House Bill hb9037

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9037

        By Representative Allen






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commemorating 40 years of

  3         Americans in space.

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  5         WHEREAS, Project Mercury, the first United States

  6  man-in-space program, made a total of six suborbital and

  7  orbital flights to investigate human ability to function in

  8  space, and

  9         WHEREAS, on February 20, 1962, Mercury Astronaut John

10  Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, and

11         WHEREAS, since Friendship 7 was launched 40 years ago,

12  more than 250 Americans have orbited Earth, explored the moon,

13  deployed satellites to explore the universe, conducted

14  scientific research, expanded our understanding of the

15  environment, and furthered international cooperation, and

16         WHEREAS, the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs of

17  the past have paved the way for the Space Shuttle and

18  International Space Station programs of today, and the

19  programs of today are paving the way for our future beyond

20  Earth's boundaries, and

21         WHEREAS, the benefits of human exploration of space

22  have positively impacted many areas of our lives and have kept

23  the United States on the cutting edge of space exploration and

24  scientific discovery for the last four decades, and

25         WHEREAS, today's Canaveral Spaceport in the State of

26  Florida has been the launch site of all American human

27  missions to space and, over the past 40 years, thousands of

28  Floridians have dedicated their lives to the peaceful

29  exploration of space, and

30         WHEREAS, on February 24, 2002, at the Kennedy Space

31  Center, the remaining Mercury Astronauts, John Glenn, Scott

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HR 9037

    741-115-02






  1  Carpenter, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper, will commemorate

  2  the 40th anniversary of Americans in orbit, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  4  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  5  Florida:

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  7         That the House of Representatives hereby recognizes and

  8  commends the Mercury Astronauts and all of the heroes of the

  9  United States space program for their contributions to the

10  people of the State of Florida, the nation, and the world.

11         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

12  be presented to representatives of the Kennedy Space Center as

13  a tangible token of the sentiments expressed herein.

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