scope:

The committee provides information, advice, and recommendations to the Administrator on matters relating to all aspects of U.S. commercial space transportation activities. The committee does not exercise program management or regulatory development responsibilities and makes no decisions directly affecting the programs on which it provides advice. The committee provides a forum for the development, consideration, and communication of information from a knowledgeable, independent perspective.

PURPOSE. This order constitutes the charter for the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee and provides for its operation in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5 U.S. Code, Appendix II) (Pub. L. 92-463; 86 Stat. 770).