| 1. |
Management of the Space Station will be
established on a multilateral basis and the Partners, acting through
their Cooperating Agencies, will participate and discharge responsibilities
in management bodies established in accordance with the MOUs and implementing
arrangements as provided below. These management bodies shall plan
and coordinate activities affecting the design and development of
the Space Station and its safe, efficient, and effective operation
and utilization, as provided in this Agreement and the MOUs. In these
management bodies, decision-making by consensus shall be the goal.
Mechanisms for decision-making within these management bodies where
it is not possible for the Cooperating Agencies to reach consensus
are specified in the MOUs. Decision-making responsibilities which
the Partners and their Cooperating Agencies have with respect to the
elements they provide are specified in this Agreement and the MOUs. |
| 2. |
The United States, acting through NASA,
and in accordance with the MOUs and implementing arrangements, shall
be responsible for management of its own program, including its utilization
activities. The United States, acting through NASA, and in accordance
with the MOUs and implementing arrangements, shall also be responsible
for: overall program management and coordination of the Space Station,
except as otherwise provided in this Article and in the MOUs; overall
system engineering and integration; establishment of overall safety
requirements and plans; and overall planning for and coordination
of the execution of the overall integrated operation of the Space
Station. |
| 3. |
Canada, the European Partner, Japan and
Russia, acting through their Cooperating Agencies, and in accordance
with the MOUs and implementing arrangements, shall each be responsible
for: management of their own programs, including their utilization
activities; system engineering and integration of the elements they
provide; development and implementation of detailed safety requirements
and plans for the elements they provide; and, consistent with paragraph
2 above, supporting the United States in the performance of its overall
responsibilities, including participating in planning for and coordination
of the execution of the integrated operation of the Space Station. |
| 4. |
To the extent that a design and development
matter concerns only a Space Station element provided by Canada, the
European Partner, Japan, or Russia and is not covered in the agreed
program documentation provided for in the MOUs, that Partner, acting
through its Cooperating Agency, may make decisions related to that
element. |
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