It is the purpose of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Act to carry out the declared policy of the United States that aeronautical and space activities sponsored by the United States shall be the responsibility of, shall be directed by, and shall be under the control of a civilian agency, except to the extent that aeronautical and space activities are determined by the President to be peculiar to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems, military operations, or the defense of the United States, which activities shall be the responsibility of the Department of Defense.

§ 1201.102 Functions.

and

In order to carry out the purpose of the Act, NASA is authorized to conduct research into the problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere; to develop, construct, test, and operate aeronautical space vehicles for research purposes; to operate a space transportation system including the space shuttle, upper stages, space programs, and related equipment; and to perform such other activities as may be required for the exploration of space. The term "aeronautical and space vehicles" means aircraft, missiles, satellites, and other space vehicles, together with related equipment, devices, components, and parts.

(a) NASA is headed by an Administrator, who is appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the consent of the Senate. The Administrator is responsible, under the supervision and direction of the President, for exercising all powers and discharging all duties of NASA.

(b) The Deputy Administrator of NASA is also appointed by the President from civilian life by and with the consent of the Senate. The Deputy Administrator acts with or for the Administrator within the full scope of the Administrator's responsibilities. In the Administrator's absence, the Deputy Administrator serves as Acting Administrator.

Subpart 2-Organization

§ 1201.200 General.

(a) Responsibility for overall planning, coordination, and control of NASA programs is vested in NASA Headquarters, located in Washington, DC. NASA Headquarters is comprised of:

(1) Six Program Offices which are responsible for planning and directing agencywide research and development programs, and management and administrative processes;

(2) Eight Staff Offices which provide agencywide leadership in certain administrative and specialized areas;

(3) The Office of the Associate
Deputy Administrator;

(4) The Office of the Chief Engi-
neer;

(5) The Office of the Chief Scientist;
and

(6) The Office of Policy.

All of these offices report directly to
the Administrator. Directors of NASA
Field Installations and other compo-
nent installations are responsible for
execution of NASA's programs, largely
through contracts with research, de-
velopment, and manufacturing enter-
prises. Certain types of research and
development activities are conducted
at NASA field installations and other
component installations by Govern-
ment-employed scientists, engineers,
and technicians. NASA's basic organi-
zation consists of the Headquarters,
eight field installations, the Jet Pro-
pulsion Laboratory (a Government-
owned, contractor-operated facility),
and several component installations
which report to heads of field installa-
tions. NASA's eight field installations
have different and broad capabilities.
Although these field installations have
a primary program responsibility to
the program office to which they
report, they also conduct work for the
other program offices. (NASA Man-
agement Instruction 1132.2.)

(b) The NASA field installations are
as follows:

(1) Ames Research Center, Moffett
Field, CA 94035.

(2) Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD 20771.

(3) John F. Kennedy Space Center,
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899.

(4) Langley Research Center, Lang-
ley Station, Hampton, VA 23665.

(5) Lewis Research Center, Cleve-
land, OH 44135.

(6) Lyndon B. Johnson Space
Center, Houston, TX 77058.

(7) George C. Marshall Space Flight
Center, Marshall Space Flight Center,
AL 35812.

(8) National Space Technology Lab-
oratories, NSTL Station, MS 39520.
For more detailed description of the
organization and functions of the
Headquarters and field installations,
see the "U.S. Government Manual."

Subpart 3-Boards and Committees

§ 1201.300 Boards and committees.

Various boards and committees have
been established as part of the perma-
nent organization structure of NASA.
These include:

(a) Board of Contract Appeals. (1)
The Board is established in accordance
with the Contract Disputes Act of
1978 (41 U.S.C. 601-613). The function
of the Board is to decide any appeal
from a decision of a contracting officer
relating to a contract made by NASA.

(2) The charter of the Board is set
forth in Subpart 1 of Part 1209 of this
chapter. The Board's rules of proce-
dure are set forth in 14 CFR Part
1241.

(3) The texts of decisions of the
Board are published by Commerce
Clearing House, Inc., in Board of Con-
tract Appeals Decisions, and are
hereby incorporated by reference. All
decisions and orders are available for
inspection and for purchase from the
Recorder of the Board at NASA Head-
quarters, Washington, DC. Decisions
and orders issued after July 4, 1967,
are available for inspection and for
purchase at NASA Information Cen-
ters. An Index/Digest of Decisions is
issued periodically with supplements
published as appropriate. These are
available for inspection or purchase at
the NASA Information Centers (see
Subpart 4 of Part 1206 of this chapter)
and from the Recorder of the NASA
Board of Contract Appeals.

(b) Contract Adjustment Board. (1)
The function of the Board is to consid-
er and dispose of requests by NASA
contractors for extraordinary contrac-
tual adjustments pursuant to Pub. L.
85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431-35) and Execu-
tive Order 10789 dated November 14,
1958 (23 FR 8397).

(2) The charter of the Board is set
forth at Subpart 3 of Part 1209 of this
chapter. The Board's rules of proce-
dure are set forth at 48 CFR chapter
18-50.306-70.

(3) Indexes of and texts of decisions
of the Board are available for inspec-
tion and for purchase from the Chair-
person of the Board, National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration,