection of the STS elements and any payload carried or serviced by the STS. The commander shall have authority throughout the flight to use any reasonable and necessary means, including the use of physical force, to achieve this end.

(b) The authority of the commander extends to any and all personnel on board the Orbiter including Federal officers and employees and all other

persons whether or not they are U.S. nationals.

(c) The authority of the commander extends to all STS elements and payloads.

(d) The commander may, when he/ she deems such action to be necessary for the safety of the STS elements and personnel on board, subject any of the personnel on board to such restraint as the circumstances require until such time as delivery of such individual or individuals to the proper authorities is possible.

§ 1214.703 Chain of command.

(a) The Commander is a career NASA astronaut who has been designated to serve as commander on a particular flight, and who shall have the authority and responsibility described in § 1214.702 of this subpart. Under normal flight conditions (other than emergencies or when otherwise designated) the STS commander is responsible to the Flight Director, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.

(b) The pilot is a career NASA astronaut who has been designated to serve as the pilot on a particular flight and is second in command of the flight. If the commander is unable to carry out the requirements of this subpart, then the pilot shall succeed to the duties and authority of the commander.

(c) Before each flight, the other flight crew members (Mission Specialists) will be designated by the Director of Flight Operations, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, in the order in which they will assume the responsibilities and authority of the commander under this subpart in the event that the commander and pilot are both not able to carry out their duties.

(d) The determinations, if any, that a crew member in the chain of command is not able to carry out his or her command duties and is therefore to be relieved of command, and that another crew member in the chain of command is to succeed to the responsibilities and authority of the Commander, will be made by the Director of the Johnson Space Center.

[45 FR 14845, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 3095, Jan. 22, 1982]

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(a) U.S. Government users are defined as all agencies of the U.S. Government, including NASA.

(b) SSCP's are small (200 pounds or less and 5 cubic feet or less) scientific research and development payloads flown on a space-available basis in a NASA-supplied standard container under the provisions of this Subpart. Such payloads may be composed of one or more experiments in the same container.

(c) Classes of SSCP's are defined as follows:

(1) Class I payloads are payloads flown for scientific educational pur

poses by a recognized educational institution or in support of a recognized broad-participation scientific educational process (e.g., science fairs). Users with Class I payloads are encouraged to publish results of their work in the open literature.

(2) Class II payloads are payloads that do not come under the Class I definition and are flown by users other than U.S. Government users. A multiclass payload containing a Class II experiment will be considered a Class II payload.

(3) Class III payloads are payloads flown by U.S. Government users that do not come under the Class I definition. A multiclass payload containing Class I and III experiments only will be considered a Class III payload.

(d) A small self-contained payload user is an individual or entity that has either signed a launch services agreement with NASA or is eligible to enter into negotiations to do so on the basis of payment (by the user or others) of earnest money to NASA (or, in the case of a U.S. Government user, has submitted a letter of intent). If more than one individual or entity enters into a joint venture or other arrangement to fly their experiments in one NASA container, one individual or entity shall be designated by them as their agent. This agent shall be the sole "user" for that payload, with full authority to represent every individual or entity which has an interest in that container.

(e) Standard services provided to all SSCP users are listed in § 1214.911.

(f) Optional services are additional services provided to individual users at the request of the user and at the discretion of NASA.

(g) Dual payloads are two SSCP's belonging to the same user for which the user has specified, in the launch services agreements, a requirement that they be flown on the same flight. Each of the payloads shall be completely autonomous and no interconnection of dual payloads shall be permitted.

(h) Undue administrative delay on the part of NASA is defined as a delay caused by NASA's failure to perform its administrative functions in the contracting process in a reasonable time, as determined by NASA. Delays

caused by the parties' inability to agree to contract terms and conditions are specifically excluded from this definition.

§ 1214.903 Conditions of use.

(a) Users' payloads must be flown in a NASA-supplied standard container. (b) SSCP's shall be used only to conduct experiments of a scientific research and development nature.

(c) All users shall be required to furnish NASA with sufficient information to ensure Shuttle safety. NASA shall reserve the right to inspect and/or test any and all materials, components, and elements of the payload at any time.

(d) All users shall be required to furnish NASA with sufficient information to verify peaceful purposes and NASA's and the U.S. Government's continued compliance with law and the Government's obligations.

(e) NASA shall reserve the right to reject any payload which, in the opinion of the NASA Administrator, would be contrary to the spirit of this program or NASA's mission.

(f) To assure humane treatment, all experiments using live animals must have the approval of the Life Sciences Division, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters.

§ 1214.904 Reimbursement policy.

(a) Earnest money. (1) Earnest money shall be paid to NASA by users (except U.S. Government users) with Class I or Class II payloads prior to launch services contract negotiations. The earnest money, which will be $500 per payload, shall be applied to the user's price or retained by NASA.

(2) U.S. Government users shall submit a letter of intent, signed by an authorized party, to initiate the process of contracting for an SSCP flight.

(b) Reimbursement by non-NASA users. (1) All users shall be charged on a fixed-price basis.

(2) The price shall remain fixed for all payloads covered by launch services agreements signed through the third full fiscal year of STS operations. During this period, the price for standard services shall be as designated below.

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