H.C.R. No. 188 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Texas is proud to be home to the National 1-2 Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center 1-3 and is a state where thousands of Texans have taken part in NASA's 1-4 goals, vision, missions, and accomplishments in furthering space 1-5 exploration; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The approach of an integrated design and development 1-7 team concept implemented at Johnson Space Center has a proven 1-8 record of accomplishment in the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and 1-9 Shuttle programs, and the International Space Station program was 1-10 purposely located at Johnson Space Center to take advantage of the 1-11 integrated product team concept that has been so successful in 1-12 previous NASA programs; and 1-13 WHEREAS, The human space integration missions at Johnson 1-14 Space Center, including spacecraft engineering, space shuttle 1-15 operations program management, the shuttle orbiter project, and 1-16 science programs, are vital to NASA's human space program; and 1-17 WHEREAS, A proposed plan developed by NASA to consolidate 1-18 operations portends an action that would severely impact Johnson 1-19 Space Center and the Texas economy; and 1-20 WHEREAS, If the proposal is implemented, Texas stands to lose 1-21 thousands of primary and secondary jobs associated with the 1-22 aerospace industry and Johnson Space Center, thousands of 1-23 secondary, retail, and support jobs, and a significant share of 1-24 investment opportunities and associated investment benefits; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Texas was affected negatively as a consequence of 2-2 NASA's 1994 restructuring, downsizing, and space station redesign 2-3 at Johnson Space Center; and 2-4 WHEREAS, Texans support the general goal of reducing 2-5 government waste and jobs; how the goal is achieved in the case of 2-6 NASA's proposed reorganization is a key point that needs 2-7 clarification; now, therefore, be it 2-8 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-9 respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to review fully 2-10 NASA's proposed reorganization plan and to analyze the cost/benefit 2-11 of the plan, including proposed mission transfers and relocations, 2-12 with the purpose of preserving and protecting the United States' 2-13 leadership in space technology and exploration; and, be it further 2-14 RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 2-15 copies of this resolution to the administrator of the National 2-16 Aeronautics and Space Administration, to the president of the 2-17 United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and 2-18 president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all 2-19 members of the Texas congressional delegation with the request that 2-20 it be officially entered in the Congressional Record of the United 2-21 States of America.