Preserve NASA Funding Levels

the Texas Coastal Study, project timelines within the study, and ongoing stakeholder engagement. Dr. BurksCopes provided a detailed look at how the Texas Coastal Study will be implemented once it is fully funded.

Preserve NASA Funding Levels

CSE Planning for Advocacy Meetings on Capitol Hill

The Citizens for Space Exploration (CSE), a subcommittee of BAHEP’s Aerospace Advisory Committee (AAC), initiated development of the messaging for the 2023 U.S. Congress outlining the importance of NASA to the nation’s economy and national security. CSE congressional meetings help advance support for human space exploration and demonstrate a large, grassroots constituency for space exploration.

BAHEP Aerospace Marketing Manager Kim Morris began planning activities during this quarter for 1) the freshman congressional members meetings in Washington, D.C., scheduled for March 2023, 2) Space Day Texas activities at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, in February and March 2023, and 3) the annual CSE meetings with remaining congressional members in Washington, D.C., on May 22 – 24, 2023.

Then BAHEP President-elect Gives Presentation to JSC Small Business Forum

Then BAHEP President-elect Brian Freedman participated in the NASA JSC Small Business Council’s Annual Small Business Conference at the University of Houston – Clear Lake on Nov. 1, 2022. Freedman gave a presentation that focused on economic development in Bay Area Houston and the potential economic impact of BAHEP’s 24 industrial and commercial projects.

BAHEP Hosts Texas Senator John Whitmire for Tour

BAHEP hosted the Dean of the Texas State Senate, Sen. John Whitmire, on Oct. 5, 2022. BAHEP had the opportunity to provide Sen. Whitmire an update on regional issues, visit Space Center Houston to discuss efforts there as well as those of NASA, and visit the Houston Spaceport and the San Jacinto College EDGE Center to talk about all the innovative progress, workforce training, and opportunities at the spaceport. Sen. Whitmire is a member of the Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee and the Space Center Senate Finance Committee. He is an Houston is advocate for the Texas aerospace industry, especially in the Houston redramatically expanding its footprint with a gion. new master plan

unveiled October

Then BAHEP President Bob Mitch- 18. The plan will be ell, then President-elect Brian Freed- implemented in man, Executive Director for Econom- phases in the ic Development Dan Seal, and Aero- years to come, space Marketing Manager Kim Morris with more details coordinated with the Houston Air- slated to be port System, Space Center Houston, revealed in 2023. Intuitive Machines, and San Jacinto College to arrange tours and briefings. Seal gave a briefing to Sen. Whitmire on the Bay Area Houston region and its opportunities. Trent

Texas Sen. John Whitmire (l) was joined by San Jacinto College Chancellor Brenda Hellyer, Ed.D., and then BAHEP President Bob Mitchell as the senator was given a tour of Intuitive Machines. BAHEP hosted Sen. Whitmire, the Dean of the Texas State Senate, to give him an update on regional issues especially in regard to aerospace initiatives.