Policy Debate: space topic 2011-2012

Your DOT card is out of date and the rules have expired Beckley 98(NASA Administrator, http://www.faa.gov......, accessed on Oct. 11, 2011, AL) Period of PerformanceThis MOU shall take effect upon the date of the last signature of the approving officials appearing below and shall remain in effect unless terminated upon written request of either party. All subsequent MOA’s under this MOU shall incorporate appropriate periods of performance, not to exceed 5 years. A MOA may be renewed for an additional period of performance not to exceed 5 years.Because it has been 5 years from the last signature, this rule is now void and does not interfere with this debate.-T- I am unaware of how I am under violation of your T arguments, in my plan text it says that the United States Federal Government should provide the money to NASA. We meet.I do not understand your "The" T argument, but here is a counter-definition for the word "The" The word “the” implies there is only one – as in the USFG. Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 2007. used to refer to things or people when only one exists at any one time: -NASA DA-There are no impacts to these arguments or reasons on why you should not vote for the plan. There is no proof that NASA will do the same for the Space Elevator anyways. Besides the cost and time has already been planned out. Space Elevator budget Larry Bartoszek 07 (Leader of Bartoszek Engineering, ) Technical Budget Component Cost Estimate (US$) Launch costs to GEO 1.0B Ribbon production 400M Spacecraft 500M Climbers 370M Power beaming stations 1.5B Anchor station 600M Tracking facility 500M Other 430M Contingency (30%) 1.6B TOTAL ~6.9B Costs are based onoperational systems or detailed engineering studies. Additional expenses will be incurred on legal and regulatory issues. Total construction should be around US$10B.Recommend construction of a second system for redundancy: US$3B Space Elevator Time frame Larry Bartoszek 07 (Leader of Bartoszek Engineering, ) Proposed System: Overview First elevator: 20 ton capacity (13 ton payload)􀁺 Constructed with existing or near-term technology􀁺 Cost (US$10B) and schedule (15 years)􀁺 Operating costs of US$250/kg to any Earth orbit, moon, Mars, Venus, Asteroids-Space Debris-I use this as an advantage, I agree that space debris is scary and it will cascade if we don't stop using rockets that you agreed by not attacking my advantage 3.-Radiation DA-We can block off radiation from space. These cards talk about a mission to mars but the concept still stands.Radiation issues are already solved Zubrin 2010 Robert Zubrin, austronautlical engineer, PHd, President of the Mars Society, Journal of Cosmology, October-November 2010, Human Mars Exploration: The Time Is Now,http://journalofcosmology.com..., DOA: 6/20/11 MG 4.1. Radiation: It is alleged by some that the radiation doses involved in a Mars mission present insuperable risks, or are not well understood. This is untrue. Solar flare radiation, consisting of protons with energies of about 1 MeV, can be shielded by 12 cm of water or provisions, and there will be enough of such materials on board the ship to build an adequate pantry storm shelter for use in such an event. The residual cosmic ray dose, about 50 Rem for the 2.5 year mission, represents a statistical cancer risk of about 1%, roughly the same as that which would be induced by an average smoking habit over the same period. -Gravity DA-Any gravity issues can be solved by rotating something in space, thus creating artifical gravity. These cards also talk about a mission to mars but the concept still stands.Technological advancements solve Zubrin 2010 Robert Zubrin, austronautlical engineer, PHd, President of the Mars Society, Journal of Cosmology, October-November 2010, Human Mars Exploration: The Time Is Now, http://journalofcosmology.com..., DOA: 6/20/11 MG 4.2. Zero Gravity: Cosmonauts have experienced marked physiological deterioration after extended exposure to zero gravity. However a Mars mission can be flown employing artificial gravity generated by rotating the spacecraft. The engineering challenges associated with designing either rigid or tethered artificial gravity systems are modest, and make the entire issue of zero-gravity health effects on interplanetary missions moot. -Voters-My opponent has not attacked my case so therefore agrees that rockets will lead to our demise and that we must switch to a space elevator to save us from all the disasters I have stated. Vote for Aff/Pro.