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Impact – Turns Case[____] [____] Privatization frees NASA from menial functions which allows it to focus its funding on crucial science including asteroids and global warming. Joseph N. Pelton, Research Professor with the Institute for Applied Space Research -- George Washington University, 05/2010 “A new space vision for NASA - And for space entrepreneurs too?” Space Policy 26 (2010) p. 78-80 With much less invested in a questionable Project Constellation enterprise we can do much more in space astronomy. We can invest more wisely in space science to learn more about the Sun, the Earth and threats from Near Earth Objects. David Thompson, Chairman and CEO of Orbital Sciences said the following in a speech that endorsed the new commercial thrust of the NASA space policies on Nine February 2010: “Let us, the commercial space industry, develop the space taxis we need to get our Astronauts into orbit and to ferry those wanting to go into space to get to where they want to go. We are in danger of falling behind in many critical areas of space unless we shift our priorities”[10]. With a change in priorities we can deploy far more spacecraft needed to address the problems of climate change via better Earth observation systems. We can fund competitions and challenges to spur space entrepreneurs to find cheaper and better ways to send people into space. We can also spur the development of solar power satellites to get clean energy from the sun with greater efficiency. We can deal more effectively with finding and coping with “killer” asteroids and near earth objects. We may even find truly new and visionary ways to get people into space with a minimum of pollution and promote the development of cleaner and faster hypersonic transport to cope with future transportation needs. The real key is to unlock the potential of commercial space initiatives while giving a very middle-aged NASA a new lease on life. Here are just some of the possibilities that are on the horizon of a revitalized commercial space industry. [____] The disadvantage turns the case: increased privatization of space allows NASA to be freed up to do deep space operations and better research.Seth Borenstein and Alicia Chang, staff writers for the Huffington Post, 1/31/2010, “NASA To Outsource Space Travel To Private Companies As Part Of Obama's Budget Proposal,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/31/nasa-to-outsource-space-t_n_443549.html Getting to space is about to be outsourced. The Obama administration on Monday will propose in its new budget spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for NASA and others. Uncle Sam would buy its astronauts a ride into space just like hopping in a taxi. The idea is that getting astronauts into orbit, which NASA has been doing for 49 years, is getting to be so old hat that someone other than the government can do it. It's no longer really the Right Stuff. Going private would free the space agency to do other things, such as explore beyond Earth's orbit, do more research and study the Earth with better satellites. And it would spur a new generation of private companies – even some with Internet roots – to innovate. Impact – Turns Case[____] [____] Privatization of space allows for a substantial reduction in launch costs and more space exploration overall. Jessica Berman, Writer for Voice of America News, 4/27/2011, “US Space Program Goes Commercial,” http://www.voanews.com/english/news/science-technology/US-Space-Program-Goes-Commercial-120822324.html President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve $850 million to aid the development of private rockets to service the orbiting scientific outpost. NASA administrator Charles Bolden says the budget will support a public-private partnership in space. "We must have safe, reliable and affordable access to it for our astronauts and their supporting equipment. That's why this budget boosts funding for our partnership with the commercial space industry," Bolden said. The private sector's role in unmanned space operations - such as the manufacture of satellites and robotic spacecraft -- is nothing new. So says former NASA executive Alan Stern, now with the Southwest Research Institute, which offers technical assistance to the aerospace industry. Stern says the private sector is promising to conduct space missions for a fraction of what they have traditionally cost NASA. For example, SpaceX says it can reduce the cost of a launch, depending upon the rocket, to between $50 million and $100 million compared to the $1.5 billion price tag for each space shuttle mission. Stern says this savings of dimes on the dollar benefits the private sector as well as the public. "That's a huge reduction in cost that's going to allow us to have multiple space lines, and to be able to afford that and to be able to do more things in space than we could in the past," Stern said. Last year, SpaceX became the first commercial aerospace company to successfully launch, place into orbit and retrieve a spacecraft -- the Falcon 9, carrying an unmanned capsule called the Dragon. The Dragon is being built as part of NASA's $1.6 billion deal with SpaceX. Company founder and CEO Elon Musk says the space agency has been pressing it to complete testing of the capsule, so it can go to the space station on a resupply mission at the end of this year. However, news reports have quoted a top official in Russia's manned space program as saying Russia will not allow the SpaceX rocket to dock with the space station until more extensive safety testing has been completed. Safety is a big concern for the private rocket builders, too. Alan Stern says the companies are not cutting corners to keep costs down or to meet tight deadlines. He says they have a lot to lose if there are accidents. "If the rockets fail or the capsules have problems, that's going to affect their future business pretty strongly; in fact it could put them out of business. And that's a very strong motivation for any private concern," Stern said. 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