Recently had this issue:
#038: @@NAME@@ Looks to the Stars [Sentient Peoples]
The Issue
The recent popularity of a science-fiction TV show has prompted calls for @@NAME@@ to develop its own space program.
The Debate
1. "Don't tell me space colonies wouldn't be cool," says excited fifth-grade teacher @@RANDOMNAME@@, still wearing big Spock ears from his last convention. "Think of how they would galvanize the national population! And there would also be some kind of scientific benefit, probably."
2. "The project certainly is feasible, but very expensive," says @@NAME@@ Space Agency Head @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We could make it less of a burden on the taxpayers if we sought funding from private industry -- advertisements on the side of our rockets, selling contracts to the Arms Manufacturing industry, that kind of thing."
3. "If God had meant Man to fly, he would have given us solid rocket boosters instead of legs," says religious type @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We should not be looking to the stars, but rather inside our own hearts. That's why we should abandon this so-called space program, and instead make the teaching of religion mandatory in all schools."
I picked option 1, though I'm not sure what effects this has actually had upon my country - any ideas?
- I thought that maybe the space program would appear in the government expenditure chart, but seems not to be the case
- think its probably increased income tax
- no alteration to economy statistic, would this have been different had I selected option 2?
Thanks for any info
