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| ASU | 2 | Opponent: idk | Judge: idk JF - Colonies NC |
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JF - Colonies NCTournament: ASU | Round: 2 | Opponent: idk | Judge: idk Colonization NCMy 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 skillsContention One - Links1. Private investment is our only chance for Colonization- Government can't solveDinkin, 2004 – CEO of SpaceShot ~Sam July 26, Space Review "Space privatization: road to freedom" http://www.thespacereview.com/article/193/1~~ 2. Property rights are key to developing a strong space infrastructure that can support space colonizationO'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~~ 3. Property rights for private entities are essential to create the incentive for the transportation infrastructure necessary for space settlementsJobes, 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~~ 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~~ Contention Two - Impacts1. Human extinction is inevitable on Earth – multiple cascading catastrophes threaten human survival eventuallyAusten, 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.~ 2. Space colonies are essential for human survival – they are our Plan(et)-BBaum 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~~ 3. The failure to colonize space threatens an Enormous number of lives potentially – the largest utilitarian impact possible.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~~ 4. A Hilarious "space colonies good" card.Savage, 1994 - First Millennial Foundation ~Marshall T. The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps, 1994. , pp. 7–8, 230~ | 1/7/22 |
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