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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The McKinney High School Flying Lions Rocketry Team |
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was a preliminary winner at the 2016-2017 NASA Student Launch |
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challenge in Huntsville, Alabama, which was held from April 5 to 9, |
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2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Hosted by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the |
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17th annual NASA Student Launch represented the culmination of |
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eight months of teamwork by 60 middle school, high school, and |
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college-level rocketry squads from 23 states; the middle and high |
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school teams qualified for the competition by finishing among the |
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top 25 at the Team America Rocketry Challenge in Washington, D.C., |
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and their acceptance was based on a proposal detailing their |
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rocket's design, recovery system, payload, safety measures, and |
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educational engagement plans; the Flying Lions were one of only |
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three middle and high school teams selected from Texas, and the |
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group was named the preliminary winner of the Rocket Fair Display |
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Award in its division at the Student Launch challenge; and |
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WHEREAS, With advice from engineers at Raytheon and Emerson |
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Electric, the team completed several technical design reviews via |
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videoconference with NASA engineers during the school year as the |
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students progressed through the design and build stages of their |
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project; the end result was a 10-foot-tall 50-pound rocket that can |
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reach a speed of 370 miles per hour and an altitude of one mile and |
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can land safely by parachute for reuse; and |
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WHEREAS, By creating a functional rocket in the NASA Student |
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Launch, the members of the Flying Lions have broadened their |
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knowledge in the vital areas of science, technology, engineering, |
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and math while also experiencing the rewards of meeting a |
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challenging goal, and they may indeed take pride in their |
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impressive achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the McKinney High School Flying |
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Lions Rocketry Team on becoming the preliminary winner of the |
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Rocket Fair Display Award at the 2017 NASA Student Launch and extend |
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to the team's members sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Flying Lions as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |