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Bill: Space Exploration Pledge
Details
Submitted by[?]: Wessex High Imperial Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2482
Description[?]:
| WHEREAS space exploration is as of yet non-fully tapped Pontesi resources. WHEREAS space exploration is one of the major advances in science and technology within the past two decades. WHEREAS Pontesi citizens stand to gain enormously through a more proactive, fully government sponsored space program. Therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the August Parliament of the Cedar Throne hereby pledge to make appropriate funds available to Nicolas Copernicus, Chancellor of Science and Technology, an amount to be determined by a committee of party delegates headed by the Chancellor of Finance. in order that these funds be used to develop a government space exploration program. BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that this space exploration program shall be called the PONTESI NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM and shall be headed by co-Lead Astrometric Scientists to be appointed by the Challencor of Science and Technology. Submitted by: Nicolas Copernicus, Chancellor of Science and Technology |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:29:20, November 05, 2007 CET | From |  Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Space Exploration Pledge |
| Message | "I have removed the cloning element from the pledge. Please support this bill for the glory of Pontesi." -- Nicolas Copernicus, Chancellor of Science and Technology |
| Date | 02:13:35, November 06, 2007 CET | From | Wessex High Imperial Party | To | Debating the Space Exploration Pledge |
| Message | OOC: Why are people opposed to a space program? Just curious . . . |
| Date | 14:18:53, November 06, 2007 CET | From | Nrzi Prta (Democratic Party) | To | Debating the Space Exploration Pledge |
| Message | OOC: It take a lot of funds. :P |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 181 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 400 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 44 |
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