Resolved: The United States shall implament the a program to clean up space junk.

Dammit I said I would make it four rounds and I only made it three -________-I apologize for the f*ck up, along with the horrible grammar of the resolution, but thats what I get for copy-pasting things word for word.... I'll do the best I can with what I can and hopefully we get a good debateReasons why the US should implement a program to clean up space junk:1) Theres a ton of space junk in spacehttp://en.wikipedia.org...NASA is currently tracking close to 19,000 pieces of space debris in Low Earth Orbit, and thats just the stuff that they have managed to catalog despite a smaller budget. Actually as of right now, the only thing they can do is track it since no program exists to actually remove all this material from Space. The only thing that does remove all this junk from orbit is Earths gravity itself, a natural process where once in a while space junk will fail to maintain a certain speed to stay in orbit and will instead fall to Earth, most of the time burning up in the atmosphere. All of the debris that doesnt fall to Earth though is left in Earths orbit and poses a threat to other orbiting satellites, either through erosion or massive collisions that could take out the entire satellite and cause it to turn into even more space debris. Space debris affects satellites in orbit, rockets being launched into space, and also manned missions in space, all of which is vulnerable to being incapacitated by space debris hurling at them. http://images.spaceref.com...The threat of space debris is a very large problem to nations that depend on satellites for all kinds of things, which is every developed nation in the world at this point. If left unchecked, the problem of space debris will only grow over time and could even lead to a catastrophic chain reaction that could render space unusable. Ill get more into that later though. 2) The cost wouldnt be as bad as you thinkA program to clean up 19,000 pieces of junk floating around in space? Sounds expensive but consider the following. The US only accounts for about 34% of all space junk, with Russia accounting for about 28%, nations of the EU accounting for around 18%, and a host of other nations also creating some as well. Space junk isnt something that affects only the US, and it isnt something that is caused only by the US either. Numerous other nations contribute to the creation of space junk, and also have a lot to lose if it becomes a problem, meaning it is very reasonable to assume that other nations would pitch in to help fix the problem. It is also feasible that the provate sector could step in and offer to clean up space junk for nations as well. Companies like Space-X could potentially handle space debris themselves if governments give them financial incentives to do so, meaning that the problem could literally be fixed by spending a little money on the private sector and let them handle it. That could cause jobs to be created and yatta yatta yatta too. 3) Space junk is a growing problem and can cause a crapload of damage too:The amount of space junk has tripled since the 1980's and continues to grow over time, meaning that if left unchecked like it has up to this point, the problem will only get worse. http://www.rawstory.com...Space junk can also cause a very serious problem. Even though most space junk is on average about 5 centimeters wide, the average speed of space junk is close to 15,000 miles per hour, or about 25,000 kilometers per hour. Space junk isnt a couple dozen large, dead satellites hurling at each other just missing each other over and over, it is much more like thousands and thousands of bullets flying all around the Earth causing a ton of damage to other satellites that are being used and depended upon. 4) Apocalyptic result on the horizonMost people arent familiar with what 'Kessler Syndrome' is, but Kessler Syndrome is what happens when the amount of Space junk in Earth's orbit reaches such a high load, that the collisions of space junk with other orbiting satellites could cause a chain reaction which. Its that apocalyptic chain reaction event I mentioned before. http://en.wikipedia.org...When space Debris collides with other objects, it often leads to more space debris being created and launched into orbit around the Earth, causing a chain reaction where space debris grows over time. The more satellites there are in space, the greater the chance for space debris to hit it and create more space debris. Now heres the big problem, Earth itself controls space debris a lot simply by pulling the debris down to Earth out of space. However, humanity keeps launching all kinds of stuff into space which offsets how much space debris the earth naturally pulls out of orbit. If humanity continues to launch more and more stuff into space, then the amount of space junk that would be created would be too much for the Earth to remove through natural processes. Such a domino effect, if left unchecked longer like it already has, could actually grow to such proportions that there would be so much space debris in orbit it would cause space exploration and the use of satellites entirely to become completely unfeasible. Space debris could cripple countries that rely heavily on satellites for all kinds of things, and could be disastrous for everything from modernized militaries to television programming and the use of GPS. Space junk is a very real problem that cannot be left unchecked, which is why the US should implement some kind of program to clean it up or at least keep it at manageable levels.