ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 118
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
A RESOLUTION
To commend the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its scientific
and technological contributions to the state of Louisiana and the United States of
America and to designate Wednesday, May 8, 2019, as NASA Day at the state
capitol.
WHEREAS, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and Michoud Assembly Facility
in New Orleans, where the Saturn rockets for the Apollo program and the external tanks for
the space shuttle program were manufactured, have been instrumental in the success of the
U.S. space program for sixty years; and
WHEREAS, NASA is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon
landing; and
WHEREAS, the Marshall Space Flight Center and Michoud Assembly Facility are
building the Space Launch System (SLS), which will feature the most powerful rocket ever
built and will enable human exploration of the moon and future missions to deep space with
an eye towards Mars, thus further consolidating America's role as the leader in space
exploration; and
WHEREAS, NASA and the state of Louisiana share a commitment to promoting the
growth of a well-trained aerospace workforce and to sustaining world-class manufacturing
capabilities such as those at the Michoud Assembly Facility, where NASA is building the
SLS and Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, both of which will usher in a new era of
exploration and discovery beyond Earth's orbit; and
WHEREAS, within the last year, the Marshall Space Center and Michoud Assembly
Facility have facilitated the signing of 66 partnership agreements with a value exceeding
$23.7 million in areas such as engine development, materials testing, wind tunnel testing,
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and other engineering services, while also managing 281 Space Act Agreements with
industry, academia, and other government agencies; and
WHEREAS, even as it continues NASA's proud heritage of groundbreaking
advancements in human space exploration, the Michoud Assembly Facility locally supports
more than five thousand jobs, generates $630 million in economic impact, and has obtained
$116 million in government contracts; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of the state of Louisiana are exceedingly proud of the state's
critical role in the American space program and of the tremendous advances in space
exploration and scientific progress its cooperation with NASA has produced.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Wednesday, May 8, 2019, as NASA Day at
the state capitol and does hereby commend NASA for its remarkable scientific and
technological contributions to the state of Louisiana and the United States of America.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Jody
Singer, deputy center director of the Marshall Space Center.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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