World Space Week

Proclamation
By the Governor of Alabama

WHEREAS, Since the United Nations declaration in 1999, World Space Week it has grown into the largest public space event on Earth; and

WHEREAS, the mission of World Space Week Association is to strengthen the link between space and society through public education, participation, and dialogue on the future of space activity using World Space Week as a focus; and

WHEREAS, the State of Alabama is a leading space state; and

WHEREAS, Alabamians designed and built the rockets that first put humans on the Moon and is inextricably tied to humankind’s advancements in space; and

WHEREAS, the space industry in Alabama is of vital importance to a vibrant state economy:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim October 4 through 10, 2015, as

World Space Week

in the State of Alabama.

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 28th day of September 2015.

Robert Bentley
Governor