The International Community should ban nuclear powered spacecraft.

Evidence is only to be presented when asked for Last speeches, no new evidence is to be presented 1st speech- opening 2nd- rebuttals 3rd- more rebuttals 4th- summary 5th- Closing statement Good luck! CON- Case OBSV 1- Nuclear powered Spacecrafts will ONLY be used as a fuel for Spacecrafts, not as ANY weapon or nuclear stockpile, we want to be able to have nuclear power as an option Definitions: Intl"l community=The United Nations, as it is the only committee of every country in the world Nuclear Power: Scientific fuel Ban: We are banning everyone in the world, including the United states Notes- We are banning the united states as well. (this will leave us vulnerable, and there may be countries who break the rules) Standard (or weighing mechanism): Advancement of Human Civilization Spacecraft pertains to scientific exploration that can possibly be used to benefit society, thus, the team benefitting society most from continuing space exploration or discontinuing it should win today"s debate. 1. More space exploration creates jobs Univ. of Florida Professor Randy Fillmore states that only a nuclear fueled space craft would be able to make a manned mission to Mars possible Charles Choi of the Astrobiology Magazine contributor states that landing humans on Mars would motivate millions of students to pursue careers in science and technology, providing companies in America with a pool of talented scientists and tech-savvy workers. Judge, the result is clear: such a project would create 500,000 jobs over next 10 yrs. This is especially important as 20% of our current tech workforce is eligible for retirement in the next three years. This is clearly needed to fill in the job positions of American baby boomer workers, benefiting society and helping our economy as a whole 2. Space exploration increases scientific innovation For example, without nuclear fuel, curiosity would not be able to dig through rocks and add on to our scientific innovation With this law, curiosity would have been banned Rudy Schild of the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics center: that a mission to mars would launch a tech & scientific revolution, thus leading to much growth of manufacturing, aerospace industry, and inspire children across the US to become scientists and engineers. These workers benefit not only our companies, but also the US as a whole: According to Richard Stephens, the Senior VP at Boeing, a strong science and technological workforce strongly strengthens our national security, the competitiveness of our economy, and our defense industrial base. In addition, a scientific revolution would cause more inventions in society today. Inventions such as: cell phones, GPSs, and satellite TVs were invented from the space age of the 1960s for example: with the apollo, we spawned many new technologies. Judge, imagine how much more inventions would be created if we can possibly send man to mars, or learn more about the universe around us. Life would be much more efficient and productive. 3. Nuclear fueled spacecrafts can prevent extra-terrestrial disasters According to the Univ. of Wisconsin, an asteroid hitting the Earth could possibly make all life on Earth extinct. Peter N of the Christian Science Monitor states: An asteroid named Apophis has the potential to hit our planet"s surface by 2035. However, using the aerospace technology we have today, it is not possible for our spacecraft to shift the asteroid away from the earth. Only a spacecraft with the right system,-NUCLEAR ELECTRIC MOTORS-would be able to have enough velocity to close in on a hazardous asteroid and gravitationally shift it off course, away from Earth. Other articles detail the threat of asteroids to life on Earth. According to astronauts Russell Schweickart and Edward Lu (4/16/04), there is a 10% chance that during our lifetimes, there will be a 60 meter asteroid that will hit Earth with energy of 700 simultaneous Hiroshima sized bombs. These two astronauts detailed that only spacecrafts with advanced propulsion systems and nuclear motors would be able to prevent the most Earth-threatening asteroids Judge, clearly nuclear fueled spacecrafts are worth it if they can one day save millions and billions of lives, preventing possible extinction of the human race. 4. It is almost impossible to enforce the laws in the first place How do we detect if someone cheats and breaks this law Anyone can break the law at any time Sum up: With nuclear fuel, not only are we sparking ingenuity, we are also helping to save the lives of our people and we are helping our economy