Tournament: KCI | Round: 1 | Opponent: Olathe East EL | Judge: Nyberg
"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious."
It is because I agree with Stephen Hawking, and believe the being of space must be protected I affirm the resolution resolved: The appropriation of outer space by privation entities is unjust.
"Outer Space" is defined by Oxford as the area outside the Earth's atmosphere where all other planets and stars are"
Finally, "unjust" is defined by Oxford as behavior contrary to what is morally right and or fair To uphold justice and opportunity for all we must evaluate this through the lense or criterion of encouraging global development
Contention 1 – state cooperation is necessary and privatization is dangerous
Space privatization is dangerous – it allows private corporations with unprecedented control over individuals, and lack of any legal framework governing their actions means space is a free reign for corporations.
Flaff '21 (Deb Flaff, Ph.D., is an associate professor of research with the Ann Caracristi Institute for Intelligence Research at the National Intelligence University (NIU). She has 20 years of government service, 17 with the intelligence community. Prior to the NIU, she served as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency., 12-23-2021, accessed on 12-28-2021, The Hill, "Spacing out: Will we allow the privatization of space to eclipse NASA and NRO?", https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/585675-spacing-out-will-we-allow-the-privatization-of-space-to-eclipse-nasa)//SRA
Who owns space? According to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, no one
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averting the most serious of consequences, if that even remains a possibility.
====The survival of humanity depends on effective space development. ====
Fitzgerald '21 ~(Shanon, Assistant Websites Editor at Liberty Fund), "Why Human Space Exploration Matters," March 9 2021, https://www.econlib.org/why-human-space-exploration-matters/~~ TDI
While the yields to space exploration and the development of spaceflight technology may appear minimal
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is becoming, if it is not already, one of pure choice.
====Only state-based appropriation can allow agency co-operation to avoid the risks posed by privatization. ====
Ward '19 (Peter Ward, 11-6-2019, "The unintended consequences of privatising space," BBC Science Focus Magazine, https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/the-unintended-consequences-of-privatising-space/)//SRA
Boosted by cheaper launch prices and new microsatellite technology which has seen devices shrink to
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the necessary small steps now to avoid potentially disastrous consequences in the future.
Involvement in space ensure international conflict and violence – Tech advancements happening now and use is inevitable direction is key to work t
with the inevitable - ====
By Sgt Joshua E. Duke, USMC / Published September 29, 2020
Sgt Joshua E. Duke, 9-25-2020, "Conflict and Controversy in the Space Domain: Legalities, Lethalities, and Celestial Secur," Air University (AU), https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Wild-Blue-Yonder/Article-Display/Article/2362296/conflict-and-controversy-in-the-space-domain-legalities-lethalities-and-celesti/
Space is becoming the next frontier for human conflict. The Russian Federation (RF
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Global Cyber Arms Race" (Global Security Review, 2020, forthcoming).
US Space Command highlights aggression now and necessity to up tech amidst inevitable race – cooperation's necessary to make an impact
Sandra Erwin, 9-29-2021, "U.S. Space Command official calls for public-private effort to avert war in space," SpaceNews, https://spacenews.com/u-s-space-command-official-calls-for-public-private-effort-to-avert-war-in-space/
Maj. Gen. David Miller: The U.S. needs more advanced
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attribute adversary action and at the same time provide critical options to respond."