2-2-2-9 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION FOR A COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, PROCUREMENT AND USE OF A SPACE LABORATORY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPACE SHUTTLE SYSTEM

Article VII: Funding

1. Costs

NASA and ESRO will each bear the full costs of discharging their respective responsibilities arising from this cooperative programme, including travel and subsistence of their own personnel and transportation charges for all equipment for which they are responsible.

2. Availability of funds

The commitments by NASA and ESRO to carry out this cooperative programme are subject to their respective funding procedures.

3. Principle on pricing

Neither party will seek to recover government research and development costs incurred in the development of items procured from the other in connection with this cooperative programme.