WHEREAS, the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program is dedicated to enhancing the role of the United States in space research; and

        WHEREAS, the Idaho Space Grant Consortium is committed to helping colleges and universities throughout Idaho build multi-disciplinary research and education programs focused on space science, space technology and aeronautics; and

        WHEREAS, the Idaho Space Grant Consortium promotes cooperation and the undertaking of joint projects between public and private colleges and universities, space-related industries, state and local governments and non-profit organizations; and

        WHEREAS, the Idaho Space Grant Consortium is providing important opportunities for young scientists and scholars to participate in the national space program, and the work of these young scientists and scholars will benefit all Americans in the quest to understand and explore space and all it has to offer; and

        WHEREAS, distinguished Idahoans have made important contributions to space research, including active participation in the international Cassini mission to Saturn and Titan, the New Horizons mission to Pluto, and student involvement in the NASA Robotic Lunar Exploration Program; and

        WHEREAS, many Idaho students contribute to the National Space Program through research internships at NASA centers around the country; and

        WHEREAS, NASA's first Educator Astronaut is an Idahoan who will fly on the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim April 29 through May 5^th, 2007 to be

IDAHO  SPACE  WEEK

and urge Idahoans to support space-related activities that will benefit all mankind in the years to come.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 22^nd day of March in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.       

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE