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Bill: Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Defense and Federalist 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: December 2195
Description[?]:
| Space is the final frontier. The more we know about space and the world around us, the better economic and military position we can find ourselves in. The possibilities of research and development in outer space are endless. The military possibilities are as well. Why should something so important be contracted to private corporations? The government should be more involved. We are the only group in Beluzia with enough capital and resources to undertake large space flight missions. If we want to truly explore the world around us, the government needs to take part. |
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 fully fund a state-owned space agency which controls all national space-related activity.
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 | 19:20:13, March 01, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | I could go either way really, but why not allow private contractors? |
| Date | 05:07:19, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | Because no one corporation has the investment capital to do much of anything in space. Can you immagine if Boeing had tried to land a man on the moon in 1969? It would never have happened |
| Date | 08:09:12, March 02, 2006 CET | From | LiberalDemocraticFreedomTaxAndSpendParty | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | With some help from Washington Senator Henry 'Scoop' Jackson, you can be sure that Boeing would have landed on the moon. The current proposal contracts out work to private companies, which means we provide them with the necessary capital. |
| Date | 13:50:36, March 02, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | I don't think the govt. has more money than private industry, BDP. |
| Date | 18:43:50, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Beluzian Defense and Federalist Party | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | Maybe I am confused with what I propose. What I want is a system like NASA, where the government buys things from private corporations and undertakes the missions themselves. The system we have looks like we are paying other corporations to do it all themselves. Correct me if I am wrong... |
| Date | 21:36:17, March 02, 2006 CET | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | I think our current system is much like NASA, where private contractors supply the military w what it needs. The system you are proposing is more like the Soviet Union, w nationalised corporations doing the work. I'd rather the givt. didn't regulate space at all, and private companies landed on the moon ;) |
| Date | 02:09:14, March 03, 2006 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Creation of the Beluzian Space Administration |
| Message | *thinks of an executive claiming the moon for Microsoft* Hehe That'd be a pretty funny sight actually |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 17 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 59 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 24 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." H. L. Mencken |