HM 16 — "NEW MEXICO AEROSPACE DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 16DECLARING 56THJANUARY LEGISLATURE31, -2023 STATE"NEW OFMEXICO NEWMEXICOAEROSPACE -DAY" FIRSTIN SESSIONTHE 2023HOUSE INTRODUCEDOF BYREPRESENTATIVES. Tara L.

Lujan5 6WHEREAS, 8New 10Mexico Ais MEMORIALthe DECLARINGbirthplace JANUARYof 31,the 2023United "NEWStates MEXICOspace AEROSPACEand DAY"missile INprograms; THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

14and WHEREAS, New Mexico is the birthplacethird ofstate theto Unitedhost Stateshuman spacespaceflight; and missile programs;

and WHEREAS, New Mexico isoffers thefavorable thirdelevations statefor toaerospace hostoperations, humanincluding ethree thundred 17forty spaceflight;days on average of sunshine annually, abundant land and a sparse population, creating the perfect conditions for launching rockets and recovering payloads;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, New Mexico offersis favorablehome elevationsto forover =eighty =innovative 19 a l aerospace operations,companies includingperforming threesatellite hundredcomponent forty days on i a e r 20 average of sunshine annually, abundant land and arocket sparsedesign, aaerospace tparts mmanufacturing, mspace 21launch population, creating the perfect conditions for launching d r e 22 rockets and recoveringdata payloads;analytics;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, New Mexico is home to over eighty innovative e a n b 24 aerospace companies performing satellite component and rocket u [ design, aerospace parts manufacturing, space launch and data .224545.1 analytics;

and HM 16 Page 1 WHEREAS, New Mexico is home to flight testing facilities with access to over six thousand square miles of restricted airspace, four major United States military installations and twenty federal, state and privately funded laboratories;

and WHEREAS, New Mexico is home to many superb sites of air e t 17 and space activity, including the United States army White w l n d 18 Sands missile range, the national aeronautics and space = = 19 a l administration White Sands test facility, Kirtland air force i a e r 20 base, the space force rapid capabilities office, the air force a t m m 21 research laboratory, Sandia national laboratories, Los Alamos d r e 22 national laboratory and New Mexico state university's physical c e s k 23 science laboratory;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, New Mexico is home to the world's first u [ purpose-built commercial spaceport, spaceport America, which .224545.1 - 2 - hosts suborbital launches and someday will host launches to orbit;

and WHEREAS, the university of New Mexico is home to the institute of meteoritics and New Mexico state university is a core member of both the federal aviation administration HM 16 Page 2 center of excellence for commercial space transportation and the center of excellence for unmanned aircraft systems;

and WHEREAS, New Mexico will continue to lead in aerospace education through its superb science, technology, engineering e t 17 and mathematics education programs and world-class research w l n d 18 universities;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, the aerospace states association — New Mexico i a e r 20 chapter sponsors events to highlight the contributions of the a t m m 21 aerospace community in New Mexico;

d r e 22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF c e s k 23 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 31, e a n b 24 2023 be declared "New Mexico Aerospace Day" in the house of u [ representatives;

and .224545.1 - 3 - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the aerospace states association — New Mexico chapter.

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