Outer space exploration should be pursued.

Observation 1--> 1) I have not agreed with your case There are 2 types of exploring (as far as this round goes)… telescopes, and physical. Within this debate, however, you have to see that the resolution specifies the future tense when it states the phrase "should be pursued." Thus you have to see that telescope exploration MUST be thrown out when we have already reached the max of telescope explanation. It is humanly impossible to be able to see much past Pluto, AND anything you do find will be extremely vague and un-educational. Anything explored by telescope is basically a white dot in the sky that is bigger (through a telescope). 2) Telescope exploration is still too expensive. -From- http://space.about.com... -"Top 5 Telescopes Over $10,000.00" --> Therefore you have to see that the amount of money that goes into creating telescopes (with few benefits from here on out) is extremely high. Not to mention that these telescopes are ones that you can buy let alone telescopes from NASA (such as "Hubble") that has had a launch into space PLUS 4 servicing missions. I have yet to discover what we are getting that is so worth the amount of money being spent on space exploration. Observation 2--> -Pro has yet to prove that the money spent on space exploration is worth the benefits. Cross apply my case to this point. Observation 3--> 1) Cross-apply his "B" point against his "A" point… I have yet to see any proof or even logical analyses that says that we can get to these other planets or areas of living. We haven't even got to Mars yet for goodness sakes. 2) The evidence does not say WHERE these places are. 3) We can not use the possible ends to justify the means (of spending way too much money) 4) There aren't enough benefits of finding other life forms. Discovering a new race would be cool, but would provide few if any day to day benefits in society. 5) If we are ever to live in space, it will be in places already explored in status quo. Observation 4--> 1) We can not use the possible ends to justify the means (of if we destroyed our own planet) 2) No earth equals no water… which equals eventual death anyway. 3) Unresolutional: The places that we would live would be in places already explored… including random "space" or even just the moon. Observation 5--> 1) no proof… are these energy forms possible AND is it worth the route. Remember, we must be looking into the future with ALL possibilities… We (once again) can not use the possible ends to justify the means. Be realistic ;) 2) Nuclear fusion is already being created. Some nations are spending billions of dollars on it annually. Space travel would not push this at all. 3) WHEN fusion energy is discovered, other forms of energy would be unnecessary. Observation 6--> 1) no proof 2) "IF there is a universe of anti-matter out there" (from his last speech)… IF shows that even he is unsure in the "investment" of space exploration 3) No proof that space exploration is the only way to get this incredible amount of energy Observation 7--> 1) If we found other life forms out there, it would more than likely be some plants. Hollywood movies have truly mislead us to what kind of "life" could be out there. Look to our planet. The ONLY people with technology is the human race. The other MILLIONS of plants and animals have nothing. Therefore, the chance of being able to learn about other life forms and "swap technology" with them simply makes the investment useless and imprudent. 2) Keep in mind that these "17,000 possibly habitable stellar bodies" could very well be MILLIONS of light years away. ONE light year is approximately 5,880,000,000,000 miles. Therefore, if you were traveling 1,000 MPH, it would take you 245,000,000 days to get there (or 671,232 years). I want to see how close these places are and how possible it is to move our entire world to live there. In the status quo of trillions of dollars in debt and thousands of people starving per day, space travel seems to be money put to waste. 3) The 2009 NASA budget is 17.6 billion dollars. -I don't know how much I really need to explain this, BUT I will anyway. We are in MAJOR debt. Our economy is down the tube. People starve everyday. Thousands of people are homeless. Thousands without jobs. AND you want to explore the universe? Exploring the universe might be a good idea when it is cheap and doesn't take away from the people that need our money in the status quo. But until then, I say that we should NOT pursue space exploration. Thank You!