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A2: International CP – Canada/EU/Japan CPCP fails -- US tech key. Lewis et al., 2010 [James A., Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program – CSIS, Sarah O. Ladislaw, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program – CSIS, Denise E. Zheng, Congressional Staffer - Salary Data, “Earth Observation for Climate Change,” June, http://csis.org/files/publication/100608_Lewis_EarthObservation_WEB.pdf, BJM] We now rely on Japan’s GOSAT, the European Space Agency’s SCIAMACHY sensor, and Canada’s microsatellite, CanX-2, for observations of atmospheric concentrations of carbon; however, these sensors are not advanced enough to meet data requirements needed to understand critical aspects of the carbon cycle, and they are highly constrained by their range of coverage. For example, the carbon produced from a fossil fuel power plant is too small to measure with GOSAT, and low spatial resolution and high uncertainty of measurements limit the monitoring capabilities of SCIAMACHY.18 A2: International CP – Russia CPRussia space program is stagnating – no long term projects and lack of interest De Carbonnel 11 (Alissa, journalist at Reuters specializing in the Russian Federation, “Analysis: Stagnation fears haunt Russian space program”, Reuters, April 10, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/10/us-russia-space-gagarin-idUSTRE73910C20110410) In the 1960s, Gagarin's flight seemed to leap off the pages of fantasy novels, inspiring dreams of Martian colonies and imminent deep-space travel. But much of that initial rapture has now faded, leaving nostalgia among many in Russia for the days when the struggle between the two nuclear-armed superpowers fueled and financed the pursuit of new horizons in science. U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts "were never enemies in space, but when we began cooperating on the ground they cut the funding," said veteran cosmonaut Georgy Grechko, 79. "Even the Americans would call us and say 'launch something new, so they'll give us money.'" With competition eclipsed by cooperation, Russia's space agency has survived over the past two decades by hiring out the third seat aboard the Soyuz to foreigners. "Cooperation is good, but as the example of the international space station shows, it also leads to stagnation," Russian space policy analyst Yuri Karash said, according to state-run news agency RIA. Gubarev said Russia had fallen so far behind it could achieve little better than a supporting role today in the most cutting-edge projects. "In the meantime, America will take its time out and build an entirely new spacecraft, so that five or six years down the line our Soyuz will be entirely redundant," he said. "No serious money is spent on breakthrough projects." Russia program ineffective – their rockets empirically fail Smith 10 (Marcia, correspondent for Space Policy Online, “Russian Space Officials Punished for GLONASS Failure”, December 29, http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/pages/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1301:russian-space-officials-punished-for-glonass-failure&catid=91:news&Itemid=84) Three Russian space officials, including the head of the Russian space agency, have been reprimanded or lost their jobs because of the Proton rocket failure that doomed three GLONASS navigation satellites earlier this month. The Associated Press (via the Washington Post) reports today that Russian space agency head Anatoliy Perminov was reprimanded, while the deputy head of the agency, Viktor Remishevsky, was fired. Vyacheslav Filin, Deputy Chief of RKK Energiya, the state-controlled company that built the rocket, also was fired according to the report. Rebuilding the GLONASS system is a top priority for Russia's space program. Similar in concept to the U.S. Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system, GLONASS needs 24 operating satellites to provide three-dimensional global coverage. The three satellites lost in the December 5 accident were intended to complete the network. An investigation board determined that workers did not put the proper amount of fuel into the new version of the DM upper stage used for the launch. It cleared the Proton launch vehicle itself, which has already returned to service using a different upper stage. Russia program fails – delays, satellite abortions, and expensive mistakes Xinhua News 11 (“Russia's space program suffers setback in 2010: official”, February 28, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-02/28/c_13754499.htm, BJM) "We failed to change the situation of the creation of a new space system with better satellites," Ivanov told the meeting in Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roskosmos. Ivanov said that only five satellites have been built instead of 11 ordered by Russian space forces and six commercial launches have been put off in 2010. He also criticized Roskosmos and the owners of the satellites for not insuring the launches by market prices. Abortive launch of three Glonass-M communication satellites on Dec. 5 incurred loss of 2.5 billion rubles (86.5 million U.S. dollars) to the federal budget, because they have not been insured, Ivanov noted, calling it a "childish mistake." He also criticized another failed launch of a Russian military satellite, Geo-IK, which was placed into an incorrect orbit on Feb. 1. Ivanov said the satellites have not been used in their full capacity due to various technical malfunctions, and the technical norms violations during design and production process were the main reason of such malfunctions. 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