Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Paul H.C.R. No. 141
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7	7	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
8	8	WHEREAS, Since its founding in 1958, the National Aeronautics
9	9	and Space Administration has been a leader in space exploration,
10	10	and the city of Houston has played an instrumental role in advancing
11	11	the agency's mission; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Nicknamed "Space City," Houston has long been at the
13	13	forefront of human spaceflight development; the city famously
14	14	served as the site for NASA's mission control during the first moon
15	15	landing in 1969, and some of the first words spoken on the surface
16	16	of the moon called out to Houston; in addition, the Lyndon B.
17	17	Johnson Space Center is located in Houston, and with more than
18	18	12,000 employees, the facility encompasses a large portion of the
19	19	NASA workforce; the city is also home to the Mission Control Center,
20	20	NASA Astronaut Corps, Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility, commercial
21	21	space agreements, and extensive research and development
22	22	partnerships; and
23	23	WHEREAS, Despite having historic ties to Houston, NASA
24	24	established its headquarters in Washington, D.C., an area that is
25	25	disconnected from most of the agency's centers and facilities; that
26	26	decision has separated NASA's leadership from the agency's
27	27	workforce and day-to-day activities; in 2028, at the end of the
28	28	lease for its current headquarters, NASA will have the opportunity
29	29	to move its leadership to a new site, and Houston would be a fitting
30	30	location for the facility; situated at the center of NASA's
31	31	operations, the city has a cost of living that is less than half
32	32	that of the Washington, D.C., area, and it provides access to three
33	33	universities with R1 designations as well as two major commercial
34	34	airports; and
35	35	WHEREAS, Houston also offers tremendous benefits from its
36	36	connection to Texas, which boasts the eighth-largest economy in the
37	37	world, with low government regulation and a strong business
38	38	environment; more than 2,000 aerospace, aviation, and
39	39	defense-related companies have established locations in the state,
40	40	including SpaceX in Starbase, Blue Origin in West Texas, Firefly
41	41	Aerospace in Cedar Park, and Axiom Space in Houston; moreover, the
42	42	State of Texas recently created the Texas Space Commission to
43	43	promote innovation in space operations and commercial aerospace and
44	44	to attract commercial space ventures to the state; and
45	45	WHEREAS, No city is more closely linked to America's space
46	46	program than "Space City," and NASA's headquarters should be
47	47	located at a place where the agency's leadership can directly
48	48	engage with its most critical missions; now, therefore, be it
49	49	RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas
50	50	hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to move
51	51	NASA's headquarters to Houston; and, be it further
52	52	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
53	53	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
54	54	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
55	55	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
56	56	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
57	57	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
58	58	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.