Tournament: Blake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Robbinsdale Area LD | Judge: Kaita Igarashi
Locke’s philosophy is centered on the positives of resource appropriation and legitimacy of private property rights (https://www.csus.edu/faculty/s/kyle.swan/docs/lockean20property20rights-revised.pd)
Locke's theory of private property rights is applicable to space. (https://www.google.com/url?sa=tandrct=jandq=andesrc=sandsource=webandcd=andved=2ahUKE widgq6KueD0AhVDbs0KHRt6DCEQFnoECBMQAQandurl=https3A2F2Fescholarship.m cgill.ca2Fdownloads2Fth83m210vandusg=AOvVaw0r6JKeUK_9ySCUdAVNMt3p)
The development of a private space industry is critical to securing access to needed natural resources due to inherent flaws in governmental agencies (https://futurism.com/private-companies-not-governments-are-shaping-the-future-of-space-exploration/amp)
Asteroid mining satisfies two of Locke's criteria for the justification of original appropriation (https://books.google.com/books?id=EL61CwAAQBAJandpg=PA142andlpg=PA142anddq=22 locke22+22asteroid+mining22andsource=blandots=lSAoKZ8zA/2andsig=ACfU3U2v32EJyK uCHt_0ijXmPGeeIkT0mgandhl=enandsa=Xandved=2ahUKEwiIlbHWot30AhVMU98KHZtfCP0Q6 AF6BAgREAM#v=onepageandq=22locke222022asteroid20mining22andf=false)
Asteroid mining solves the need to get colton from the Congo and stops human rights abuses (https://www.samwoolfe.com/2020/03/asteroid-mining-space-capitalism.html)
Asteroid mining solves all resources shortages and prevents planetary extinction (https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/the-first-trillionaires-will-make-their-fortunes-in-space/)
Resource wars are the most likely cause of global conflict – scarcity is a conflict multiplier (. www.hidropolitikakademi.org/shaping-conflict-in-the-21st-century-the-future-of-food-and-water-security.html)
Appropriation of Helium-3 is key to sustainable energy production ( https://finance.yahoo.com/news/signing-historic-loi-mining-expedition-133000967.html)
The appropriation of helium-3 is key to mitigating and solving climate change (https://thefederalist.com/2015/11/11/how-moon-gas-could-solve-climate-change/)