2016年12月9日,美国参议院通过《2016年NASA过渡授权法案》,这是参议院商业委员会在9月份与众议院议员讨论后通过的NASA授权法案的修订版。该法案授权联邦政府2017财年为NASA拨款195亿美元,此外还纳入多项政策条款的制定,包括为国际空间站未来的运行制定过渡规划、制定以着陆火星任务为目的 On December 9, 2016, the U.S. Senate passed the 2016 NASA Transitional Authorization Act, a revised version of the NASA Authorization Act passed by the Senate Commerce Committee after discussions with members of the House of Representatives in September. The act authorizes the federal government to allocate 19.5 billion U.S. dollars to NASA in fiscal year 2017. In addition, it includes the formulation of a number of policy provisions including the preparation of a transition plan for the future operation of the ISS and the development of a landing mission for Mars