Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to: (1) establish the Charles "Pete" Conrad Astronomy Awards Program to reward outstanding amateur astronomers who make asteroid discoveries, and to augment the Government's asteroid discovery efforts; and (2) contract with the Minor Planet Center of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to administer the program. Sets forth three annual award categories for: (1) the amateur astronomer who, using amateur equipment only, discovers the largest absolute magnitude new asteroid having a near-Earth orbit during the preceding calendar year; (2) pre-discovery and recovery efforts; and (3) the amateur astronomer, or professional not funded for optical astronomy, who provides the greatest service to update the minor planet catalogue.…