Full Text of SR0424 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | 3 | | congratulate Beth Mund of St. Charles on the occasion of the | 4 | | successful launch of her Stories of Space project; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Stories of Space, also known as The STORIES | 6 | | Project and formerly known as the Story SD Card Testing and | 7 | | On-Board Research on the International Space Station | 8 | | Experiment and Survey, is an open-source project available to | 9 | | a global community of storytellers who wish to connect people | 10 | | to space and is driven by a team of scientists, researchers, | 11 | | communicators, and writers; the project features written work | 12 | | that has been sent to and will return from space on micro-SD | 13 | | cards, creating a unique International Space Station science | 14 | | experiment that tests the effects of radiation on micro-SD | 15 | | electronics and data storage; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Beth Mund serves as the executive director of the | 17 | | Stories of Space project; she is also an analog astronaut, the | 18 | | CEO of Stellar Communications, a former communications officer | 19 | | for NASA, a keynote speaker, and a space communicator; as an | 20 | | analog astronaut, she served on two simulated missions, one to | 21 | | Mars at the HI-SEAS research facility in Hawaii and the other a | 22 | | lunar simulation in Poland at the Lunares Research Station; | 23 | | during her tenure at NASA, she served as a public affairs |
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| 1 | | officer and an International Space Station communications | 2 | | officer; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Beth Mund is the weekly host of the Casual Space | 4 | | podcast, which provides intimate conversations each week with | 5 | | astronauts, authors, scientists, and CEOs who are looking to | 6 | | share their love for space exploration while helping to | 7 | | inspire the next generation; her podcast will feature work | 8 | | submitted to the Stories of Space project; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Beth Mund currently serves on the Space Camp | 10 | | Alumni Board and the Space Drinks Association; she is a | 11 | | founding board member of the Women's Leadership Alliance at | 12 | | her alma mater, Loras College, and a two-time host of the | 13 | | Humans to Mars conference; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Beth Mund works passionately to connect people to | 15 | | space exploration through her projects, her podcast, and her | 16 | | in-person programs; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Beth | 19 | | Mund on the successful launch of her Stories of Space project, | 20 | | and we wish her continued success in her endeavors to make | 21 | | space exploration information accessible for people of all | 22 | | backgrounds; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Beth Mund as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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