NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) – vice chair and chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science – to designate Friday, May 3, 2024, as National Space Day. Cosmosphere CEO Jim Remar was pleasantly surprised by Cosmosphere's inclusion in the resolution.
"I met with the Senator a couple of weeks ago in D.C.," Remar said. "It was after my meeting with him that his staff made me aware that he was penning that resolution for the Senate. It was pretty exciting."
Remar sees the inclusion of Cosmosphere in the resolution as a tip of the cap to what they do here in Kansas.
"We are one of the premiere space museums in the country," Remar said. "To have Senator Moran mention us in the same breath as Kennedy Space Center or Space Center Houston, to have the NASA Administrator here is very affirming for us."
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Hutchinson in 2022. Having the next generation of explorers get their imagination going about what's possible is one of Remar's goals at Cosmosphere.
"We are a science education center," Remar said. "We strive to ignite inspiration, get that spark going for the next generation, whether its engineers, machinists, astronauts, we just want to be able to get people excited about it."
The full text of the resolution is here.
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