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42 USC Sec. 14715 Sec. 14715. Sources of Earth Science data (a) Acquisition The Administrator shall, to the extent possible and while satisfying the scientific or educational requirements of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and where appropriate, of other Federal agencies and scientific researchers, acquire, where cost-effective, space-based and airborne Earth remote sensing data, […]