Bill Text: TX HR1021 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Resolution 1021 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Honoring NASA for its accomplishments and legacy and recognizing March 31, 2011, as Space Day.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1021 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR1021-Introduced.html

	82R14390 JGH-F

	By: J. Davis of Harris	H.R. No. 1021



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, For more than 50 years, the National Aeronautics and
	Space Administration has played a vital role in the life of the
	nation and the State of Texas; and
	WHEREAS, Created by Congress in 1958, NASA ushered in an era
	of exciting innovations that have contributed to our nation's
	security, safety, and communications; from medical advances,
	including MRI and CAT scan technology, fetal heart monitors, and
	programmable heart pacemakers, to explorations of space and
	important scientific discoveries about our solar system and beyond,
	NASA has inspired generations of Americans; and
	WHEREAS, The agency has especially benefited the people of
	Texas; the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston is the home of
	America's astronaut corps, the site of mission control, and NASA's
	lead center for the International Space Station; it employs more
	than 3,300 civil servants and some 13,000 contractors and awards
	$5.3 billion in annual contracts; and
	WHEREAS, NASA's Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program
	has helped small businesses with technical challenges, resulting in
	the creation of new jobs and business ventures, and the agency's
	technological breakthroughs have positively impacted all of the
	state's major industries; furthermore, through such programs as
	Texas Aerospace Scholars, the NASA Explorer Schools, and the
	Network of Educator Astronaut Teachers, NASA has nurtured and
	inspired countless young people to become scientists, engineers,
	and explorers; and
	WHEREAS, The year 2010 was significant for NASA as it
	celebrated the passage of the NASA Authorization Act, the 10th
	anniversary of the International Space Station, and the successful
	completion of three shuttle missions; in 2011, the agency will
	finish assembling the ISS and retire the shuttle fleet after two
	more missions; and
	WHEREAS, NASA is a valued and indispensible part of the
	economy and culture of the Lone Star State, and Texans may indeed
	take great pride in the agency's extraordinary contributions to
	human knowledge, the spirit of exploration, and the progress of
	science and technology; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
	Legislature hereby honor the accomplishments and ongoing legacy of
	the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and recognize
	March 31, 2011, as Space Day; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for NASA as an expression of high regard by the Texas House
	of Representatives.