APPLICABILITY. a. This NASA Policy Directive (NPD) applies to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities, and to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to the extent specified in its contract with NASA.

b. This NPD applies to any "Experimental Aerospace Vehicle," as defined by 42 U.S.C. 2458c (d) (3). For the purposes of this NPD, the term EAV includes a vehicle defined in 42 U.S.C. 2458c (d) (3)as: "an object intended to be flown in, or launched into, orbital or suborbital flight for the purpose of demonstrating technologies necessary for a reusable launch vehicle, developed under an agreement between the Administration and a developer." Additionally, the term EAV includes vehicles demonstrating reentry and landing technology in accordance with the above criteria. This NPD applies to the NASA-supported EAV programs/projects during all mission phases, from development through postflight/completion.

c. When indemnification has been requested, this NPD covers only the SMA portion of the indemnification process that determines whether the developer is following safety procedures and practices that are acceptable to NASA.