Florida Senate - 2022                            (NP)    SR 1986
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       14-03267-22                                           20221986__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing 2022 as the “Year of Artemis”
    3         in Florida to acknowledge the launch of the Artemis I
    4         mission and the beginning of a new era in deep space
    5         exploration.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, Florida has served as America’s premier launch pad
    8  to space for more than 70 years, tracing a timeline back to the
    9  creation of a test site for missile launches which has grown
   10  into what is now the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and
   11  NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, named for former President John F.
   12  Kennedy, and
   13         WHEREAS, Florida’s indispensable role in our nation’s space
   14  program has resulted in human exploration missions in low Earth
   15  orbit and to the Moon which have yielded many research
   16  discoveries and benefits to mankind, and
   17         WHEREAS, NASA’s Artemis program marks America’s return to
   18  the Moon from Florida with the hope of establishing a permanent
   19  human presence to investigate the lunar surface and prove
   20  technologies needed for long-term deep space exploration, and
   21         WHEREAS, in Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of
   22  Apollo and today symbolizes the United States’ commitment to
   23  follow the Apollo program by returning to the Moon with the
   24  first woman and first person of color to crew a lunar mission,
   25  and
   26         WHEREAS, Artemis I is the first in a series of increasingly
   27  complex missions that will enable human exploration of the Moon
   28  and Mars, using NASA’s powerful new rocket, the Space Launch
   29  System (SLS), the Orion spacecraft, and exploration ground
   30  systems, and
   31         WHEREAS, the SLS is the most powerful rocket in the world,
   32  and Orion will fly farther than any human-rated spacecraft has
   33  ever flown, and
   34         WHEREAS, the Artemis I mission rocket is fully stacked
   35  inside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space
   36  Center, where it is undergoing final testing and preparations
   37  for launch, and
   38         WHEREAS, the Artemis I mission is slated to launch in the
   39  spring of 2022 from Launch Complex 39B, making history from the
   40  Space Coast and marking the beginning of a new era in human
   41  space exploration from this state, and
   42         WHEREAS, the Artemis program results in an economic impact
   43  to Florida of more than $2 billion, creating more than 10,000
   44  jobs filled by a highly specialized aerospace workforce that
   45  serves as one of this state’s most valuable assets, and
   46         WHEREAS, through the Artemis program, Florida will continue
   47  to serve as Earth’s most prominent launch pad for the
   48  sustainment of humanity’s exploration and endeavors beyond the
   49  bounds of our planet, NOW, THEREFORE,
   50  
   51  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   52  
   53         That 2022 is recognized as the “Year of Artemis” in
   54  Florida, marked by the launch of the Artemis I mission.
   55         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Florida’s aerospace workforce
   56  is commended and congratulated for its remarkable efforts in
   57  ensuring our nation’s leadership in space exploration through
   58  the Artemis program.