SJR 24-012 — Colorado Aerospace Day

SENATESecond JOINTRegular RESOLUTIONSession 24-012Seventy-fourth BYGeneral SENATOR(S)Assembly GardnerSTATE andBridges,OF Baisley,COLORADO Coleman,ENGROSSED Cutter,LLS Danielson,NO. Exum, Fields, Gina!, Gonzales, Hansen, Hinrichsen, JaquezLewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Lundeen, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Pelton B., Pelton R., Priola, Rich, Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson, Smallwood, Sullivan, Van Winkle, Will, Zenzinger, Fenberg;

alsoR24-1056.01 REPRESENTATIVE(S)Katelyn ArmagostGuderian andx3205 Joseph,SJR24-012 Bird,SENATE Bradley,SPONSORSHIP Brown,GardnerandBridges, Catlin,Baisley,Coleman,Cutter,Danielson,Exum,Fenberg,Fields,Ginal, Clifford,Gonzales, Daugherty,Hansen, DeGraaf,Hinrichsen, Duran,English,Evans,Jaquez Frizell,Lewis, Hamrick,Kirkmeyer, Hartsook,Kolker, Herod,Liston, Kipp,Lundeen, Lieder,Marchman,MichaelsonJenet,Mullica,PeltonB.,PeltonR.,Priola,Rich,Roberts,Rodriguez, Lindstedt,Simpson, Lukens,Smallwood, Lynch,Sullivan, Marshall,Van McCormick,McLachlan,Winkle, Ortiz,Pugliese,Will, Snyder,Zenzinger Soper,HOUSE Story,Taggart,Titone,SPONSORSHIP Valdez,Armagost Weinberg,and Weissman,Joseph, Wilson,Senate WinterCommittees T.,House Woodrow,Committees Young,SENATE McCluskie.JOINT RESOLUTION 24-012 CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF M ARCH 4, 2024,AS"C OLORADO A EROSPACE D AY".

CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF MARCH 4, 2024, AS "COLORADO AEROSPACE DAY".

and WHEREAS,·WHEREAS, Colorado is home to the nation's top aerospace companies,g including4 BallE Aerospace,d Blue0 Origin,A Boeing,e L3Harris,4 LockheedE Martinl Space,h MaxarShading Technologies,denotes NorthropHOUSE Grumman,amendment. Raytheon, Sierra Space, and United Launch Alliance, and close to 500 additional companies that support the aerospace sector by providing services and developing products, including spacecraft, launch vehicles, satellites, command and control software, sensors, and navigation operations;

andDouble WHEREAS,underlining Coloradodenotes isSENATE amendSei a strategicCapital locationletters foror nationalbold space& anditalic cybernumbers activity,indicate withnew fivematerial keyto militarybe commands:added tF Mxisting law.

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companies, including Ball Aerospace, Blue Origin, Boeing, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin Space, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Sierra Space, and United Launch Alliance, and close to 500 additional companies that support the aerospace sector by providing services and developing products, including spacecraft, launch vehicles, satellites, command and control software, sensors, and navigation operations;

and WHEREAS,Coloradoisastrategiclocationfornationalspaceand cyber activity, with five key military commands:

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the United States Northern Command, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/ArmyForcesStrategicCommand,andthepermanenthomeof United States Space Command, and three space-related United States Space Force bases:

and WHEREAS, The United States Air Force Academy, along with Colorado'sColorado'scollegesanduniversities,includingtheUniversityofColorado collegesanduniversities,includingtheUniversityofColorado Boulder, University ofColoradoof Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Metropolitan State University of Denver,UniversityofDenver,Denver,UniversityofDenver,ColoradoMesaUniversity,andFortLewis ColoradoMesaUniversity, andFortLewis College, provides access to world-class aerospace-related degrees and offers aerospace companies one of the country's most educated workforces;

and WHEREAS, Various organizations arekeytoare Colorado'sprominencekey to Colorado's prominence in aerospace, such as the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,theworld'slargestaerospacetechnicalsociety;theColoradoAstronautics, Spacethe Coalition,world's alargest groupaerospace oftechnical industrysociety; stakeholders working to grow and promote Colorado as a center ofexcellence for aerospace;

the Colorado chapter of Citizens for Space Exploration,Coalition, houseda withingroup theof Coloradoindustry Businessstakeholders Roundtable,working whose mission is to promotegrow better understanding ofaerospace and itspromote importanceColorado in our economy and daily lives, as wella ascenter promoting the importance of humanexcellence spacefor exploration;aerospace;

and the Colorado chapter of Citizens for Space Exploration, housed within the Colorado Business Roundtable, anwhose organizationmission thatis works to convenepromote stakeholdersbetter fromunderstanding industry,of government,aerospace and academiaits toimportance advancein aerospaceour businesseconomyand andworkforcedaily opportunitieslives, throughoutas well as promoting the state.importance of human space exploration;

