109 HRES 892 IH: Recognizing the dedication of the employees at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Michoud Assembly Facility, the U.S. House of Representatives 2006-06-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IV 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 892 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2006 Mr. Melancon (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Calvert, and Mr. Udall of Colorado) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Science RESOLUTION 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.

Whereas the Michoud Assembly Facility plays a vital role in the United States manned space flight program, including production of the Shuttle External Tank, a vital component of the Shuttle program; Whereas the 37 members of the Michoud Hurricane Ride-Out Team who stayed behind during Hurricane Katrina risked their lives in dedication to the space program and faced down one of the greatest natural disasters in this Nation’s history, at great personal risk; and Whereas, if not for the dedication of this team, the Michoud facility would have suffered a great loss of National Aeronautics and Space Administration assets and technology, which would have severely limited the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s mission: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives commends the dedication of the 37 members of the Michoud Hurricane Ride-Out Team who stayed behind at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Michoud Assembly Facility and protected vital program assets, which enabled the facility to resume production of the Shuttle External Tank within 5 weeks of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, including Ronald L. Adams, Jr. of New Orleans, LA, Joseph Charles Barrett of Metairie, LA, Donald K. Bollich of Metairie, LA, Frederick H. Castle of Bay Saint Louis, MS, Daniel Alvine Doell of Terrytown, LA, John Lee Fisher of Slidell, LA, James E. Ford II of Madisonville, LA, Stephen Lynn Francis of New Orleans, LA, Monroe Lewis Frazier Jr. of Harvey, LA, William Carl Hale III of Slidell, LA, Willie Frederick Henderson III of New Orleans, LA, Simmie Paul Herrin of Slidell, LA, Royal Kenneth Holland of New Orleans, LA, Ivory Jordan, Jr. of Lacombe, LA, Joe E. Kennedy of Pearl River, LA, Donald P. Leon Jr. of New Orleans, LA, Michael Wilson Moore of Metairie, LA, Daryl Ordes of Pearlington, MS, Michael A. Parquet of Slidell, LA, George Elson Rogers, Sr. of Kenner, LA, Steven L. Roshto Jr. of Slidell, LA, Alan J. Rovira of New Orleans, LA, Joan B. Savoy of Saint Bernard, LA, Vickie Ann Schmersahl of Slidell, LA, Patrick Shawn Shea of Mandeville, LA, Henry Peter Sissac Jr. of New Orleans, LA, Aline H. Sullwold of Picayune, MS, Richard Leowen Treat of Picayune, MS, Stephen Avery Turner of Slidell, LA, Byran Dale Walker of Picayune, MS, Edward Perry Watts Jr. of Metairie, LA, Reginald Bruce Williams of New Orleans, LA, Terry Michael Winchester of Slidell, LA, Malcolm Wayne Wood of Picayune, MS, Guy Mitchell Jackson of Chalmette, LA, and John Melvin Pucheu of Waveland, MS.