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Article: Space Science, Earth Science and PoliticsSpace politics: Human Spaceflight versus Earth Sciences? February 9th, 2011. A letter signed by several members of Congress is the latest evidence that a new battle line is forming over NASA funding: human spaceflight versus Earth sciences. In a letter to House Appropriations committee chairman Rep. Hal Rogers and CJS subcommittee chairman Frank Wolf, six Republican members of Congress asked the appropriators to prioritize NASA funding on what they consider to be the agency’s primary mission, human spaceflight. To do that, they argue that funding for NASA’s climate change research be redirected to human spaceflight accounts. “With your help, we can reorient NASA’s mission back toward human spaceflight by reducing funding for climate change research and reallocating those funds to NASA’s human spaceflight accounts, all while moving overall discretionary spending towards FY2008 levels,” the letter’s authors—Reps. Bill Posey (R-FL), Pete Olson (R-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Sandy Adams (R-FL), and Mo Brooks (R-AL)—argue. There are a number of issues with the letter. They claim that NASA spent “over a billion dollars” on “studying global warming/climate change” in FY2010. The agency got about $1.4 billion for all Earth sciences research in FY10, according to agency budget documents. There’s no breakout for how much of that went specifically to climate change research, though. The letter also claims that the “lion share” of NASA’s share of stimulus funding went to climate change studies. In fact, only about a third of the agency’s stimulus funding, $325 million, went to Earth sciences programs, to accelerate development of Earth science spacecraft. Human spaceflight got even more: $400 million, including $50 million for the CCDev program. And their claim that NASA’s core mission is human spaceflight is not supported by other documents, ranging from the National Aeronautics and Space Act from 1958 to the latest NASA authorization act, which declared that NASA “is and should remain a multi-mission agency with a balanced and robust set of core missions in science, aeronautics, and human space flight and exploration” and that “NASA plays a critical role through its ability to provide data on solar output, sea level rise, atmospheric and ocean temperature, ozone depletion, air pollution, and observation of human and environment relationships”. A bigger issue, though, is that this letter may be indicative of a bigger battle some in Congress want to wage between human spaceflight and Earth science. Some members have openly expressed their skepticism about the validity of climate change research, questioning either the existence of global warming or the role of human activities in causing climate change. The letter to appropriators makes no judgment on the quality of validity of such research, only NASA’s role in supporting it, but some might see that unspoken argument there. For example, one of the letter’s signers, Rep. Brooks, said last week in regards to NASA funding that there would be “hearings soon on global warming” by the House science committee without going into more details. An attack on Earth sciences funding to support human spaceflight could create or reinvigorate opponents of human spaceflight programs, reminiscent of previous debates between human spaceflight and robotic space exploration advocates—a battle that the agency presumably would want to avoid.
Mars Colonization Affirmative 2 Explanation 3 Glossary 4 1AC [1/6] 5 1AC [2/6] 6 1AC [3/6] 7 1AC [4/6] 8 1AC [5/6] 9 1AC [6/6] 10 Overview Effect Advantage 11 Inherency Extensions 12 Extinction Inevitable – Human Weapons 13 Extinction Inevitable – Asteroids 14 Extinction Inevitable – Overpopulation 16 Answers To: War in Space 17 Overview Effect Extensions 18 Overview Effect Extensions 19 Solvency Extensions 20 Answers To: Can’t Establish a Colony Fast Enough 21 Answer To: Health Risks in Space 22 Answers To: Colonization Technologically Impossible 23 Answers To: Colonization Technologically Impossible 24 Answers To: Privatization DA / CP 25 Article: Why Spaceflight Has Ended 26 Article: Why We Must Return to Space 28 Article: Why a Mars Colony Would Be Possible 31 Mars Colonization Negative 38 Glossary 39 Answers To: Inherency 40 Answers To: Colonization Advantage 41 Answers To: Colonization Advantage 42 Answers To: Colonization Advantage 43 Answers To: Colonization Advantage 44 Answers To: Humans Will Cause Extinction 45 Answers To: Overpopulation Will Cause Extinction 46 Answers