Tournament: ASU | Round: 2 | Opponent: idk | Judge: idk
My value is life and my criteria is utilitarianism. Saving lives is the most important function of a government who must represent all of its people, and evaluating costs and benefits emphasizes critical comparative decision making skills
Dinkin, 2004 – CEO of SpaceShot ~Sam July 26, Space Review "Space privatization: road to freedom" http://www.thespacereview.com/article/193/1~~
In "Space Privatization: Road to Conflict", Bruce Gagnon makes the case for
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serious moral and ethical questions, I say, "Bring 'em on!"
O'Connell, 2021 - Director, Office of Space Commerce ~Kevin – introduction to "US Space Policies for the New Space Age: Competing on the Final Economic Frontier" by Bruce Cahan, J.D. and Dr. Mir Sadat January 6, 2021 (supersedes prior versions) https://newspacenm.org/space-policies-for-the-new-space-age-competing-on-the-final-economic-frontier~~
The ability to maintain competitive advantage in the global space economy requires all of the
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new capabilities to improve our lives back on Earth for all of humanity.
Jobes, 2005 - president of the Space Settlement Institute ~Douglas, "Lunar Land Claims Recognition: Designing the Ultimate Incentive for Space Infrastructure Development", May/June Space Times http://www.space-settlement-institute.org/Articles/LCRSpaceTimesMay2005.pdf~~
U.S. recognition of land claims would be an open proposition, equally
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and then open them and get to work to make it happen. •
4. Property rights are key to establishing peaceful norms and frameworks for expanding commercial interests in space.
Cahan and Sadat, 2021 – prof of Management Science and Engineering, and former Policy Director on the U.S. National Security Council ~Bruce and Mir "US Space Policies for the New Space Age: Competing on the Final Economic Frontier" January 6, 2021 (supersedes prior versions) https://newspacenm.org/space-policies-for-the-new-space-age-competing-on-the-final-economic-frontier~~
Create a Framework for Like-Minded Allies and Partners In order to leverage US
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of the capital they need to create revolutionary new technologies and business models.
Austen, 2011 – Popular Science feature author ~Ben March, Popular Science "AFTER EARTH: Why? Where? How? When?" 5/24/1 https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-02/after-earth-why-where-how-and-when-we-might-leave-our-home-planet/~~#:~~:text=Earth20won't20always20be,course20with20our20Milky20Way.~
Earth won't always be fit for occupation. We know that in two billion years
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will be more human beings who live off the Earth than on it."
Baum 2010 - scholar at Columbia University's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions ~Seth "Cost–Benefit Analysis Of Space Exploration: Some Ethical Considerations", Space Policy Volume 25, Issue 2, May, pg 75-80, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964609000198~~
Another non-market benefit of space exploration is reduction in the risk of the
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-effective means of increasing the probability of long-term human survival.
Bostrom, 2003 – Gannon Award winning author at Oxford University ~Nicholas "Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological Development Utilitas Vol. 15, No. 3 (2003): pp. 308-314 https://www.nickbostrom.com/astronomical/waste.html~~
ABSTRACT. With very advanced technology, a very large population of people living happy
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Few other philanthropic causes could hope to match that level of utilitarian payoff.
Savage, 1994 - First Millennial Foundation ~Marshall T. The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps, 1994. , pp. 7–8, 230~
Now is the watershed of Cosmic history. We stand at the threshold of the
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neglect, or lack of imagination is a horror too great to contemplate.