Tournament: Lexington JV | Round: 1 | Opponent: Arlington CS | Judge: Emily Carter
Wrench 19 ~J.D. Candidate, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, May 2019; B.A., Philosophy and Religious Studies, Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, December 2015. "Non-Appropriation, No Problem: The Outer Space Treaty Is Ready for Asteroid Mining" https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2546andcontext=jil~~
The prior appropriation doctrine serves as a unique example for space law because of how
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but a functional starting point permitting a robust system of rights and responsibilities.
Gilbert 21 ~a complex systems researcher and a PhD student in space resources at the Colorado School of Mines., "Mining in Space is Coming" https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-coming~~
Space exploration is back. after decades of disappointment, a combination of better technology
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mining — along with its attendant exploration and industrialization — is coming soon.
An Abundance of Helium-3 Exists on the Moon. Key To Solving World's Climate and Energy Crises.
Whittington 21 ~Mark Whittington, who writes frequently about space and politics, has published a political study of space exploration entitled Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? as well as "The Moon, Mars and Beyond." He blogs at Curmudgeons Corner. He is published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Hill, USA Today, the LA Times and the Washington Post, among other venues., The Hill. "Solving the climate and energy crises: Mine the Moon's helium-3?" ~https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/540856-solving-the-climate-and-energy-crises-mine-the-moons-helium-3~~
Recently, U.S. Nuclear Corp. and Solar System Resources Corporation signed
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could be the singular benefit for expanding human activity to Earth's nearest neighbor.
Duran 21 ~Journalist and Industry Analyst at Mexico Business News. "Is Space Mining the Best Option to Face Climate Change?" https://mexicobusiness.news/mining/news/space-mining-best-option-face-climate-change~~
Going to net zero means that more mining is needed. Experts have said that
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Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon and the Space Launch Provider Blue Origin.
Warming causes extinction and turns every impact – no adaptation and each degree is worse
Klein 14~(Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics, member of the board of directors of 350.org), This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, pp. 12-14~
In a 2012 report, the World Bank laid out the gamble implied by that
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now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization."