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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 the <br /> Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems for <br /> fiscal year 2015-2016 <br /> MEANS: Appropriates $1,700,000 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 /> 2015-2016. <br /> JUSTIFICATION: One of the goals of the Pacific International Space Center for <br /> Exploration Systems is to develop technologies to support the <br /> long-term human presence in space. Under the concept of in situ <br /> resource utilization (ISRU), future astronauts seeking to live on <br /> the 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 Hawaii. <br />