FWD: Something worthy of your consideration and possible action

There's been a lot of message traffic on this subject the last couple of days in various Internet list groups.

I've already contributed the historical lineage behind the existing Space Day, Space Week, Yuri's Night and this year's Centennial of Flight activities.

Thought you'd want to weigh in yourselves on the matter. . .

Subj: [ProjectApollo] National Space Day
Date: 1/9/2003 7:05:24 AM Pacific Standard Time
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If you would like to see an official day of recognition for space pioneers,
particularly if you would prefer observing July 20th, the anniversary date
of the Apollo 11 landing as that day, please view and sign the online
petition at http://www.july20th.org

Please pass this web site along to your colleagues and friends. Apollo was successful thanks to the selfless sacrifice of more than 400,000 workers who
participated in the largest civilian "research and development" project in history.

The Apollo landing alone is worthy of recognition as a historical event, but the significance of Apollo reaches well beyond that single event.

The monumental efforts made by the Apollo team provided a significant boost for the development of methods and technologies that led to accelerated improvements in health care, education, business, military and administration/management.

Apollo changed the future of America and humanity for the better in more ways than most people appreciate. A national day of recognition could help educate the general public about the impact of space exploration on the individual lives of the beneficiaries of the Apollo legacy.

-Jim McDade
SpaceADG

Regards,
Jim Spellman
NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
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