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ColonizationStatus quo solves – NASA will be able to go to space by itself again when it finishes the SLSNASA 7-7 — NASA, ("Space Launch System (SLS) Overview", 7-7-2016, Available Online at https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/overview.html, accessed 7-15-2016, JSO) Space Launch System (SLS) Overview NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, is an advanced launch vehicle for a new era of exploration beyond Earth’s orbit into deep space. SLS, the world’s most powerful rocket, will launch astronauts in the agency’s Orion spacecraft on missions to an asteroid and eventually to Mars, while opening new possibilities for other payloads including robotic scientific missions to places like Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Offering the highest-ever payload mass and volume capability and energy to speed missions through space, SLS is designed to be flexible and evolvable, to meet a variety of crew and cargo mission needs. In 2015, NASA completed the critical design review – a first for a NASA exploration class vehicle in almost 40 years -- and continues to move forward with production of the launch vehicle. Engineers are making rapid progress aimed toward delivering the first SLS rocket to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its first launch. Flight hardware is currently in production for every element. US doesn’t need the plan—We beat China at moon alreadyRick Boozer 11, member of Foothills Astronomical Society, pursuing a PhD in astrophysics, 5/19/2011, "United States Will Beat China in Newest Space Race," http://web.archive.org/web/20111219142813/http://www.marssociety.org/home/press/news/unitedstateswillbeatchinainnewestspacerace COMMENTARY | America is laying the groundwork for its greatest space endeavor since sending astronauts to the Moon. But that's not the story you will hear from a few senators and congressional representatives who are more concerned with bringing home pork than significantly advancing U.S. spaceflight prowess. Exaggerating China's future spaceflight plans is one of their favorite strategies.∂ In fact Chinese space ambitions are modest. Their yet-to-be-started space station won't be complete until 2020 at the earliest. It will weigh only 60 tons compared to the International Space Station's 400 tons and less than half the defunct Russian MIR station's 130 tons.∂ China's state news announced they are tentatively considering a gigantic super rocket. It prompted Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia to say, "The announcement made clear that if the United States does not get serious about its own Exploration Program, the next flag planted on the moon may be a Chinese flag." Even before the announcement, Rep. Bill Posey of Florida made similar dire predictions about future Chinese space accomplishments.∂ However, careful reading of the Chinese article reveals it is a preliminary feasibility study, NOT any actual plan to build the rocket. Furthermore, given that the rocket would carry a 130-ton payload, which is exactly the same payload weight as the super rocket demanded by certain U.S. Senators, the Chinese study is probably just a knee-jerk response to the Senators' efforts. Cooperation fails—US fear technology and military insecurityMichael Marina 11, editor at Reuter, 4/19/11, “China astronaut calls for U.S. cooperation,” http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-idUSTRE73S4BS20110429 Efforts at U.S.-China cooperation in space have failed in the past decade, stymied by economic, diplomatic and security tensions, despite a 2009 attempt by President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, to launch collaboration. Obama and Hu, in a statement in November 2009, called for "the initiation of a joint dialogue on human spaceflight and space exploration, based on the principles of transparency, reciprocity and mutual benefit." U.S. fears over national defense and inadvertent technology transfer have proven to be major roadblocks, particularly after Beijing carried out an anti-satellite test in January 2007, using a ground-based missile to destroy one of its inactive weather satellites. Yang, considered a hero of China's ambitious space program and the first from his country to enter space, made the statement during a carefully controlled media visit to China's astronaut training facility in the western suburbs of Beijing. There, journalists were ushered through an echoing hall housing three new space flight training simulators, none in use by China's 24 astronauts. But China is pushing forward without the United States, its funding in the face of NASA scale-backs and its cooperative efforts with Russia and other countries possibly constituting the next best hope for the future of space exploration. No Mars colonization – laundry list of reasons Orwig 15 (Jessica Orwig, Jessica Orwig is a senior video producer at Business Insider. She has a Master of Science in science and technology journalism from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Science in astronomy and physics from The Ohio State University, 10-3-2015, "14 horrible things that could happen if we colonize Mars," Business Insider, http://www.businessinsider.com/barriers-to-colonizing-mars-2015-9/jkuffour) In "The Martian," the film based on Andy Weir's bestselling novel that hit theaters Friday, Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars. From the extreme cold to the deadly radiation, there are many traits about Mars that make it inhospitable. Here are some of the main obstacles to surviving — and colonizing — the fourth rock from the sun. Getting to Mars ain’t cheap. NASA’s current Mars mission concept would set us back about $50 billion over the course of a decade, or about twice as much as the moon program cost between 1962 and 1972. Mars Society president Robert Zubrin think it can be done for cheaper, but it would still be between $5 and $20 billion. Spaceflight is inherently risky. Even if something doesn’t go wrong during launch or landing, the life support systems on the ship could fail at any time during the 9 months it takes to get to Mars. And that’s not to mention the intense radiation and reduced gravity you’d be subjected to. Even if we raise enough money and survive the harsh conditions of deep-space travel, getting to the surface of Mars is no easy task. Right now, no technology exists that could land humans safely on the surface. The largest thing we've ever landed there is roughly the size of a car. Once we're on the Red Planet, we'd have to deal with the fact that it's freezing. The average temperature is minus 81 degrees Fahrenheit. While a summer day near the equator can reach 70 degrees, it can plunge to nearly minus 200 degrees in winter near the poles. Mars’ atmosphere is extremely thin, and contains just 0.15% oxygen (compared to 21% on Earth) — not nearly enough to breathe. Most of the atmosphere (96%) is carbon dioxide. Mars' thin atmosphere is less efficient at shielding the surface from harmful radiation, like UV light from the sun and high-energy cosmic rays. This radiation can severely damage plant and animal cells, and can even be fatal. Agriculture could be a major problem on Mars if the Martian soil isn't fertile. You need the right balance of bacteria and chemicals to grow plants on Earth, and as far as we know, the Martian soil is devoid of all life — including bacteria. Mars receives between 1/3 to half the amount of sunlight as Earth, depending on where it is in orbit around the sun. With less sunlight, solar-powered instruments take longer to charge and farming could prove tricky. Plus, there's the fact that they'd need water, which is essential for life as we know it. Mars was once home to vast oceans, but today it mostly exists in the form of ice at Mars’ poles (and, we now know, in occasional salty flows on its surface). Also, Mars is frequently plagued by dust storms that last for a few days and carry tiny dust particles at speeds of 33 to 66 mph. On rare occasions, the storms are big enough to cover the entire planet for several weeks. In addition to surviving the tough external conditions, the first people to travel to the Red Planet will likely have to contend with feelings of isolation and loneliness unlike any they’ve ever encountered. And when it comes to talking to your friends back on Earth, you'd have to deal with this: On average, Mars is 12.5 light-minutes from our home planet. That means it would take at least 25 minutes to have a conversation with someone on Earth. In other words, if something went wrong, you're on your own. Besides the mental challenges, our bodies could suffer too. On Mars, you'd weigh 1/3 of what you weigh on Earth, which could have unforeseen health consequences. Our muscles evolved under Earth's gravity, but with lower gravity it's possible that we could lose muscle mass, similar to how astronauts do under zero gravity. By colonizing Mars, we'd be jeopardizing any search for life that might already exist there. That’s why NASA has strict planetary protection policies, but these would go out the window once humans set foot on the planet. 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