Bill Text: HI HR166 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Iolani School and Kealakehe High School Robotics Teams; Electrodynamic Dust Shield Lunar Project; PISCES; NASA; Google Lunar XPrize.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Resolution adopted in final form. [HR166 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2015-HR166-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	166
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

congratulating THE iolani school and kealakehe high school robotics teams, known as the moon riders, for their work on the electrodynamic dust shield lunar project and their partnerships with pisces, nasa, and google LUNAR xprize.

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the House of Representatives takes great pride in recognizing the achievements of those conscientious, talented, and energetic individuals who epitomize the best and brightest of Hawaii's young scholars; and

 

WHEREAS, Moon RIDERS: Research Investigating Dust Expulsion Removal Systems, is a one-of-a-kind partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES), Google Lunar XPrize, the Department of Education, ‘IOLANI SCHOOL, and KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL; and

 

     WHEREAS, the goal of the Moon RIDERS is to make history as the very first high school students to successfully develop, build, and fly a NASA experiment to the surface of the moon; and

 

     WHEREAS, a major hurdle that all extraterrestrial landings have faced since the first lunar landing is dust; endless layers of dust that are as fine as flour, yet as rough as sandpaper particles, are kicked up during landings and can wreak havoc on delicate space equipment and fly suits; and

 

     WHEREAS, for many years, NASA researchers have striven to refine a method called the electrodynamic dust shield (EDS) to remove surface dust; and

 

WHEREAS, the EDS is one aspect of the lunar mission that the robotics teams from ‘IOLANI SCHOOL and KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL will test; and

 

     WHEREAS, the EDS unit needs to be mounted to the base of a lunar lander, but before an assessment of its relative position can be made, an entire mockup of the lunar lander must be constructed; and

 

     WHEREAS, the robotics team from ‘IOLANI SCHOOL has served as a hub for science, technology, engineering, and math education in Honolulu for the last nine years; and

 

WHEREAS, the ‘IOLANI SCHOOL robotics team has won numerous competitions across different platforms and qualified for the Vex Robotics Design System World Competition in 2010, and also participates in For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, Botball, Vex Robotics Design System, and For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Lego League; and

 

     WHEREAS, the KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL robotics team has served as a hub for science, technology, engineering, and math education in West Hawaii for the last six years; and

 

WHEREAS, the KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL robotics team has won over 50 awards and competitions across 26 different platforms, including For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), Botball, Vex Robotics Design System, and Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle; and

 

WHEREAS, this year the KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL robotics team will travel to 40 competitions across Hawaii, the mainland, Asia, and Australia; and

 

     WHEREAS, the ‘IOLANI SCHOOL robotics team fabricated a quarter size mockup of the Astrobotic Lunar Rover called the Griffin; and the KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL robotics team is working on an alternative rover designed by the EarthRise Space Foundation; and

 

     WHEREAS, both teams started building their rovers in September 2014 and will conduct their engineering field tests in March 2015 at a PISCES test site on Mauna Kea; and

 

     WHEREAS, during the March 2015 field tests, the mockups will endure a series of tests to simulate a lunar landing, and both teams will have an opportunity to test the EDS and make recommendations on how to measure its performance; and

 

WHEREAS, the ‘IOLANI SCHOOL and KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL robotics teams will also take part in outreach as science, technology, engineering, and math education ambassadors and introduce the project to younger students to generate interest and increase participation in the science, technology, engineering, and math education pipeline, share their groundbreaking experience with others, and create high value 21^st century skills; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2015, that this body hereby congratulates the Moon RIDERS, the ‘IOLANI SCHOOL and KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL robotics teams, for their outstanding work on the electrodynamic dust shield project and their partnerships with PISCES, NASA, and Google Lunar XPrize; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Head of School of ‘IOLANI SCHOOL and Principal of KEALAKEHE HIGH SCHOOL.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Iolani School and Kealakehe High School Robotics Teams; Electrodynamic Dust Shield Lunar Project; PISCES; NASA; Google Lunar XPrize.