1. Contact your congressperson to co-sponsor H.R.4752 (SEDS Act)
2. March Storm Home District Blitz extended to support H.R. 4752 (SEDS Act)
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Policy Committee
On Wednesday March 16, 2016, Representative Dana Rohrabacher introduced the Space Exploration, Development, and Settlement Act of 2016 (H.R. 4752). This date is the 90th anniversary of the launch of the first liquid fueled rocket in 1926 by Robert Goddard. NSS, working with our partners in the Alliance for Space Development, has been pushing for the SEDS Act starting in January 2015. The introduction of the Bill is an important milestone for NSS and for our future in space.
Now is the time to move things to the next level. Call, write, or email your Representative and urge him or her to co-sponsor H.R. 4752. The message is simple – this is a great Bill, it adds nothing to the budget, and it will give NASA an inspiring and important long term goal. Urge your Representative to contact Tony DeTora, Representative Rohrabacher’s space staffer, to sign on.
With this auspicious event, we have decided to extend the March Storm Home District Blitz in support of H.R. 4752. We have just completed a very successful Washington DC based March Storm event held March 13- 17. This year’s topics are:
- Support full-funding for Commercial Crew program
- Establish an Ultra-Low Cost Access to Space Prize (see DRAFT BILL).
- Pass the Commercial Space Industrialization Act
- Ensure a low-risk gapless transition from ISS to private space stations in LEO, with NASA serving as an early customer (see DRAFT BILL).
- Require commercial-style acquisition and development of lunar and asteroid resources to be used in support of future lunar bases and voyages to Mars.
- Make space development and settlement part of NASA’s official mission (SEDS Act)
Using the same materials as the DC March Storm, local groups arranged to visit their Congressperson’s home district offices during the March 21-25 recess (or soon thereafter), just like the NSS/SFF 2015 August Home District Blitz. This activity is being extended to support H.R. 4752.
Resources:
- Signup form for March Storm Home District Blitz.
- All needed materials are on the NSS Legislative Action page.
- See the YouTube March Storm training videos.
