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Constellation Effective / AT: Smaller Rockets Solve[____] [____] Ares 5 is key to many types of missions – including near Earth exploration, Moon, Mars, and the outer solar system – that includes probing for habitable places in the universe for space colonization. Phil Sumrall, Advanced Planning Manager, ARES Projects Office, NASA, 10/21/2008, “Ares V: Application to Solar System Scientific Exploration” 4. Summary and Conclusions In summary, there appears to be a wide range of science missions that could be launched by Ares V that would not be possible otherwise. Ares V capability is expected to open up lunar, Mars, near Earth and solar system missions for heavy payloads, and might even enable reasonable sample return missions from the far reaches of the Solar System. Furthermore, Ares V, configured with an upper stage, could enable vastly more capable missions that could bring the search for habitability at far reaches of the solar system much closer. It is an obvious conclusion that in order to make maximum use of this capability, design requirements specific to challenging solar system exploration missions must be identified for consideration during Ares V development. Follow-on studies should be considered to examine in detail the capability of the Ares V vehicle to enable large, complex solar system exploration missions, the results of which will be valuable to NASA’s programs for both human and robotic exploration. AT: Constellation Trade off With Deep Space[____] [____] [____] Constellation allows the US to be a leader in deep space exploration. Harrison Schmitt, Former U.S. Senator and Former Chair of the NASA Advisory Council, 8/10/2009 “Liberty and Space Leadership,” http://www.spacenews.com/commentaries/liberty-and-space-leadership.html The current Constellation Program contains most of the technical elements necessary to implement a policy of deep space leadership, particularly development of a heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Ares 5. In addition, Constellation includes a large upper stage for transfer to the Moon and other destinations, two well-conceived spacecraft for transport and landing of crews on the lunar surface, strong concepts for exploration and lunar surface systems, and enthusiastic engineers and managers to make it happen if adequately supported. The one major missing component of a coherent and sustaining architecture may be a well-developed concept for in-space refueling of spacecraft and upper rocket stages. The experience base for developing in-space refueling capabilities clearly exists based on a variety of past activities, including ISS construction. Again, if we abandon leadership in deep space to any other nation or group of nations, particularly a non-democratic regime, the ability for the United States and its allies to protect themselves and liberty for the world will be at great risk and potentially impossible. To others would accrue the benefits — psychological, political, economic and scientific — that the United States harvested as a consequence of Apollo’s success 40 years ago. This lesson has not been lost on our ideological and economic competitors. American leadership absent from space? Is this the future we wish for our progeny? Answers To: Privatization DA / CP[____] [____] Privatization hurts STEM education and harms the space program. Christian Science Monitor, 4/13/2010. Former astronauts pan Obama's proposal for NASA space program http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0413/Former-astronauts-pan-Obama-s-proposal-for-NASA-space-program But the letter’s signatories say this is not the right time for Obama’s proposals. The space shuttle program is slated is to end later this year, which raises the prospect of the United States relying on Russia to ferry its astronauts to the International Space Station.“We are very concerned about America ceding its hard earned global leadership in space technology to other nations,” the letter says. “We are stunned that, in a time of economic crisis, this move will force as many as 30,000 irreplaceable engineers and managers out of the space industry.” Thousands of space shuttle engineers and other agency workers staged a rally last weekend outside the space center to protest against the job cuts. Senators representing Florida and Texas, where most of NASA’s workers are employed, have promised to fight Obama’s proposals in Congress. Not all of NASA's noted alumni are critical of the Obama’s plans, however. In February, Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step on the moon, issued a statement applauding Obama's vision, saying: "A near-term focus on lowering the cost of access to space and on developing key, cutting-edge technologies to take us further, faster, is just what our Nation needs to maintain its position as the leader in space exploration for the rest of this century." Still, those who signed the letter worry that a vital opportunity to educate and inspire American youths is being lost. “We see our human exploration program, one of the most inspirational tools to promote science, technology, engineering and math to our young people, being reduced to mediocrity,” they wrote. “This is not the time to abandon the promise of the space frontier for a lack of will or an unwillingness to pay the price.” [____] We need government leadership to maintain leadership in space. Aerospace Industries Association, 2010, Maintain U.S. leadership in space, http://www.aia-aerospace.org/issues_policies/space/maintain/ U.S. space efforts — civil, commercial and national security — drive our nation’s competitiveness, economic growth and innovation. To maintain U.S. preeminence in this sector and to allow space to act as a technological driver for current and future industries, our leadership must recognize space as a national priority and robustly fund its programs. 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