### Question
Can you define what experimental aerospace vehicle means?


### Answer
**Experimental aerospace vehicle** is defined as the following in *51 U.S.C. § 20139*:

> 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

#### Citation:
  - *51 U.S.C. § 20139*
  - Heading: **Subtitle II-General Program and Policy Provisions > CHAPTER 201-NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER III-GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS**

