Space policy of Novaya

The space policy of Novaya (be it the Novayan Commonwealth or the Confederation of Novayan States) includes both the making of space policy through the legislative process and the implementation of that policy in civilian and military Novayan space programs through regulatory programs. Novayan space policy involves numerous space initiatives which involves decreasing the national debt by transferring some funds from one of the most largest budgets to the space budget and the passing of education policies.
==History==
===Cold War era===
The early years of the Cold War has seen the Communist Bloc-Western Bloc Space Race that would see Novaya's involvement in the Space Race, which led to the passage of the New Soil Initiative, an initiative that calls for establishment of the Novayan Space Agency and the construction of a rocket and lunar lander that would prepare the Moon/Runa for the eventual colonization. When the Americans became the first to arrive on that natural satellite in 1968, the Novayan government doubled the amount of spending on its space budget, which allows Novaya to set up its first presence on the natural satellite.
The New Home Initiative was created as an extension of the New Soil Initiative which calls for the construction of new modules and rockets in preparations for the colonization. The New Home Initiative also calls for an educational plan which involves the doubling of spending on education and to expand scholarships for students seeking a science or engineering degree.
The New Home Initiative is expanded with calls for the planned establishment of eight more moonbases that would see the transformation of said moonbases into colonies. The development and expansion of the moonbases-turned-colonies were crucial objectives of the Nine Colonies Initiative, and this calls for transfering 80-85% of the Novayan Armed Forces to reserves which would allow Novayan military reservists to acquire jobs.
A new space initiative, the Orbital Homes Initiative, was passed. It calls for the construction of space stations, a few of which will be used for smelting ore.
===Modern era===