§ 1214.1004 - Results and data dissemination.

(a) A goal of this special category of payloads is to encourage student participation in various space science and technology experiments. Accordingly, subject to the exceptions listed below, NASA, unless otherwise agreed, will require all scientific or research results or data that are produced or obtained during the flight of a payload of this category to be made publicly available without restriction of disclosure and use no later than 2 years after the Shuttle mission on which the payload is flown. The exceptions are:

(1) Those results comprising an invention for which patent protection has been or will in a reasonable time be applied for.

(2) Data disclosing an invention prior to applying for patent protection thereon.

(b) Payloads of domestic educational institutions will be subject to all other provisions of subpart 1214.9, and each such institution will be required to sign a Launch Services Agreement with NASA.

(c) Domestic educational institutions proposing to fly SSCP experiments under this special policy should contact NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Flight, Code MB, Washington, DC 20546. Such applications must receive the approval of the NASA Education Division, Office of Human Resources and Education.