HOUSEA MEMORIAL 13DECLARING 54THJANUARY LEGISLATURE-23, STATE2019 "SPACEPORT AMERICA DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF NEWREPRESENTATIVES MEXICOTO -RECOGNIZE FIRSTAND SESSIO,CELEBRATE 2019THE INTRODUCEDSOCIAL BYAND RebeccaECONOMIC DowBENEFITS andPROVIDED NathanBY P.SPACEPORT AMERICA.

Small6 andWHEREAS, JaneNew E.Mexico is host to spaceport America, the first purpose-built commercial spaceport;

Powdrell-Culbertand WHEREAS, the federal-aviation-administration-licensed launch capabilities at spaceport America attract aerospace industry members to perform secure and Joannesafe J.commercial space activities in New Mexico;

Ferraryand 7WHEREAS, 9spaceport AAmerica MEMORIALhas DECLARINGbeen JANUARYselected 23,by 2019the "SPACEPORTdefense AMERICAadvanced DAY"research INprojects THEagency HOUSEof OFthe REPRESENTATIVESUnited TOStates RECOGNIZEdepartment ANDof CELEBRATEdefense THEto SOCIALsupport ANDits ECONOMICcommercial BENEFITSlaunch PROVIDEDchallenge BYwith SPACEPORTspaceport AMERICA.America's horizontal launch facility;

15and WHEREAS, Newspaceport MexicoAmerica is hostalready home to spaceportsome America,of the firstmost purpose-builtrespected companies in the commercial spaceport;space industry, including Virgin Galactic;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, the federal-aviation-administration-licensed w l n d 18 launch capabilities at spaceport America attract aerospace = = 19 a l industry members to perform secure and safe commercial space i a e r 20 activities in New Mexico;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, spaceport America has been selected by the d r e 22 defense advanced research projects agency of the United States c e s k 23 department of defense to support its commercial launch e a n b 24 challenge with spaceport America's horizontal launch facility;

u [ and .212629.1 WHEREAS, spaceport America is already home to some of the most respected companies in the commercial space industry, including Virgin Galactic;

and HM 13 WHEREAS, spaceport America is promoting new economic Page 1 development in New Mexico to support building an aerospace business ecosystem in the state to complement use of its vertical and horizontal access to space capabilities;

and WHEREAS, spaceport America has exceptional capacity to support those companies' needs for research, engineering, e e 17 testing and manufacturing, as well as access to space flight e e n d 18 launching and landing facilities;

and = = l ] 19 WHEREAS, spaceport America has conducted more than two a l r i 20 hundred space launches, twice sponsored the annual t e a t international rocket cup and reached thousands of students in m m 21 e d r e 22 science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs;

and c e r c 23 WHEREAS, spaceport America has the potential to anchor a e a n b 24 thriving commercial space industry in New Mexico encompassing a u [ broad range of support businesses that will contribute to the .212629.1 - 2 - New Mexico economy;

and BE IT FURTHER that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the office of the governor, the secretary of tourism, the secretary of economic development and the HM 13 Page 2 executive director of the spaceport authority.

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