Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 24.10.1994

National Environmental Policy Act; Mars Pathfinder Mission

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500-1508), and NASA policy and regulations (14 CFR Part 1216 Subpart 1216.3), NASA has made a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) with respect to the proposed Mars Pathfinder mission, which would involve a flight to and landing on Mars. The baseline mission calls for the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft to be launched aboard a Delta II 7925 from Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), Florida, in December 1996.