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Bill: Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Freedom 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: March 2101
Description[?]:
| The Federated Parliament of the Federated States of Rutania, Believing that the Federal government needs to be fiscally responsible and prudent in its spending decisions; Observing that space exploration requires a large-scale effort, beyond the means currently available to the Rutanian government; Considering that the Rutanian space programme has brought Rutania nothing of worth; Encouraging private exploration of space by commercial private enterprises in Rutania; -Abolishes the Rutanian Space Agency until space exploration becomes viable through international partnerships -Calls upon the Foreign Ministry to ratify the Treaty Establishing the Terran Space Agency ( http://82.238.75.178:8085/particracy/main/viewtreaty.php?treatyid=13 ) when this treaty moves into the ratification stage. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: Space exploration and use shall be totally unregulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:29:47, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | ((RAWR my agenda against individual nations setting up space agencies surfaces once more.)) |
| Date | 21:46:14, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | Against. We will not surrender one ounce of sovereignty to the whims of foreign powers, nor will we allow anyone to launch anything indsicriminately into space. |
| Date | 21:52:57, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | I'd like to note that this bill is note a vote on this treaty, rather it is a bill abolishing our ineffectual national space agency. Free Markets in Space await! |
| Date | 21:55:26, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | The free market must be regulated. Under this proposal someone could launch a nuclear powered satellite near a populated area. If it were to, say, explode then Im sure that you wouldnt then mind the populace attributing it to the actions of your party...? |
| Date | 21:58:47, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | (smiling sweetly) I'm sure that doing such a thing in a populated area would violate local noise and pollution laws, whether such a rocket be headed for space or not. |
| Date | 22:01:42, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | Notice "near". Such an explosion would spread radioactive material over several dozen square miles or, if it exploded in the upper atmosphere, over an area that may even include other nations. Space exploration isnt something to be dont be amateurs without any regulation. [OOC: Is there an option in between the two?] |
| Date | 22:20:43, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Grand Republican Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | Against. The GPR believes passionately in the need for a Space Agency. |
| Date | 22:25:05, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | I doubt amateurs would be able to succesfully launch a rocket into space. If you put a billion $currency sattelite into space you want to be damn sure that it does not explode randomly. We see no need to ban Rutanian businesses from engaging in the exploration and exploitation of space, until we can establish a multinational initative that can actually *support* a space programme. But with 50 million inhabitants, Rutania is just too small. Our general point of course being that *general* safety and environmental regulations obviously apply to space technology industries as they apply to normal industries. |
| Date | 22:41:01, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | The problem, you see, is that precisely because launching things into space is so expensive there is more incentive to cut corners. Unregualted amateures are likely to get themselves killed. Unregulated professionals are likely to kill millions if they cut corners. Just like Rutanian industry, safety regulations are required, although we agree that the national space programme (which should only launch things vital to the nation and its defence - like spy sats, GPS sats and communications sats) should not have control over the free market. We are, however, completely against this silly terran space agency stuff. |
| Date | 22:43:28, August 23, 2005 CET | From | Veritaserum | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | I would have to vote against as our national pride is on the line. |
| Date | 01:34:49, August 24, 2005 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | We would support the government issueing permits to private companies as that is a step in the right direction. |
| Date | 11:57:29, August 24, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | We would like to note that currenty space exploration is free, the Rutanian Space Agency just contracts with private companies for the purpose of realising projects our Government deems necessary. |
| Date | 12:00:42, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | No it isnt free, RSDP, the Government pays private companies to do it for them. The Government has complete control of space exploration in Rutania which clearly is not good, however we need a government space program alongside private space *exploration* to launch government controlled things like spy sats, GPS and communications satellites. |
| Date | 13:09:09, August 24, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | Current legislation does not say the Government has complete control of space exploration, it clearly says that the Government contracts with private space exploration companies for the purpose of realising projects the Government deems necessary, and that the Rutanian Space Agency oversees private space exploration, meaning that all private space exploration projects have to be approved by the RSA in order to prevent things like the example you gave, namely that "under this proposal someone could launch a nuclear powered satellite near a populated area." |
| Date | 14:16:30, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | With a majority of the House announcing that it shall cast its vote against we move this proposal on, asking the parties opposed one last time to reconsider their choice. |
| Date | 15:37:26, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I find it shocking that whilst we have agreed with the Liberty Movement on some of their points they seek to move the original view on to vote immediately. We hope that another, mutually acceptable bill can be proposed at some point in the future. |
| Date | 17:42:48, August 24, 2005 CET | From | Radical Freedom Party | To | Debating the Act Abolishing the Rutanian Space Agency |
| Message | Unfortunately a majority of the House announced its intention to block this proposal regardless, which closes the debate on this proposal. We will be happy to find a mutually acceptable solution in the future. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 150 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 449 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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