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Paget ■ B ■ NO • <br /> JUSTIFICATION SHEET <br /> PROPOSER: Hawai`i State Association of Counties <br /> TITLE: RELATING TO THE PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL SPACE <br /> CENTER FOR EXPLORATION SYSTEMS <br /> PURPOSE: This proposed Bill for an Act appropriates operating funds for <br /> the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems <br /> for fiscal year 2013-2014. <br /> MEANS: Appropriates $900,000 out of the general revenues of the State <br /> of Hawai`i for personnel costs, operating expenses, and the <br /> purchase of equipment, materials and services in fiscal year <br /> 2014-2015. <br /> JUSTIFICATION: The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems <br /> has as its goal the development of technologies to support the <br /> long-term human presence in space. Under the concept of in <br /> situ resource utilization, future astronauts seeking to live on the <br /> moon, Mars or asteroids will use the natural environment <br /> around them to extract water, oxygen, hydrogen and habitat <br /> construction material. The center seeks partnerships with the <br /> National Aeronautics and Space Administration, research <br /> universities and aerospace corporations. In the short term, the <br /> center seeks to carry out its goals of researching a sustainable <br /> concrete supply, robotic operator training and certification, and <br /> economic development by invigorating presently dormant <br /> business sectors in Hawai`i. <br />