SR 632 — Commending the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team.

SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22208175D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

632 IE Offered May 31, 2022 N Commending the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––McPikeAgreed Rto ––––––––––by the Senate, June 1, 2022 WHEREAS, in 2022, the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team of Manassas O was selected from a pool of more than 600 qualified applicants across the country to build an L expWHEREAS, administered by the organization Future Engineers, the NASA TechRise Student L Challenge allows exceptional students like those at Metz Middle School to seek a deeper understandiEg of the Earth's atmosphere, space exploration, coding, electronics, and data testing by proposing D expWHEREAS, driven by an interest in Mars colonization, the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team, Purple Wind, developed an experiment thatto willtest how windy conditions on Mars could be testedharnessed aboardto apower suborbitalLED rocket;light boards for vegetation growth;

and Dluminosity WHEREAS, administered by the organization Future Engineers, the NASA TechRise Student U Challenge allows exceptional students like those at Metz Middle School to seek a deeper understCnding of thesuch Earth's atmosphere, space exploration, coding, electronics, and data testing by proposing expWHEREAS, driven by an interest in Mars colonization, the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise E Student Challenge team, Purple Wind, developed an experiment to test how windy conditions on Mars could be harnessed to power LED light boardsboards; for vegetation growth;

andandcifically tests how microgravity would affect the WHEREAS, Purple Wind'sWind experimentably specificallyrepresented testsVirginia howas microgravityone wouldof affectonly two winning teams from the luminosityCommonwealth, the only middle school winning team from the Commonwealth, and one of suchonly LED57 lightR boards;including teachers, NASA personnel, and subject matter experts;

and nearly 500 volunteer judges, 3 WHEREAS, as a winning team, Purple Wind ablywill representedreceive Virginia$1,500 asand onea suite of onlymaterials twoto winningprepare teamsE fromtheir theexperiment, winningaccess teamsto nationwide;flight simulator software, and technical support from experts;

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andnow, WHEREAS,therefore, asbe itng 2023, allowing the RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team be commended on being selected to build an experiment for testing aboard a winningsuborbital team,rocRESOLVED PurpleFURTHER, WindThat willthe receiveClerk $1,500of andthe Senate prepare a suitecopy of materialsthis resolution for presentation to prepSreCarey theirHancey, experiment,sponsor accessof tothe flightMetz simulatorMiddle software,School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team, as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for the team's achievements and technicalbest supportwishes fromfor experts;their upcoming experiment at the edge of space.

the 6eam's payload will be placed aboard a suborbital rocket expected to launch in spring 2023, allowing t2e experiment to be performed in microgravity conditions;

now, therefore, be it Challenge team be commended on being selected to build an experiment for testing aboard a suborbital rocket;

and, be it RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Carey Hancey, sponsor of the Metz Middle School NASA TechRise Student Challenge team, as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's admiration for the team's achievements and best wishes for their upcoming experiment at the edge of space.

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