To: Asteroids Will Cause Extinction 47 Answers To: Overview Effect Advantage 48 Answers To: Overview Effect Advantage 49 Answers To: Solvency 50 Answers To: Solvency 51 Answers To: Solvency 52 Answers To: Solvency 53 Article: Why We Should Not Seek to Colonize Mars 54 Article: Space Travel Has Many Health Risks 57 SETI Affirmative 59 Explanation 60 Glossary 61 1AC [1/6] 62 1AC [2/6] 63 1AC [3/6] 64 1AC [4/6] 65 1AC [5/6] 66 1AC [6/6] 67 Extraterrestrial Perspective Advantage 68 Extraterrestrial Perspective Advantage 69 Space Debris Advantage 70 Space Debris Advantage 71 Space Debris Advantage 72 Inherency Extensions 73 Alien Contact Extensions – Aliens Exist 74 Alien Contact Extensions – Alien Contact Good 75 Extraterrestrial Perspective Extensions 76 Space Debris Extensions – ATA Helps Tracking 77 Space Debris Extensions – Plan Mitigates Debris 78 Space Debris Extensions – Debris Impacts 79 Solvency Extensions – ATA Leads to Contact 80 Solvency Extensions – Radio Searching Best 81 Solvency Extensions – Can Identify Alien Signals 82 Answers To: Privatization DA / CP 83 Article: The Allen Telescope Array 84 Article: Overview of SETI’s History 86 SETI Negative 91 Glossary 92 Answers to: Inherency 93 Answers to: Inherency 94 Answers to: Alien Contact Advantage 95 Answers To: Alien Contact Advantage 96 Answers To: Alien Contact Advantage 97 Answers To: Alien Contact Advantage 98 Answers To: Extraterrestrial Perspective Advantage 99 Answers To: Extraterrestrial Perspective Advantage 100 Answers To: Space Debris Advantage 101 Answers To: Space Debris Advantage 102 Answers To: Space Debris Advantage 103 Answers To: Solvency 104 Answers To: Solvency 105 Answers To: Solvency 106 Answers To: Solvency 107 Article: Aliens Don’t Exist 108 Article: Problems With Alein Communication 110 NASA Tradeoff Disadvantage 113 Explanation 114 Glossary 115 Budget Tradeoff 1NC [1/2] 116 Budget Tradeoff 1NC [2/2] 117 Overview 119 Uniqueness – NASA Focusing on Earth Science 120 Uniqueness – NASA Focusing on Earth Science 121 Link - Space Exploration Trades off With Earth Science 122 Link - Space Exploration Trades off With Earth Science 123 Specific Link – Colonization Affirmative 124 Specific Link – Constellation Affirmative 126 Specific Link – SETI Affirmative 127 Specific Link – Asteroids Affirmative 128 Impact – Earth Science Solves Global Warming 129 Impacts – Earth Science Solves Global Warming 130 Impact – Warming Causes Extinction 131 Impact – Warming is Man Made 132 Impact – Warming Not Inevitable 133 Article: The State of NASA’s Budget 134 Article: Space Science, Earth Science and Politics 136 NASA Tradeoff DA Affirmative 138 Glossary 139 Uniqueness – NASA Overbudget now 140 Uniqueness – Earth Science Not Funded Now 141 Uniqueness – Earth Science Not Funded Now 142 No Link – Tradeoff Happens Between Agencies 143 No Link – Budget Flexibility now 144 Link Turn – Spending Increases the Budget 145 No Impact – NASA Program Unnecessary 146 No Impact – Warming Not Caused by Humans 147 No Impact – Warming Inevitable 148 Privatization Disadvantage 150 Explanation 151 Glossary 152 Privatization DA 1NC [1/2] 153 Privatization DA 1NC [2/2] 154 Overview 155 Uniqueness – Privatization Occuring Now 156 Uniqueness – Privatization Occuring Now 157 Links – NASA Crowds Out Private Sector 158 Links – NASA Crowds Out Private Sector 159 Links – NASA Crowds Out Private Sector 160 Impact – Economic Growth 161 Impact – Leadership 162 Impact – Turns Case 163 Impact – Turns Case 164 Article: NASA and the Privatization of Space 165 Privatization DA Affirmative 169 Glossary 170 Uniqueness – Private Sector Doesn’t Exist 171 Uniqueness – Private Sector Doesn’t Exist 172 Link Turn – Government Action Spurs the Private Sector 173 Link Turn – Government Action Spurs the Private Sector 174 No Impact – Privatization Won’t Achieve Goals 175 No Impact – Privatization Won’t Work 176 Impact Turn – Leadership 177 Impact Turn – Leadership 178 Impact Turn – Space Debris 179 Directory: wp-content -> uploads -> 2011 2011 -> Voices of the Old Sea Norman Lewis 2011 -> Malevil Robert Merle 2011 -> The Elephant Keeper’s Children Peter Hoeg 2011 -> Registration Form (Rev. 8-86) omb no. 1024-0018 2011 -> All America Looks Up to Virginia;” Virginia and the Declaration of Independence 2011 -> Rao bulletin 2011 -> Christopher Columbus was born between 25 August and 31 October 1451 in 2011 -> The Battle of Frenchtown (1855), Washington Territory: the Political and Demographic Context rev 9/4/11 2011 -> Seti aff •seti neg •Asteroids Aff 2011 -> The harmony society Download 0.95 Mb. 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