H.Res. 892 · 109th Congress
Recognizing the dedication of the employees at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Michoud Assembly Facility, the "Michoud Hurricane Ride-Out Team", who risked their lives during Hurricane Katrina's assault on southeast Louisiana, and kept the generators and pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware, and whose dedication kept the Michoud Assembly Facility an island of dry land, which made it possible to resume External Tank production less than 5 weeks after the storm passed.
- Stage
- Passed chamber resolution
- Sponsor
- Charles Melancon
- Introduced
- 2006-06-26
- Latest action
- 2006-07-24 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Summary
Commends the dedication of the 38 members of the "Michoud Hurricane Ride-Out Team" who stayed behind at the Michoud Assembly Facility of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and protected vital program assets, which enabled the facility to resume production of the Space Shuttle external tank within five weeks of Hurricane Katrina's landfall.