Bill Text: TX SR271 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing March 6, 2023, as For The Benefit of Earth Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-07 - Reported enrolled [SR271 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR271-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Representatives from Blue Origin and Club for the | ||
Future are gathering in Austin on March 6, 2023, to celebrate For | ||
The Benefit of Earth Day at the State Capitol; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blue Origin has safely operated Launch Site One in | ||
Culberson County since 2006; there, it developed and tested the | ||
suborbital New Shepard system and reusable rocket engines | ||
necessary to fulfill its vision of millions of people living and | ||
working in space for the benefit of Earth; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2021, the company made human spaceflight | ||
history at Launch Site One, becoming the first entity to fly | ||
humans into space from Texas and the third private company to fly | ||
humans above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized | ||
boundary of space located at an altitude of 100 kilometers; the | ||
company repeated this achievement a total of six times in the | ||
span of 13 months, ultimately launching 31 humans into space from | ||
the Lone Star State and bringing Texas, Culberson County, and Van | ||
Horn to the attention of millions of people across the world; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blue Origin has also contributed to national | ||
security efforts with the testing and delivery of the BE-4, a | ||
powerful liquified natural gas-fueled reusable rocket engine; | ||
the company employs upwards of 400 aerospace engineers, | ||
technicians, and business operations specialists in over 78 | ||
House and 31 Senate districts in Texas; it has awarded business | ||
to more than 400 companies in the Lone Star State, for a total | ||
spend in Texas of well over $500 million; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to inspiring the next generation of | ||
space exploration, Blue Origin collects hundreds of thousands of | ||
postcards and flies them into space through its Club for the | ||
Future nonprofit organization; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blue Origin is driving further innovation in the | ||
aerospace industry, and its efforts are truly deserving of | ||
special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize March 6, 2023, as For The Benefit | ||
of Earth Day at the State Capitol and honor Blue Origin and Club | ||
for the Future for their incredible contributions to this state | ||
and this nation; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Blue Origin and Club for the Future as an expression | ||
of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Blanco | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 7, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |