[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
[January 31, 1991]
[Pages 89-90]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress Submitting a Report on the International Space 
Year
January 31, 1991

To the Congress of the United States:
    I am pleased to submit the attached report on plans and programs for 
the International Space Year (ISY) in 1992, prepared by the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration in response to Senate Joint 
Resolution 75 (Public Law 101-339, July 31, 1990). The report shows 
considerable

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progress since the ISY was first proposed by the Congress in 1985 and 
advanced internationally by NASA at President Reagan's direction.
    The report indicates a broad acceptance for the ISY that confirms 
the original intent and expectations of the Congress. The ISY celebrates 
a new age that inspires a unifying perspective on Earth as we continue 
to push back the frontiers of space. I invite the American people to 
develop activities for 1992 that foster the ISY's global perspective.
    The ISY will place important emphasis on education. The language of 
science and the perspective of space are both global in scope. They will 
be united during the ISY in many science education programs in which 
challenging subjects such as astronomy, geology, physics, and chemistry 
will draw on the universal appeal of space science and exploration. 
Similarly, other public education activities ranging from television 
programs to expositions will carry the ISY's universal message to the 
widest possible audience.
    I invite the leaders of all the nations of the world to join me in 
endorsing and actively supporting the International Space Year in 1992. 
In particular, I urge their continued support for the Space Agency Forum 
on the ISY (SAFISY), whose membership includes 28 space agencies plus 
eight affiliated international organizations, including the United 
Nations. The SAFISY has adopted Mission To Planet Earth as the central 
ISY theme and is also supporting ISY activities concerning human 
exploration, education, benefits for developing nations, and space 
science. I look forward to continued progress in those areas as the ISY 
approaches.
    The ISY will promote worldwide recognition of a new era of global 
cooperation in space. Everyone can and should join in its celebration.

                                                             George Bush

The White House,
January 31, 1991.