[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 183 (Tuesday, November 29, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE VSC LUNAR ALLIANCE AND FOUNDER DAVID H. VAN DE VELDE

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                          HON. DANIEL WEBSTER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 2022

  Mr. WEBSTER of Florida. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to 
recognize VSC Lunar Alliance and Founder David H. van de Velde of The 
Villages, Florida, along with the Leesburg Noon Rotary Club for their 
Pledge Not to Bully Movement.
  The Pledge Against Bullying Program was established in 2018 with the 
Interact Club at Leesburg High School with Principal Michael Randolph 
and has influenced numerous teenagers to make the Pledge. The VSC Lunar 
Alliance has drawn interest to the Pledge Against Bullying Program by 
allowing the participants to be a part of an exciting night program.
  Moon Mission No. 1 is the first space rocket mission of VSC Lunar 
Alliance in a series of three missions. VSC Lunar Alliance has arranged 
to have a micro-SD card placed in a capsule aboard a space rocket ship 
at Space Port America in New Mexico. Students have their pledges, 
pictures, and essays on the micro-SD card along with memorabilia from 
the Leesburg Rotary Club and community organization. Moon Mission No. 1 
is a test flight scheduled to launch November 30th and will go into 
space and return to the Earth.
  Moon Mission No. 2 and Moon Mission No. 3 are scheduled for 2023. 
Moon Mission No. 2 will launch from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape 
Canaveral in Florida. Moon Mission No. 2 will also carry the capsule 
with the micro-SD card and this time will remain on the moon. VSC Lunar 
Alliance and the Leesburg Noon Rotary Club will be the first to place 
the Leesburg High School students and participants of the Pledge 
Against Bullying Program on the moon along with the Leesburg Noon 
Rotary Club.
  Founder David H. van de Velde has personally monetarily invested in 
support of this program to join in the three space rocket ship 
launches. David H. van de Velde has a vast knowledge and experience in 
space technology. As part owner of Quality Materials Inspection in 
Southern California from 1988 to 1990, Mr. van de Velde began his great 
interest in space technology.
  I am honored to recognize Mr. van de Velde for his passion for space 
science and his love for children and their success. It is commendable 
that through Mr. van de Velde's vision and the Leesburg Noon Rotary 
Club students can choose not to bully through the participation and 
education of science space technology.

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