[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1214.503]

[Page 124]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart 1214.5_Mission Critical Space System Personnel Reliability 
                                 Program
 
Sec.  1214.503  Policy.

    (a) The Space Shuttle and the Space Station Freedom are included in 
the NASA National Resource Protection Program as delineated in NMI 
8610.22, ``National Resource Protection Program.'' \2\ The Space Shuttle 
and the Space Station Freedom provide a capability to support a wide 
range of scientific applications and commercial, defense, and 
international uses. Since they will contribute significantly to ensuring 
a scientifically, technologically, and economically strong and secure 
nation, program reliability, operational and safety considerations 
require that stringent measures be taken to provide for the protection 
of the systems. In addition to the Space Shuttle and the Space Station 
Freedom, designated ELV's, designated payloads, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 
and other designated resources which provide the same critical access to 
space or the ability to accomplish critical objectives in space are 
considered to constitute valued national resources.
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    \2\ See footnote 1 to Sec.  1214.502(e).
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    (b) Measures to ensure this protection are:
    (1) Special physical security provisions as provided in NMI 
8610.22.\3\
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    \3\ See footnote 1 to Sec.  1214.502(e).
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    (2) Procedures to ensure that personnel assigned to mission critical 
positions/duties meet screening requirements, as set forth in Sec.  
1214.504 of this part prior to unescorted access to areas where mission 
critical space systems are located.