Colonize Mars 1ac contention 1: Inherency
US key—we have the best space technology on Earth
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US KeyUS key—we have the best space technology on Earth Harris et al 1992 (Philip R., PhD and Space Psychologist, “Sourcing-and Sustaining-Optimum Financing”, http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceresvol4/newspace3.html Thanks to our discoveries and our methods of research, something of enormous import has been born in the universe, something, I am convinced, will never be stopped. But while we exhaust research and profit from it, with ... what paltry means, what disorderly methods, do we still today pursue our research. (de Chardin 1972, p. 137) In words President George Bush quoted from a news magazine, the Apollo Program was "the best return on investment since Leonardo da Vinci bought himself a sketchpad" (Chandler 1989). Admiral Richard Truly, NASA Administrator, concurs. He believes that no space program on Earth today has the kind of technology and capability that ours does. Our space program is an integral part of American education, our competitiveness, and the growth of U.S. technology. Compared with other forms of investment, the return is outstanding: A payback of $7 or 8 for every $1 invested over a period of a decade or so has been calculated for the Apollo Program, which at its peak accounted for a mere 4 percent of the Federal budget. It has been further estimated that, because of the potential for technology transfer and spinoff industries, every $1 spent on basic research in space today will generate $40 worth of economic growth on Earth.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6590046/The-Case-for-Space-Exploration) Global leadership has characterized America’s role in space and, technologically, the United States is far ahead of any other country in space capabilities. Consequent to two Chinese manned launches since 2003, however, the perception has emerged that China is catapulting ahead of the United States. While patently untrue, a space race has been created that is destined to be won largely by image. With China willing to play the tortoise to the U.S. hare, there is the very real chance that the United States could be perceived as bested based on consistency rather than capabilities. Since Apollo, the United States manned space program has been plagued by lack of political will, with the manned program carried forward by (weak) inertia rather than real motive. Unfortunately, much of the American public views space largely as an interesting museum exhibit, and space is largely ignored by Congress unless their constituents’ jobs are at stake. In reality, space has become an integral part of everyday life not just for Americans but for individuals all over the world. The Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system is a global utility. It is important to the extent that people will not be denied — or, as the advent of the European Galileo program illustrates, even take the risk of being denied — the services these navigation satellites provide. GPS is an American program — another example of America leading the way into space, just as it did with Apollo. While the impact of Apollo on everyday lives was less explicit, it was, nevertheless, just as powerful. The US has the resources for a mission to Mars NOW Zubrin Nov 2010 (Robert, PhD & Founder of the Mars Society, “Human Mars Exploration: The Time Is Now”, http://journalofcosmology.com/Mars111.html) The time has come for America to set itself a bold new goal in space. The recent celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings have reminded us of what we as a nation were once able to accomplish, and by so doing have put the question to us: are we still a nation of pioneers? Do we choose to make the efforts required to continue to be the vanguard of human progress, a people of the future; or will we allow ourselves to be a people of the past, one whose accomplishments are celebrated not in newspapers, but in museums? There can be no progress without a goal. The American space program, begun so brilliantly with Apollo and its associated programs, has spent most of the subsequent four decades without a central goal. We need such an overriding goal to drive our space program forward (Zubrin 1997). At this point of history, that goal can only be the human exploration and settlement of Mars (Mitchell & Staretz, 2010; Schmitt 2010; Schulze-Makuch & Davies 2010). Some have said that a human mission to Mars is a venture for the far future, a task for “the next generation.” Such a point of view has no basis in fact (Zubrin 1997). On the contrary, the United States has in hand, today, all the technologies required for undertaking an aggressive, continuing program of human Mars exploration, with the first piloted mission reaching the Red Planet Mars within a decade. We do not need to build giant spaceships embodying futuristic technologies in order to go to Mars. We can reach the Red Planet with relatively small spacecraft launched directly to Mars by boosters embodying the same technology that carried astronauts to the Moon more than a quarter-century ago. The key to success comes from following a travel light and live off the land strategy that has well-served explorers over the centuries humanity has wandered and searched the globe. A plan that approaches human missions to the Red Planet in this way is known as the “Mars Direct” approach. Here’s how it would work.
***Answers to Neg ArgumentsAT: TopicalitySpace colonization is human exploration Siegfried, 2003 (W. H., Fellow at the The Boeing Company Space & Communications Group, “Space Colonization—Benefits for the World”, http://www.aiaa.org/participate/uploads/acf628b.pdf) It took 100,000 years for humans to get inches off the ground. Then, astonishingly, it took only 66 years to get from Kitty Hawk to the Moon. We have sent probes out of our solar system and have begun expoloration of our universe. Both robotic and human exploration of space is well underway and we have begun to colonize space, even to the extent of early space tourism. Our early Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Spacehab, Mir, and now ISS are humankind’s first ventures toward colonizing space. Efforts are underway to provide short space tours and experiences and endeavors such as the X-prize are encouraging entrepreneurs to provide new systems. Many believe that space travel (colonization) will do for the 21st century what aviation did for the 20th. For purposes of definition, space colonization includes space-based operations in Earth orbit, in transit, and on planetary surfaces; robotic, automated, and human space exploration and data needs; tourism; development of space colonies and Mars; and other planetary terraforming activities. But why should we persevere in the face of terrorism, hunger, disease, and problems of air quality, safe abundant water, poverty, and weather vagaries to name a few of our current problems? Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 481.88 Kb. Share with your friends:
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