Tournament: Capital City Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Millard South PN | Judge: Ben Lampman
I Negate Resolved: The Appropriation of Outer Space by Private Entities is Unjust
The value is justice as implied by the phrase unjust
The Criterion is Utilitarianism
Impact calculation is inevitable especially when applied to such a broad expanse as Space meaning Util is necessary.
Campbell 98
(Campbell, Professor of International Politics at the University of Newcastle, 1998 David, National Deconstruction: Violence, Identity, and Justice in Bosnia, p. 186-188
Contention 1: Asteroid Mining
Space and its infinite resources are crucial to saving Earth and/or humanity
Williams 20
(Matthew S. Williams, an experienced writer on space and Sci-Fi, “InterestingEngineering.com” “Asteroid Mining to Shape the Future of Our Wealth” 11/6/20. https://interestingengineering.com/asteroid-mining-to-shape-the-future-of-our-wealth)
Long standing international law explicitly bans what is necessary to accomplish this for the public sector.
United Nations 67
(United Nations, “Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies” https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/introouterspacetreaty.html)
Contention 2: Space Industry
Establishing Space Industry seems a Sci-Fi esque fantasy, but it is not. It can be achieved quickly.
Metzger et al. 13
(Phillip T. Metzger, Anthony Muscatello, Robert P. Mueller, and James Mantovani, “Affordable, rapid bootstrapping of space industry and solar system civilization” 2013. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1612/1612.03238.pdf)
Contention 3: Space Exploration Highly Beneficial
Historically, exploring space has lead to great outcomes for Earth.
ISECG 13
(International Space Exploration Coordination Group, “Benefits Stemming From Space Exploration” 2013.https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Benefits-Stemming-
from-Space-Exploration-2013-TAGGED.pdf)
The private sector is by far the best way to travel in space
Henderson and Salter 20
(David R Henderson and Alexander William Salter, “For-Profit Companies Must be the Backbone of the New Space Age,” American Institute for Economic Research. https://www.aier.org/article/for-profit-companies-must-be-the-backbone-of-the-new-space-age/)