Tournament: ASU | Round: 1 | Opponent: idk | Judge: idk
What is Outer Space? Advocates of private appropriation of space see it as a "Frontier" to be conquered and exploited. This "Frontier Mentality" is the dominant narrative in our national history.
Billings, 2006 – National Institute of Aerospace ~Linda " To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Culture, Law, and Ethics in Space-Faring Societies" Space Policy November https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248494321_How_shall_we_live_in_space_Culture_law_and_ethics_in_spacefaring_society~~
While the social, political, economic and cultural context for the U.S
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be, or should be embodied in the human endeavor of space exploration.
How we talk about outer space will determine how we treat it, the types of policies we consider, and whether those policies have a chance of succeeding. Discussing space as property to be appropriated reinforces the "Frontier Mentality" and the dominant social order.
Billings, 2007 – Manager at NASA Astrobiology Program ~Linda "Overview: Ideology, Advocacy, and Spaceflight—Evolution of a Cultural Narrative" in Societal Impact of Spaceflight By Steven J. Dick https://history.nasa.gov/sp4801-chapter25.pdf~~
Spaceflight advocacy can be examined as a cultural ritual, performed by means of communication
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. . more than adventuring, more than entertainment, more than inquisitiveness."
Changing the discourse and the assumptions behind outer space is necessary to expand beyond the Earth.
Messeri, 2017 - prof of Anthropology at Yale ~Lisa March 15, "We Need to Stop Talking About Space as a "Frontier" The language we use matters, especially when it's deployed in the service of envisioning possible futures" https://slate.com/technology/2017/03/why-we-need-to-stop-talking-about-space-as-a-frontier.html~~
But the language we use matters, especially when it's deployed in the service of
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expand our thinking beyond the singular frontier to a plurality of extraterrestrial opportunity.
Miller, 2001 – eco critic for the Electronic Green Journal ~Ryder EGJ no. 15 "Astroenvironmentalism: The Case for Space Exploration As An Environmental Issue," http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d37b8cx~~
Astroenvironmentalism, an argument to apply the values of environmentalism and preservationism to developments in
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on such issues through the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Trofanenko 2005 Professor of Social Studies at University of Illinois (Brenda, Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois, The Social Studies, Sept/Oct)
The debates about the overwhelming problems, limitations, and disadvantages of social studies education
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but rather an opportunity for genuine productive study, discussion, and learning.
The Frontier Mentality extends structural violence and inequality from Earth into space.
Launius, 2012 - former chief historian at NASA ~Roger D, July 30 "The Declining Significance of the Frontier in Space History?" https://launiusr.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/the-declining-significance-of-the-frontier-in-space-history/~~
The image of the frontier, however, has been a less and less acceptable
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U.S. space program in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Jackson, 2021 - Professor of Sustainable Development at University of Surrey ~Tim "Billionaire space race: the ultimate symbol of capitalism's flawed obsession with growth" July 20, The Conversation https://theconversation.com/billionaire-space-race-the-ultimate-symbol-of-capitalisms-flawed-obsession-with-growth-164511~~
So yes. I changed my mind. The next day I walked into the
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paradise. And emigrating to Mars is one hell of an escape plan.
Miller, 2001 – eco critic for the Electronic Green Journal ~Ryder EGJ no. 15 "Astroenvironmentalism: The Case for Space Exploration As An Environmental Issue," http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d37b8cx~~
Over the years there have been many people who have been concerned with this issue
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we do nothing, the dark visions of science fiction could become true.
Billings, 2017 – consultant NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office ~Linda, "Should Humans Colonize Other Planets? No" Theology and Science · June https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317888512_Should_Humans_Colonize_Other_Planets_No~~
Examining the history of the U.S. space program reveals an underlying ideology
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environment to exploit, as we have done with our own planetary environment.
The frontier mythology guarantees nuclear imperialism and violence
Slotkin, 1985 - Professor of American Studies @ Wesleyan (Richard, Olin, The Fatal Environment, p. 60-61)
This ideology of savage war has become an essential trope of our mythologization of history
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justify many critics in the belief that America is an exceptionally violent society.