HR 9119

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing the value of the United States'
3	human space flight program and the Kennedy Space Center
4	and acknowledging the magnitude of the loss of the human
5	space flight program on Florida's economy.
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7	WHEREAS, every United States' orbital human space flight to
8	date has launched from Florida, and
9	WHEREAS, the United States' human space flight program is
10	scheduled to cease operations on September 30, 2010, and
11	WHEREAS, the cessation of our nation's human space flight
12	program will result in the loss of employment of thousands of
13	highly trained space flight employees in Florida, and
14	WHEREAS, Florida is home to thousands of suppliers and
15	service providers who will lose employment or vital income upon
16	cessation of the United States' human space flight program, and
17	WHEREAS, the next planned United States' human space flight
18	program is not scheduled to be in operation for at least 5
19	years, and
20	WHEREAS, a gap of 5 years in human space flight programs
21	will result in our nation's loss of highly specialized space-
22	faring skills due to the dispersion of the workforce, and
23	WHEREAS, both the United States and Florida have already
24	experienced economic devastation resulting from the abrupt
25	cessation of the Apollo Program and have learned from that
26	period of history, and
27	WHEREAS, other countries, some of which are hostile to the
28	United States, will have the opportunity during our nation's
29	human space flight program's gap to surpass the United States in
30	technological advances and the dominance of space exploration,
31	NOW, THEREFORE,
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33	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
34	Florida:
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36	That the Florida House of Representatives recognizes the
37	value of the human space flight program and the Kennedy Space
38	Center and acknowledges the magnitude of the loss of the human
39	space flight program on Florida's economy.

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