Bill Text: HI HB1598 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1598 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To The Space Industry.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 6 [HB1598 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HB1598-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1598
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the space industry.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii possesses strategic assets and capabilities that can be leveraged to position the State as a major global contributor to the space industry. Hawaii has a strategic location, near the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean; Hawaii has resident expertise in aerospace-related technologies; Hawaii has terrain that is similar to the Moon and Mars; and Hawaii has long-standing ties with space-faring nations worldwide. These features, among others, position Hawaii as ideally suited to benefit from new opportunities in the space industry that hold substantial scientific, educational, and commercial promise for the people of Hawaii.

For the past half-century, Hawaii has played a seminal role in our national space program. Hawaii has provided astronaut training for the Apollo lunar missions and world-class observatories on the Big Island. More recently, the University of Hawaii, the U.S. military, and Hawaii-based companies have pioneered nationally-funded programs in planetary geosciences, satellite communications, space-based remote sensing and environmental monitoring, deep-space surveillance, and other cutting-edge applications of aerospace-related technologies.

Recent research commissioned by NASA shows that the Moon provides a logical steppingstone to the future, since it is nearby and contains abundant resources that can both enable interplanetary travel and improve the quality of life on Earth. The innovative utilization of lunar resources could enrich terrestrial civilization, help preserve the Earth's fragile environment, and ultimately enable sustainable human exploration on Mars and throughout the solar system. By leveraging the development of lunar resources through the development of an evolvable lunar architecture, humankind can expand the near-term frontiers of space exploration.

Sustainable space settlement will require advances in

key technologies beyond rocket propulsion � like life support systems, telecommunications, power generation, and food production. Terrestrial-based testing and evaluation of these technologies will play an indispensable role in their development and implementation. The island of Hawaii's Moon-like terrain provides an ideal environment for multinational teams to develop, test, and validate technologies. Promoting Hawaii as a venue for this research will create valuable opportunities for local scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and students.

The purpose of this Act is to create a committee called the multinational lunar architecture alliance within the department of business, economic development, and tourism's office of aerospace development. This committee will be comprised of representatives from governmental, industrial, and research institutions, and its purpose will be to provide recommendations and guidance for the development of an evolvable lunar architecture on the island of Hawaii, as well as to organize an international Lunar Development Summit in Hawaii during the fall of 2017.

SECTION 2. There is established a committee entitled the "multinational lunar architecture alliance" within the department of business, economic development, and tourism's office of aerospace development. The office of aerospace development shall extend invitations to join the multinational lunar architecture alliance to representatives of relevant government, industry, and university organizations, including but not limited to:

(1) Hawaii-based organizations, including but not limited to the office of aerospace development, the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES), and the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation program;

(2) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), including but not limited to the Space Portal at NASA Ames Research Center and the Exploration Integration and Science Office at the Johnson Space Center;

(3) Other appropriate federal agencies, including but not limited to the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Pacific Command, and the U.S. Army Pacific Command;

(4) Other national space agencies;

(5) The Lunar Exploration and Analysis Group (LEAG);

(6) The University Space Research Association (USRA), including the Lunar and Planetary Institute;

(7) Major corporations representing aerospace, information technology, renewable energy, robotics, manufacturing, and other appropriate industrial sectors;

(8) National space advocacy organizations, including but not limited to the National Space Society, the Lunar Explorers Society, the Space Frontiers Foundation, and the American Astronautical Society;

(9) International space agencies and organizations, including but not limited to the International Lunar Exploration Working Group, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group, and the Committee on Space Research; and

(10) The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.

The office of aerospace development shall coordinate the multinational lunar architecture alliance. The multinational lunar architecture alliance shall hold its first organizational teleconference by August 1, 2017. Members of the multinational lunar architecture alliance shall serve without compensation.

The purpose of the multinational lunar architecture alliance shall be to provide recommendations and guidance for the development of an evolvable lunar architecture on the island of Hawaii.

SECTION 3. The multinational lunar architecture alliance shall, in collaboration with the office of aerospace development, develop an agenda and invitational list for staging an international Lunar Development Summit on the Big Island of Hawaii in October 2017 or as soon thereafter as possible.

The Lunar Development Summit shall focus on identifying the major goals and challenges associated with the design and validation of an evolvable lunar architecture on the island of Hawaii, as well as the formation of strategies for enabling public-private partnerships to support the organization and implementation of multinational research activities and commercial ventures on both the lunar surface and in space.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Space Industry; Evolvable Lunar Architecture; Office of Aerospace Development

Description:

Promotes the space industry in Hawaii by creating a Multinational Lunar Architecture Alliance to provide recommendations and guidance for the establishment of an evolvable lunar architecture on the Big Island of Hawaii and to plan a development summit.

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