; and (B) the provision of solar and space weather measurements important for scientific purposes. (2) Considerations In developing the strategy under paragraph (1), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall consider small satellite options, hosted payloads, commercial options, international options, and prize authority. (c) Critical observations In order to sustain current space-based observational capabilities, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall— (1) in cooperation with the European Space Agency, maintain operations of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory/Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (referred to in this section as SOHO/LASCO ) for as long as the satellite continues to deliver quality observations