Together,andtheColoradoSpaceBusinessRoundtable,anorganizationthatworks theseto organizationsconvene formstakeholders thefrom Coloradoindustry, chapterofgovernment, the Aerospace States Association, a nonpartisan organization of lieutenant governors and associateacademia membersto fromadvance aerospace organizationsbusiness and academiawhoworkforce representstates'opportunities intereststhroughout infederalthe aerospacestate. andaviation policy development, currently led by Colorado Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera;

andTogether, PAGEthese 2-SENATEorganizations JOINTform RESOLUTIONthe 24-012Colorado WHEREAS,chapter Theof Coloradothe AirAerospace andStates SpaceAssociation, Porta seeksnonpartisan toorganization serveof aslieutenant America'sgovernors huband forassociate commercialmembers spacefrom transportation,aerospace research,organizations and development.academiawhorepresentstates'interestsinfederalaerospaceandaviation -2- 012 policy development, currently led by Colorado Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera;

and WHEREAS, The Colorado Air and Space Port seeks to serve as America's hub for commercial space transportation, research, and development.

now, therefore, Be ItResolvedbyIt Resolved by the Senate oftheof the Seventy-fourth GeneralAssemblyGeneral oftheStateAssembly ofColorado,of theHousethe ofRepresentativesconcurringherein:State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:

That we, the members oftheof the Colorado General Assembly:

(1) StronglyurgeStronglyurgeandrequestthegovernmentoftheUnitedStates and request the government ofthe United States of America to take action to preserve and enhance American leadership in space, spur innovation, and ensure our continued national and economic security by increasing funding for space exploration and activities;

(2) CongratulateNASACongratulateNASAandLockheedMartinSpaceonthereturn andLockheedof Martinits Spacemission onOSIRIS-ReX theto returnearth ofon itsmissionOSIRIS-ReXtoSeptember earthon24, September24, 2023, afteritsafter its six-year journey from Bennu with the first-ever sample return from an asteroid;

(3) Recognize andappreciatetheand appreciate the Colorado companies, includingBallincluding Ball Aerospace, Boeing, Lockheed Martin Space, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, United Launch Alliance, and others, that are key to enabling human exploration throughout our solar system, supporting NASA's Artemis Program to take humans to the moon and beyond.

These companies' work continues to expand our understanding oftheof the universe, enabling a new generation ofgroundbreakingof groundbreaking research with innovations like the James Webb Space Telescope, and will help lead the way in the searchforsearchforlifebeyondourplanetwiththeHabitableWorldsObservatory; life beyond ourplanetwiththeHabitable Worlds Observatory;

(4) Recognize andappreciatetheand excitingnewinnovationsappreciate suchasthethe successfulinauguralflightexciting oftheUnitedLaunchAllianceVulcanCentaurnew Rocketinnovations onsuch Januaryas 8,the 2024,successful asinaugural wellflight asof the upcomingUnited inauguralLaunch flightAlliance ofVulcan Boeing'sCentaur CST-100Rocket Starlineron CrewJanuary Test8, Flight2024, toas well as the Internationalupcoming inaugural flightofBoeing'sCST-100StarlinerCrewTestFlighttotheInternational Space Station and the upcoming inaugural flight of the Sierra Space Dream Chaser, the world's only winged commercial spaceplane, to the -3- 012 International Space Station, both of which will launch on a United Launch Alliance rocket;

PAGEBeItFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent 3-SENATEtoPresidentJosephBiden,Jr.;VicePresidentKamalaHarris;Speakerof JOINTthe RESOLUTIONHouse 24-012of BeRepresentatives ItFurtherMike Resolved,Johnson; That copies ofthis JointResolutionbe sentto PresidentJosephBiden, Jr.;VicePresidentKamalaHarris;

SpeakerHouse oftheMinority HouseLeader ofRepresentativesMikeJohnson;Hakeem Jeffries;

HouseMinorityLeaderHakeem Jeffries;

Senate MinorityMinorityLeader Leader Mitch McConnell;

CongresswomanLaurenBoebert;CongressmanKenBuck;Congresswoman Lauren Boebert;

Congressman Ken Buck;

GovernorJaredPolis;Governor Jared Polis;

LieutenantGovernorandCo-chair,Lieutenant Governor and Co-chair, Colorado Space Coalition, Dianne Primavera;

Brigadier General Laura Clellan, The AdjutantGeneralAdjutant ofColorado;General of Colorado;

General StephenN.Stephen N.

ColonelColonelMarcusJackson,BuckleyGarrisonCommander,BuckleySpace MarcusForceBase;Dr.ChristopherScolese,Director,NationalReconnaissance Jackson,Office; Buckley Garrison Commander, Buckley Space Force Base;

Dr.

Christopher Scalese, Director, National Reconnaissance Office;

Garelick Bell,ExecutiveDirector,AerospaceBell, StatesAssociation;Executive Director, Aerospace States Association;HeatherPringle,ChiefExecutiveOfficer,SpaceFoundation;

HeatherPringle,Dr.RonaldM.Sega,Co-chair,ColoradoSpaceCoalition;MichaelGass, ChiefCo-chair, ExecutiveColorado Officer, Space Foundation;Coalition;

Dr.

Ronald M.