Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HR265 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	HR265INTRODUCED
2	2	Page 0
3	3	HR265
4	4	ZQZFJKK-1
5	5	By Representatives Whorton, Moore (P), Rigsby, Reynolds, Hall,
6	6	Whitt, Lomax
7	7	RFD:
8	8	First Read: 17-Apr-25
9	9	1
10	10	2
11	11	3
12	12	4
13	13	5
14	14	6 ZQZFJKK-1 04/16/2025 NG (L)NG 2025-1660
15	15	Page 1
16	16	First Read: 17-Apr-25
17	17	HR____ HONORING DR. RAYMOND CLINTON, JR. ON HIS RETIREMENT
18	18	FROM NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER.
19	19	WHEREAS, it is with great respect and admiration that
20	20	we recognize Dr. Raymond "Corky" Clinton, Jr. for his
21	21	extraordinary career at the National Aeronautics and Space
22	22	Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center; he has
23	23	dedicated over 40 years to serving America's Space Program;
24	24	and
25	25	WHEREAS, a native of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Dr.
26	26	Clinton earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral
27	27	degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta,
28	28	in 1973, 1976, and 1982, respectively; and
29	29	WHEREAS, Dr. Clinton joined the Marshall Center in
30	30	1984 as an aerospace ceramic materials engineer in the
31	31	Materials and Processes Laboratory of the former Science and
32	32	Engineering Directorate; and
33	33	WHEREAS, from 1998 to 2003, Dr. Clinton cochaired a
34	34	NASA team that led the coordination of NASA and U.S.
35	35	Department of Defense rocket propulsion materials research;
36	36	he formulated and implemented an integrated materials
37	37	development plan supporting liquid rocket boost and orbit
38	38	transfer engines, solid rocket motors for boost and orbit
39	39	transfer, and tactical rocket motors and spacecraft
40	40	propulsion system; and
41	41	1
42	42	2
43	43	3
44	44	4
45	45	5
46	46	6
47	47	7
48	48	8
49	49	9
50	50	10
51	51	11
52	52	12
53	53	13
54	54	14
55	55	15
56	56	16
57	57	17
58	58	18
59	59	19
60	60	20
61	61	21
62	62	22
63	63	23
64	64	24
65	65	25
66	66	26
67	67	27
68	68	28 HR265 INTRODUCED
69	69	Page 2
70	70	propulsion system; and
71	71	WHEREAS, in 2002, Dr. Clinton was named special
72	72	assistant for research integration and management, he
73	73	established integrated research policies for NASA's Physical
74	74	Sciences Research Division, which encompassed theoretical
75	75	and experimental research in the areas of fluid physics,
76	76	combustion, materials, biomolecular physics, chemistry,
77	77	nanotechnology, and other technologies tied to human
78	78	exploration and development of the space frontier; and
79	79	WHEREAS, from 2003 to 2006, Dr. Clinton was manager
80	80	of the Microgravity Science and Applications Department,
81	81	part of Marshall's former Science Directorate; he was
82	82	chiefly responsible for planning, budgeting, and overseeing
83	83	research to enable NASA's exploration of space; he led a
84	84	team of some 450 researchers, engineers, and support
85	85	personnel conducting world-class materials research,
86	86	technology development, and hardware design and fabrication,
87	87	all supporting research in space and on Earth; during that
88	88	period, he also was selected to lead NASA's investigation
89	89	into thermal protection system foam loss during liftoff of
90	90	space shuttle Discovery on the STS-114 mission in July 2005;
91	91	the findings and recommendations of the investigation led to
92	92	several significant design and safety improvements to the
93	93	thermal protection system of the space shuttle's external
94	94	tank; and
95	95	WHEREAS, from 2011-2021, Dr. Clinton was the Deputy
96	96	Director of the Science and Technology Office where he
97	97	managed day-to-day oversight of the organization and its
98	98	more than 250 civil service and contract employees; the
99	99	29
100	100	30
101	101	31
102	102	32
103	103	33
104	104	34
105	105	35
106	106	36
107	107	37
108	108	38
109	109	39
110	110	40
111	111	41
112	112	42
113	113	43
114	114	44
115	115	45
116	116	46
117	117	47
118	118	48
119	119	49
120	120	50
121	121	51
122	122	52
123	123	53
124	124	54
125	125	55
126	126	56 HR265 INTRODUCED
127	127	Page 3
128	128	more than 250 civil service and contract employees; the
129	129	office conducts advanced research at the intersection of
130	130	science and exploration, expanding general scientific
131	131	knowledge and understanding, while furthering NASA's mission
132	132	to extend our reach across the solar system; and
133	133	WHEREAS, since 2021, Dr. Clinton has been a senior
134	134	technical advisor in the Science and Technology Office at
135	135	NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville with a
136	136	primary responsibility over the Moon to Mars Planetary
137	137	Autonomous Construction Technology Project; and
138	138	WHEREAS, he is the recipient of numerous NASA and
139	139	industry awards, which include the Presidential Rank Award
140	140	for Meritorious Executive for his outstanding achievements
141	141	at NASA; the NASA Silver Snoopy award, presented in 1990 by
142	142	the Astronaut Corps for his noteworthy contributions to
143	143	NASA's ongoing human spaceflight missions; and NASA's
144	144	Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2006 for his leadership of
145	145	the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Aging Effects Team and his
146	146	contributions to Return to Flight; now therefore,
147	147	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
148	148	LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That we hereby extend deepest
149	149	gratitude and respect to Dr. Raymond "Corky" Clinton, Jr.
150	150	for his distinguished career at the National A eronautics and
151	151	Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center and offer
152	152	our heartfelt congratulations on the occasion of his
153	153	well-earned retirement.
154	154	57
155	155	58
156	156	59
157	157	60
158	158	61
159	159	62
160	160	63
161	161	64
162	162	65
163	163	66
164	164	67
165	165	68
166	166	69
167	167	70
168	168	71
169	169	72
170	170	73
171	171	74
172	172	75
173	173	76
174	174	77
175	175	78
176	176	79
177	177	80
178	178	81
179	179	82