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Topic Affirmatives

Topic Affirmatives. Criteria for a Good Aff —Musts. Topicality—little reason to lose on T Interest—affs take a lot of work, need to be willing to read a lot about your topic Government Key Warrant—reason why a private actor cannot do the plan

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Topic Affirmatives

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  1. Topic Affirmatives

  2. Criteria for a Good Aff—Musts • Topicality—little reason to lose on T • Interest—affs take a lot of work, need to be willing to read a lot about your topic • Government Key Warrant—reason why a private actor cannot do the plan • U.S. Key Warrant—reasons why another government cannot do the plan • Short-Term Advantage—impact claim that you can leverage against politics et al. DAs

  3. Criteria for a Good Aff—Plusses • Link angle on politics • “Trick” that can be used to confound generics—often uniqueness based • Internal links to a wide array of potential advantages

  4. Topic Advantages • Alien contact • Colonization/get off the rock • Competitiveness (industry-based) • Aerospace • Defense • Economy/space commerce • Energy/resource access • Environment • Hegemony/space leadership • Overview effect • Science/knowledge is good • Space weaponization good/bad

  5. Colonization • Mechanisms • Develop propulsion mechanisms • Facilitate space access • Increase resource availability • Advantages • Cultural development/stagnation • “Eggs in one basket” • Economy/space commerce • Energy/other reousrces • Overview effect • Weaponization

  6. Mars Mission • Mechanisms • Robotic exploration • “Traditional” crewed mission • “Mars Direct” mission • Advantages • Colonization • Competitiveness • Frontier mentality (cultural advancement) • Science

  7. Moon Mission • Mechanisms • Build a Moon base • Establish a property rights regime • Advantages • Colonization (esp. Mars… “energy cheap” resources for space missions) • Competitiveness • Leadership—win the “moon race” • Resource access—particularly energy

  8. Energy • Mechanisms • Lunar He3 mining • Lunar solar power • Solar power satellites • Advantages • Climate change/other environmental • Colonization • Competitiveness • Economy/space commerce • Energy shortages/conflicts • Leadership—space and terrestrial

  9. Non-Energy Resource • Mechanisms • Asteroid mining • Lunar mining • Advantages • Colonization • Platinum Group Metals (PGM) good—electronics/tech for military, green applications • Rare Earth Elements (REE) good—same

  10. Military • Mechanisms • R&D vs. deployment (or potentially both) • Space-based missile defenses • Space-based ASATs • Space-based STEW weapons • Space Force/Spaceguard • Advantages • Competitiveness • Deterrence • Leadership—terrestrial and space

  11. Space Access • Mechanisms • Constellation (reusable crewed vehicle) • Railguns • Reusable uncrewed vehicles • Space elevator • Transorbital railroad • Space junk removal • Advantages • The topic

  12. Propulsion • Mechanisms • Antimatter • Ion drives (electric) • Nuclear propulsion—fusion and fission • Plasma/electrothermal • Solar sails • Tethers • Advantages • Colonization • Competitiveness • Science • Weaponization

  13. Asteroid Defense • Mechanisms • Detection—ground and space-based • Characterization • Defense—nuclear, non-nuclear kinetic, tug/mass driver • Advantages • Armageddon • Colonization (via mining) • Competitiveness • Weaponization

  14. Exploration Missions • Mechanisms—go check out… • Asteroid belt • Comets • NEAs • Jupiter & its moons • Kuiper belt • Pluto • Advantages • Science?—good real world, less good debate world

  15. Remote Sensing • Mechanism—fund one or more of the missions that NASA has cancelled (climate, soil moisture, precipitation, etc.) • Advantages • Competitiveness • Environment (warming and agriculture) • Science

  16. Deep Space/Origins • Mechanism—fund it more • Advantage—science

  17. International Space Station • Mechanism • Invite someone else • Add a module or mission • Life extension • Advantages • Coop good (country specific) • Leadership—soft power based • Science

  18. SETI • Mechanism • Give UC-Berkeley some money (general funding) • Space-based platforms • Advantages

  19. Space Tourism

  20. India • Mechanism—joint cooperation on • ISS • Launch vehicle/access • SSP • Advantages • W/e you cooperate on is good • India soft power • India-U.S. relations

  21. China • Mechanism—joint cooperation on pretty much any aspect of the topic • Advantages • W/e reason the program is good • China soft power • China-U.S. relations

  22. Export Controls • Mechanism—remove one or more restrictions on tech transfer/technological collaboration • Advantages • Competitiveness • Coop good (relations) • Economy/space commerce • Leadership (soft power internals)

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