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Bill: Free Space Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Centrist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: June 2057
Description[?]:
| A grand new horizon has opened up for exploration, and Likaton has banned all who would explore it! Let us remove this shameful restriction and usher in a new age of scientific advancement! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards space exploration.
Old value:: Space exploration and use is totally prohibited.
Current: The government shall operate a space agency that contracts with and oversees private space-exploration companies.
Proposed: The government shall issue permits to private space-exploration companies.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:56:27, May 22, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | Nope. Government exploration of space first if Likaton can do it then the option of corporates could be considered but Space is a precious thing and should be preserved. |
| Date | 19:27:30, May 22, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | what worries me is that if it is totally unregulated dangerous practices cannot be prevented, which could put not only those involved in the project but ordinary citizens on the ground in jeapordy. If anybody can build a space rocket, there are going to be some nasty accidents. that is why one of the more regulatory options would be better so that we can control the places and people suitable for this research. |
| Date | 01:29:53, May 23, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | Not just anyone can build a space rocket. They'll still be stuck with Likaton's environmental laws, after all, and most primitive space rockets are going to break every environmental law on the book. |
| Date | 16:16:51, May 23, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | We need to have -something- besides a complete prohibition in place. |
| Date | 22:11:37, May 23, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | We agree, but could you change it to permits? that allows us to give as much or as little reign as we like to the industry, depending on economic conditions. |
| Date | 04:00:22, May 24, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | Very well. We'll change it to permits. *melodramatic, fake sigh* And here we thought we could start out an area on the right foot, free of government interference... No, I'm joking, it's nothing as bad as all that. I'll change it to permits and bring it to vote. |
| Date | 09:54:06, May 24, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Free Space Act |
| Message | Until Likaton as a Nation has faced this brave new world how can we be certain of whats out there? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 106 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 49 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 22 |
| Random fact: Information about the population of each country can be found on the Population Information thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8663 |
| Random quote: "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." - Thomas Jefferson |