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Advocate Recalls Securing 1981 Space Day Proclamations From All Governors

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Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele#1861inTech

Today is a very emotional day for me.

In 1981 I called every US governor to issue a proclamation for Space Day in their state.

I dreamed of a day we would have a company like $SPCX.m to move humanity over the highest mountain—gravity.

It was dark days for NASA, I saw the decay of the US Space program and I did all I could to make some dent in keeping it alive.

I was tenacious and did not take no for an answer. And I got Space Day recognized in each state and by the US Government. It took me a year of calling.

Today I got to own a piece of the company that will bring about the ideas and dreams that I held for a lifetime.

I have such gratitude to @elonmusk and the @SpaceX team.

I have to pinch myself this is happening.

Here is one proclamation I kept, they rest are are the Air and Space museum in Washington DC. It includes some letters I got from governors at the time.

Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele

Today in 1981 I presented @HaydenPlanet the proclamations I got 50 Governors to sign for Space Day! Here's one:

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Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele

Today is a very emotional day for me.

In 1981 I called every US governor to issue a proclamation for Space Day in their state.

I dreamed of a day we would have a company like $SPCX to move humanity over the highest mountain—gravity.

It was dark days for NASA, I saw the decay of the US Space program and I did all I could to make some dent in keeping it alive.

I was tenacious and did not take no for an answer. And I got Space Day recognized in each state and by the US Government. It took me a year of calling.

Today I got to own a piece of the company that will bring about the ideas and dreams that I held for a lifetime.

I have such gratitude to @elonmusk and the @SpaceX team.

I have to pinch myself this is happening.

Here is one proclamation I kept, they rest are are the Air and Space museum in Washington DC. It includes some letters I got from governors at the time.

Brian Roemmele@BrianRoemmele

Today in 1981 I presented @HaydenPlanet the proclamations I got 50 Governors to sign for Space Day! Here's one:

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AleXandra Merz 🇺🇲@TeslaBoomerMama

@BrianRoemmele Thank you for helping humanity reach more goals, Brian.

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Ben Coupland@benracoupland

@BrianRoemmele I’ve got 4 shares of SPCX today, not the 20 I requested, but first time I’ve ever bought any

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Kamikaze Koala@KamikaziKoala

@BrianRoemmele Well, definitely a proud moment. Thanks for the tenacity.

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Philip McBride@monadical

@BrianRoemmele I'm right there with you. Having worked on the Shuttle Program and watched the end of that program and further erosion, to then see SpaceX, the revitalization of NASA, I couldn't be happier.

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ChaseJoy@chaselim74

@BrianRoemmele Kudos! But, there is hunger and abject poverty on earth still. Can’t we do both, space &… there are kids in US that rely on School lunches, let alone the world.

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