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Prefatory comments
I am not an expert. I hold degrees in political science and communication, not theoretical physics.
The only morally permissible space jokes are Star Wars related.
The Resolution
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.
Mesosphere
Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?
What it is: the zone of the Earth’s atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere.
What it is not (at least not now): a subterranean section of the Earth’s mantle.
So, what is out there?
Planets Stars Nebulae Galaxies Orbitals and NEOs Dark matter and
black holes Solar System
American Space Policy
Cold War origins (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo)
Space Shuttle Space Dominance
(Reagan/Bush) End of crewed
space flight (Obama)
Space policy at a Cross-Roads Cost, cost, cost Physics Human space
flight Private Sector Leadership or
Dominance
Global space issues
Debris Appropriation Finite resources Equitable
development Environmental
factors
Affirmatives
7 Major categories: Colonization Resources Military Space access technology Propulsion Technology Space science Pseudo-topical mechanisms
Remote exploration
Asteroid mapping/defense
Deep space/origins research
ISS (expand or new)
Remote sensing Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)