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The Litudinem Herald
Sunday, April 7th, 2019
[/hr]VOL. CXXXVI - Num. 20 | In the News: ZSuites offers to purchase Andromeda Inc -- AA "Gaea Program" canceled -- Drones banned in Maximusian Province
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ZSuites offers to purchase Andromeda Inc
by Jane Cartwright, Market Correspondent
Earlier this week, Zamastan holding company, ZSuites has offered $40,000,000,000 for Andromeda Inc. This comes after the company acquired several smaller international corporations and vowed to step their reach outside of Zamastanian borders.
Andromeda CEO, James Austin, recently stated to a passing reporter, “It isn’t my decision to make but I would prefer not to see this great company pass ownership to ZSuits as I feel they will just exploit our assets. Then again, 40 Billion is a lot of money.”
It is unknown how the board of directors as a whole feel about this acquisition however, General Council, Bob Truman, has also expressed his general displeasure with the offer. “40 Billion is a lot, but it is very hard to put a price on the hours of hard work people have put into the company” he told the LItudinem Herald the day of the offer.
The offer was clearly more of an icebreaker-offer than a final proposition. Likely, the price will be negotiated to a higher figure. However, it is clear that this current proposal is not sitting overly well with many of Andromeda’s executives.
Maximusian AA "Gaea Program" canceled in favor of new take on space exploration
by Neil Alden. PhD, Aerospace Correspondent
After only 4 missions, the GAEA program has been canceled. The GAEA program is a space shuttle research and development program and was the main focus of the Aerospace Administration (AA) until quite recently. The program’s primary mission was to hone and perfect space shuttles and their launches.
After the return of the Gaea IV space shuttle to earth on August 21st, 2018, it was announced that the AA believed that they had gleaned all data from the program that they could reasonably expect to acquire and that they would seriously consider canceling the Gaea program as they had only just begun construction on the boosters for the Gaea V.
This cancelation was confirmed Saturday morning. It is yet unknown what the fate of the Gaea IV boosters will be however, it has been speculated that they will be sold to a commercial launch service. The Gaea shuttle itself will likely be sold as well.
In its place will be the Legionnaire program, which has been in the hypothetical phase since 2014. The program’s aims are:
To test and develop methods for assembling craft in Low IDU Orbit (LIDUO) by 2022
To ultimately assemble a manned transfer craft in LIDUO by 2026
To send this craft and its occupants on a deep space mission by 2034
It will be very fun to watch the space agency’s transition in the coming months along with the global implications of future manned deep-space missions.
Non-commercial drones banned in Elizabeth Province
by Jack Arnold, Writer
During the Elizabeth Legislature session on Wednesday, the representatives of the province have voted in favor of a recently proposed ban on non-commercial drone usage. The ban would not extend to individuals with a province-issued license.
The ban was proposed after the agrarian-centered province had a record six incidents of drones caused or related crashes of small aircraft (mostly crop dusters and ultra-lights) in the past year alone. Five out of these six events have resulted from ignorance of flight safety laws regarding drone usage.
Vocal opponent of the ban and drone enthusiast, Charlie Wight, told Litudinem Herald, “If it is on my property, I should be able to do what I want, including fly my drone flotilla. It isn’t my fault some idiot flew his drone into someone else's airspace. That wasn’t me, I shouldn’t be penalized for their actions. I also don’t have $250 sitting around, so a license isn’t an option.”
Other provinces, taking Elizabeth as an example, are now also introducing drone regulating legislation. Wether or not these gain the same traction the Elizabethan proposal did has yet to be seen. With that said, the future isn’t looking up for amateur drone pilots.