Bill Text: IL SR0424 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Beth Mund on the successful launch of her Stories of Space project. Wishes her continued success in her endeavors to make space exploration information accessible for people of all backgrounds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0424 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SR0424-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
congratulate Beth Mund of St. Charles on the occasion of the
successful launch of her Stories of Space project; and
WHEREAS, The Stories of Space, also known as The STORIES
Project and formerly known as the Story SD Card Testing and
On-Board Research on the International Space Station
Experiment and Survey, is an open-source project available to
a global community of storytellers who wish to connect people
to space and is driven by a team of scientists, researchers,
communicators, and writers; the project features written work
that has been sent to and will return from space on micro-SD
cards, creating a unique International Space Station science
experiment that tests the effects of radiation on micro-SD
electronics and data storage; and
WHEREAS, Beth Mund serves as the executive director of the
Stories of Space project; she is also an analog astronaut, the
CEO of Stellar Communications, a former communications officer
for NASA, a keynote speaker, and a space communicator; as an
analog astronaut, she served on two simulated missions, one to
Mars at the HI-SEAS research facility in Hawaii and the other a
lunar simulation in Poland at the Lunares Research Station;
during her tenure at NASA, she served as a public affairs

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officer and an International Space Station communications
officer; and
WHEREAS, Beth Mund is the weekly host of the Casual Space
podcast, which provides intimate conversations each week with
astronauts, authors, scientists, and CEOs who are looking to
share their love for space exploration while helping to
inspire the next generation; her podcast will feature work
submitted to the Stories of Space project; and
WHEREAS, Beth Mund currently serves on the Space Camp
Alumni Board and the Space Drinks Association; she is a
founding board member of the Women's Leadership Alliance at
her alma mater, Loras College, and a two-time host of the
Humans to Mars conference; and
WHEREAS, Beth Mund works passionately to connect people to
space exploration through her projects, her podcast, and her
in-person programs; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Beth
Mund on the successful launch of her Stories of Space project,
and we wish her continued success in her endeavors to make
space exploration information accessible for people of all
backgrounds; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Beth Mund as an expression of our esteem and
respect.