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Bill: Space Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Conservative 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 2115
Description[?]:
WE should be at the forefront of space exploration. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 02:28:56, September 19, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | But why do we need our own space agency? We could just be a hot spot for private companies. We can be at the forefront of automobiles manufacturing without having our own government factories. |
Date | 14:35:12, September 19, 2005 CET | From | Secular Humanist Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | I'd rather have a state-owned monopoly on this, but the proposed bill is good enough for me to support it. |
Date | 20:36:24, September 19, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | We believe current law is the best, as we wish to avoid government expenditures in this area in order to use the money where it can better help the people. |
Date | 01:23:06, September 20, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | Once again, we don't need to be in the space exploration business anyway. What use is it to us until people start paying for space vacations and colonizing the moon? Even then the government shouldn't be involved because that would be much too uncapitalist and wouldn't be worth it even then. I repeat, there is no logical concern for the government to be exploring space when the private sector is doing it already. |
Date | 04:24:32, September 20, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | For the rightists: consider the military potential. |
Date | 04:30:41, September 20, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | Oh, ok. The military has the capabilities to launch satelites into space, or it could if it wanted to. They don't need a space agency for this. Or am I wrong about this. |
Date | 06:15:00, September 20, 2005 CET | From | Populist Liberal Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | We believe the military can find ways on its own to launch spy satellites. We believe nations without a major space program have such satellites. As far as space based weapons, we don't see a good cost/benefit ratio in them. Since there is no anti-ballistic-missile treaty on Terra, it would be cheaper and more effective to build land based weapons to intercept incoming nuclear missiles. We aren't exactly a rightist party, although we tend to be on military matters, so we presume we are one of those you were speaking to. |
Date | 00:53:56, September 21, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | Exactly, militaries and intelligence agencies can launch their own satellites. And if they want to launch a space-based weapon they can contract with a company under some covert operation. |
Date | 02:00:56, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran Imperial Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | I agree with the SHP. We need a major national space agency. Although i love those private companies, a nation's pride is based largely on its technological achievements. |
Date | 02:52:00, September 22, 2005 CET | From | Kanjoran People's Party | To | Debating the Space Act |
Message | Why can't our private space exploration companies attain these technological achievments? They are Kanjoran after all. Besides, I think these companies would be more successful than a government bureacracy. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes |
Total Seats: 188 | |||||
no | Total Seats: 252 | |||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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