Space Elevator Research Bill

[DanielX]

I love this idea, really, but I'm too cheap, at least at the moment.

Proposed Amendment. The bill will be re-written as follows:


1.  The Republic of Atlasia authorizes $8,000,000 per fiscal year to be put into research of the necessary technology of the space elevator.

2.  Five years from the passage of this bill, a representative of the research team will report back to the Senate with recommendations of funding for the construction of the structure.

[DanielX]

I'm afraid that my previous objection still stands, whether we put in a lump sum of $40 million, or $8 million a year for several years.

This does nothing to quell the assertions that we shouldn't be spending our deficit on things like Space Elevator research. I thought you were a fiscal conservative Dan?

Yes, but I have a soft spot on technology - if the government has to spend money, i'd rather it were on whiz-bang stuff like a space elevator then on mundane social engineering welfare. I just wanted to make the bill more palatable.

If you want, I can field a bill reducing the welfare-to-work funding bit from 5 years to 4, just to be mean to the poor and kind to wealthy space contractors .

[DanielX]

Aye on my own amendment.

[DanielX]

Abstain. Love space travel, but we can't afford to spend too much at the moment....