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+====CP: The appropriation of outer space through asteroid mining by private entities, with the exception of low yield asteroid material collection for scientific study, should be banned.==== |
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+====Private extraction key to study of space samples—costs ==== |
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+OSI ND (Outer Space Institute, network of world-leading space experts united by their commitment to highly innovative, transdisciplinary research that addresses grand challenges facing the continued use and exploration of space. http://outerspaceinstitute.ca/resources.html. No date but is referencing asteroid probes from 2021.)DR 22 |
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+Public-private partnerships are fostering the development of ISRU technology |
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+AND |
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+vital in humanity's defence against potential major impactors. |
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+====Specifically, SpaceX's Starship enables sample collection at an unprecedented rate.==== |
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+**Heldmann et al 21 **"Accelerating Martian and Lunar Science through SpaceX Starship Missions" May 2021 Jennifer L. Heldmann ~~NASA Ames Research Center, Division of Space Sciences and Astrobiology, Planetary Systems Branch~~, other authors listed in the article https://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/fileuploads/623127/5489366/111-381503be1c5764e533d2e1e923e21477_HeldmannJenniferL.pdf SM |
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+Given the Starship's anticipated low cost, high payload capacity, and potential for high |
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+AND |
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+can be accommodated by Starship. The scientific progress achieved would be unprecedented. |
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+====Asteroid samples key to planetary defense==== |
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+Grove and Powell 20 (Phil Groves, producer of the award-winning documentary Asteroid Hunters. Corey Powell, reporter for discover magazine "We're Coming for the Asteroids. Are the Asteroids Coming for Us?" https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/were-coming-for-the-asteroids-are-the-asteroids-also-coming-for-us November 30, 2020)DR 22 |
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+Groves: The way I internalize that sort of thinking is an ounce of prevention |
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+you'd have a pile of buckshot, which could be just as bad. |
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+====Core to deflection—poorly planned deflection makes collision more likely ==== |
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+Andrews 21 (Robin George Andrews is a volcanologist and science writer based in London. His upcoming book Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond will be released in November 2021. "NASA's DART Mission Could Help Cancel an Asteroid Apocalypse" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-dart-mission-could-help-cancel-an-asteroid-apocalypse/ November 18, 2021)DR 22 |
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+Mission planners are reasonably confident that DART's hushed demise will successfully convey a billiardlike kick |
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+AND |
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+we rest humanity's fate in that one golden shot," de Weck says. |
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+====Asteroid collisions cause extinction and nuclear miscalc ==== |
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+**Baum 19 **(Executive director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, "Risk-Risk Tradeoff Analysis of Nuclear Explosives for Asteroid Deflection," Risk Analysis, vol. 39, no. 11 (November 2019), p.2427-2442)DR 22 |
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+The most severe asteroid collisions and nuclear wars can cause global environmental effects. The |
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+, prompting concerns about the event's interpretation (Harris et al., 2015) |