Tournament: 48th Annual Harvard National Forensics Tournament | Round: 1 | Opponent: Palo Alto AR | Judge: Torchio, Jose
1 Humanity will perish in 100 years if colonization doesn’t occur
Kharpal, 17 (Arjun Kharpal, Journalist, Senior Technology Correspondent, 05-05-2017, accessed on 2-9-2022, CNBC, "Stephen Hawking says humans must colonize another planet in 100 years or face extinction”,https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/05/stephen-hawking-human-extinction-colonize-planet.html)//gpatel
2 Colonization is the only way to survive an asteroid impact
Whitwam, 17 (Ryan Whitwam, Author, Science/Technology Journalist, 08-20-2021 , accessed on 2-9-2022, ExtremeTech, "5 Reasons Space Exploration Is More Important Than Ever", https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/268062-5-reasons-space-exploration-is-more-important-than-ever)//gpatel
3 Heat Death will kill Humanity
Wallace-Wells, ND (David Wallace-Wells, Author, Climate Change Journalist, No Date, accessed on 2-9-2022, New York Times Magazine, "The Uninhabitable Earth", https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html)//gpatel
4 Private Sector: Better, Cheaper, Faster, Efficient
Thiessen, 20 (Marc A. Thiessen, Former White House Director of Speechwriting, Author, Columnist, 05-01-2020, accessed on 2-9-2022, The Washington Post, "SpaceX's success is one small step for man, one giant leap for capitalism", https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/01/spacexs-success-is-one-small-step-man-one-giant-leap-capitalism/)//gpatel
5 Private Companies, not Governments, are shaping the future of space exploration
Houser, 17 (Kristin Houser, Writer, Editor, 06-12-2017, accessed on 2-9-2022, Futurism, "Private Companies, Not Governments, Are Shaping the Future of Space Exploration", https://futurism.com/private-companies-not-governments-are-shaping-the-future-of-space-exploration)//gpatel
6 The Private Sector is the Engine of Economic Growth
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 14 (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 05-07-2014, accessed on 2-9-2022, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, "The role of the private sector in promoting economic growth and reducing poverty in the Indo-Pacific region", https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id3D53a5f52f-5ee9-414b-879b-6bbcdb7e867826subId3D252459andsa=Dandsource=docsandust=1644458466453307andusg=AOvVaw1LWpQcgKm9Uv-itdMfx94i)//gpatel
7 Private entities reuse and repair spacecrafts and satellites, decreasing costs
Thompson, 16 (Amy Thompson, Writer, 10-14-2016, accessed on 2-9-2022, Inverse, "3 Ways Private Companies are Reducing Spaceflight Costs", https://www.inverse.com/article/22193-three-ways-to-make-space-affordable)//gpatel
8 Private Entities provide sufficient paying jobs
Schindelheim, 21 (Ramona Schindelheim, Editor-in-Chief, Writer, Producer, Media Consultant, Journalist, 05-03-2021, accessed on 2-9-2022, Working Nation, "Private Companies propelling job growth in the space industry", https://workingnation.com/private-companies-propelling-job-growth-in-the-space-industry/)//gpatel
9 Mining Asteroids through Private Entities will boost economies tremendously
Reich, 22 (Aaron Reich, Writer, Copy-editor, author, historian, researcher, 01-06-2022, accessed on 2-9-2022, The Jerusalem Post, "Asteroids can destroy the Earth, asteroid mining can help save it", https://www.jpost.com/science/article-691731)