2. 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.

3. The Resolution  Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its exploration and/or development of space beyond the Earth’s mesosphere.

4. 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.

5. Mesosphere, cont’d.

6. So, what is out there?  Planets  Stars  Nebulae  Galaxies  Orbitals and NEOs  Dark matter and black holes  Solar System

7. The Solar System  Terrestrial planets  Jovian planets  Trans-Neptunian region  Asteroid belt  Oort cloud

8. American Space Policy  Cold War origins (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo)  Space Shuttle  Space Dominance (Reagan/Bush)  End of crewed space flight (Obama)

9. America’s Space Infrastructure  NASA  DOD  NOAA/OSC

10. International Space Context  Russia  China  European Union  Japan  India  ISS  OST

11. Space policy at a Cross-Roads  Cost, cost, cost  Physics  Human space flight  Private Sector  Leadership or Dominance

12. Global space issues  Debris  Appropriation  Finite resources  Equitable development  Environmental factors

13. Affirmatives 7 Major categories:  Colonization  Resources  Military  Space access technology  Propulsion Technology  Space science  Pseudo-topical mechanisms

14. Extra-solar colonization.  Inter-generational flight.  Von Neumann probes  Life-seeding.

15. Inner-solar Colonization  Mars:  A) Robotic  B) Manned  C) One-way/Two-way  Moon  Titan

16. Resources  Asteroid/NEO mining  Lunar mining  Lunar solar power  Space Based Solar Power

17. Military affirmatives  Space weaponization  SBI/BMD  ASATs  SBL  KEWs

18. Space Technology  Constellation  Reusable launch vehicle  Rail-guns  Space elevator

19. Propulsion technology  Solar sails  Nuclear detonations  Ion engines  Anti-matter

20. Remote exploration  Asteroid mapping/defense  Deep space/origins research  ISS (expand or new)  Remote sensing  Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

21. Pseudo-topical Mechanisms  Property rights recognition.  Consortiums  New international regimes

22. Impact/advantage controversies  The Lifeboat  Hegemony/Leadership  Economy  Energy/Environment  Space weapons  Space debris  Whacky stuff  Contamination/Viruses  International law  International relations

23. Aff Cases: Development  Colonization Cases  Extra-solar colonization  Generational star ships  Panspermia  Von Neumann probes  Solar colonization  Lunar colonization  Martian colonization  Orbital colonization

24. Aff Cases: Dev’t [cont’d]  Resource Extraction Cases  Asteroid mining (NEAs)  Lunar mining (He3)  Lunar solar power  Space solar power (PowerSats)

25. Aff Cases: Dev’t [cont’d]  Military Cases  Doctrine  Forces (Space Forces)  Weapons systems/types  Missile Defense/SBI  Space-Based Lasers (SBL)  STEW/Rods from God

26. Aff Cases: Dev’t [cont’d]  Space Access Cases  Constellation  Railgun  Reusable launch vehicle  Small booster rockets  Space elevator  Space junk removal  Transorbital railroad

27. Aff Cases: Exploration [cont’d]  Propulsion development  Anti-matter  Nuclear/Project Orion  Solar sails

28. Aff Cases: Exploration  Asteroid mapping/defense  Deep space/origins research  ISS (expand or new)  NEA mission (robotic, crewed)  Remote sensing  Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

29. Aff Cases: Cooperation  Joint missions with…  China  India  South Korea

30. Aff Cases: Other (policy)  Export controls/ITAR  Private space—promote/remove barriers  Space Tourism

31. Aff Cases: Other (weird)  Astral projection  Inner space/transcendental meditation  U.S. off the Planet (Churchill)  Worm holes/time travel

32. Disadvantage Areas  Budget DAs  Fiscal discipline  Tradeoffs  Politics DAs  Elections  Presidential agenda

33. Disad Areas [cont’d]  Space-y DAs  Diseases  Launch accidents  Overcrowding (GSO)  Ozone  Space junk  Space regime credibility/Space law  Space weaponization

34. Counterplan Areas  Domestic Agents  NASA  New agency  Department of Defense  Executive  Congress  Multilateral Cooperation  Private Actor/Prizes

35. Counterplan Areas [cont’d]  International Agents (net benefits can be written as disads)  China  EU  Japan  Russia  Emerging space powers—Brazil, India, South Korea  Bilateral Cooperation—same list  Advantage CPs

36. Kritik Ground  The usual suspects [See: France, philosophy; Germany, philosophy]  Capitalism  Objectivism  Anthropocentrism  Escapism  Technologism (Heidegger et al.)  Space Colonialism  Space Security  Transhumanism  Virilio/Speed