Bill Text: OH SCR28 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: To urge the President of the United States and the

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-9)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-25 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR28 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SCR28-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committee

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. C. R. No. 28

Senator Widener 

Cosponsors: Senators Buehrer, Carey, Coughlin, Faber, Gibbs, Gillmor, Goodman, Grendell, Harris, Hughes, Husted, Jones, Kearney, Miller, R., Morano, Niehaus, Patton, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schiavoni, Schuring, Seitz, Strahorn, Stewart, Wagoner, Wilson, Miller, D., Fedor 

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To urge the President of the United States and the

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Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

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Space Administration to select the National Museum

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of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson

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Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio for public

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display of a space shuttle orbiter.

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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration	7
(NASA) intends to select a limited number of museums for the	8
display of the space shuttle orbiters that will be retired at the	9
conclusion of the space shuttle program. The National Museum of	10
the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base	11
near Dayton, Ohio would be an excellent choice for the display of	12
a space shuttle orbiter; and	13

WHEREAS, The Museum, the world's oldest and largest museum of	14
military aviation, is the depository for the Air Force's National	15
Historical Collection and features more than 400 aerospace	16
vehicles, including Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space capsules.	17
With 1.3 million visitors each year, the Museum is the most	18
visited free tourist destination in Ohio and is one of the most	19
visited in the country; and	20

WHEREAS, The Museum is ready to accommodate a space shuttle	21
orbiter with one million square feet of climate-controlled exhibit	22
space and an adjacent runway that is approved for a landing of the	23
shuttle carrier aircraft with a shuttle. In addition, the Museum	24
employs professional aerospace vehicle restoration staff who are	25
experienced in working with hazardous aerospace materials such as	26
those found on the shuttle and who will ensure the preservation of	27
the shuttle to the highest museum standards; and	28

WHEREAS, The Museum is located near Dayton, Ohio, the	29
birthplace of aviation and the home of the Wright Brothers, and in	30
the National Aviation Heritage Area, an area designated by	31
Congress that includes the Armstrong Air and Space Museum, Dayton	32
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and National Aviation	33
Hall of Fame. Finally, the Museum is easily accessible from major	34
population centers and is within a 600-mile radius of 61% of the	35
United States population; and	36

WHEREAS, The Department of Defense, especially the Department	37
of the Air Force, collaborated extensively with NASA's space	38
shuttle program, including influencing the basic shuttle design,	39
providing many highly skilled shuttle astronauts, and saving the	40
program in lean budget years during its development; and	41

WHEREAS, The Secretary of the Air Force has requested that	42
the NASA Administrator transfer a space shuttle orbiter to the Air	43
Force for placement in the Air Force's National Historical	44
Collection through interagency transfer using existing statutes	45
and regulations. This transfer will ensure that a taxpayer-funded	46
space shuttle orbiter will be kept under the ownership and	47
stewardship of the United States government and the American	48
people; now therefore be it	49

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	50
of the State of Ohio, conclude that it is in the interest of the	51
American people for a retired space shuttle orbiter to be	52
preserved and exhibited at the National Museum of the United	53
States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton,	54
Ohio; and be it further	55

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	56
of the State of Ohio, urge the President of the United States and	57
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space	58
Administration (NASA) to honor the request of the Department of	59
the Air Force for an interagency transfer of an operational space	60
shuttle orbiter so that it can be displayed at the National Museum	61
of the United States Air Force as a national tribute to the	62
American spirit of space exploration and to the indelible	63
partnership between NASA and the Department of the Air Force,	64
which helped make the space shuttle program possible; and be it	65
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RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly	67
authenticated copies of this resolution to the President of the	68
United States, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and	69
Space Administration, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States	70
House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary	71
of the United States Senate, the members of the Ohio Congressional	72
delegation, and the news media of Ohio.	73