---
kind: "section"
citation: "51 U.S.C. § 70505"
title: "51"
title_heading: "National and Commercial Space Programs"
number: "70505"
heading: "Lunar outpost"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/51/70505"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Access to Space"
  - "Chapter 705 — Exploration Initiatives"
---

# §70505. Lunar outpost

- (a) **Establishment.—** As the [Administration](/usc/51/10101.md?p=1) works toward the establishment of a lunar outpost, the [Administration](/usc/51/10101.md?p=1) shall make no plans that would require a lunar outpost to be occupied to maintain its viability. Any such outpost shall be operable as a human-tended facility capable of remote or autonomous operation for extended periods.
- (b) **Designation.—** The United States portion of the first human-tended outpost established on the surface of the Moon shall be designated the “Neil A. Armstrong Lunar Outpost”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3431.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70505(a) | 42 U.S.C. 17732(a). | Pub. L. 110–422, title IV, § 404(a), (b), Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4789. |
| 70505(b) | 42 U.S.C. 17732(b). |  |