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Colonization
Contention 1 is Saul's Story

Extinction is inevitable if we stay on earth
FHE 14 [a group of scientist and other professionals Future Human Extinction: Natural Disasters Asteroid impact The Future of Human Evolution http://futurehumanevolution.com/future-human-extinction-risks/future-human-extinction-natural-disasters] Extinction by Asteroid: The end of Future Human …. //migrated into the New World.//

Space colonization is possible- it could occur now but the main problem is lack of NASA support
Warburton 14 [Matthew writer for the liberty voice NASA Space Tourism, Migration and Colonization March 28, 2014 http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/nasa-space-tourism-migration-and-colonization/] To paraphrase the late astronaut John Young, … and could one day become a reality. The plan solves

A. Economically feasible transportation of resources
ISCE 12 [Wednesday, 11 April 2012 The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) is composed of individuals scientists and organizations from around the world who share a vision of humanity in space, [|Why do I want a Space Elevator], []] What does a space elevator give us? …. Space Elevator is the way to provide this capability

B. Mars colonization
Hinton 09 [Gaylen he attended the University of Utahfocused on Research and Development management of complex multidisciplinary engineering projects. Gaylen's technical achievements include 16 U.S. Patents. dpufTHE COLONIZATION OF MARS VIA A MARTIAN SPACE ELEVATOR The Mars Society http://www.marspapers.org/papers/Hinton_2009.pdf] If a complete MSE was sent from … be a flurry of activity around those launch windows, but little use between them.
 * (MSE)=Martian space elevator (ASO)=areosynchronous orbit (GSO)=geosynchronous orbit

C. Research Cohesion
Curtis 10 (Keith, Software Design Engineer, author of “After the Software Wars,” “A Space Elevator in 7,” 2010, http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?page_id=417)//KJZ If NASA doesn’t build the …. on a greater purpose.

D. Lift capabilities
Weinstein 03 [Leonard M. Advanced Measurement and Diagnostics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Space Colonization Using Space-Elevators from Phobos http://www.nss.org/settlement/mars/2003-SpaceColonizationUsingSpaceElevatorsFromPhobos.pdf] Since raw materials would be …s greatly reduce the propellant required

There are plenty of places to colonize
-The moon -Mars -Venus - Asteroids - Exoplanets Markert 14 [July 14 Jennifer Jen earned a writer’s certificate and Bachelor’s degree in English at Temple University, and has since moved to Brooklyn, NY, where she's written for several web publications Oh, The Places We’ll Go: 5 Potential Space Colonization Locations http://curiousmatic.com/oh-places-well-go-5-potential-space-colonization-locations/] [|Jennifer Markert] Many believe that this century –…. subsequent human takeover began.

Portable farms means space colonization is possible
Davis 13 [Colle and Phyllis He is the founder and co-inventor at the Portable Farms company. As an inventor, he has designed systems that are used commercially. He also provides consulting and training to those willing to pay his fee for his many years of expertise. There are probably not all that many people that have more years of relevant first hand experience than Colle Davis. Portable Farms Makes Space Colonization Possible 12/2013 http://portablefarms.com/2012/space-colonization/ In order to colonize the Moon and Mars, … unprecedented way through the technology of aquaponics.

Tech exists but the only barrier is investment—small companies won’t invest and can’t solve—US is key
Edwards 9 [Bradley, Director of Research—Institute for Scientific Research, researches space technologies. Interview of Brad Edwards-Space Elevator Expert, by Sander Olson. [] 7/20]//kmc Question: How much of an improvement is needed from nanotubes? …. open up the field of space and create a massive space-based industry.

Only an ocean based elevator solves
- Weather because of the equator - Safety because of currents - City island Smitherman 2k [David V, August. Smitherman is Architect, Technical Manager in the Advanced Projects Office, Flight Projects Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. Space Elevators: An Advanced Earth-Space Infrastructure for the New Millennium.[] 7/14. Pg 23]//kmc 4.1 Environmental Issues In this section …. of the most arid lands and tropical rain forests in the world in the equatorial regions.13

Placing the elevator in Hawaii solves—the elevator is being placed within 20 degrees of the equator
Edwards 07 [Bradley 1/16. Dr. Edwards is an internationally recognized scientist, leader and visionary with an extraordinary record of accomplishment. Space Elevator: Expert Q&A. [] 7/20]//kmc Q: I keep hearing that there is a …. close to the ground and is unusable.

A. Counter-forcing solves escalation

 * Mueller 09 –** Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies and Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University (John, “Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda” p. 8, Google Books)

To begin to approach a condition … during the first month.15

B. Nuclear deterrence and unidirectional evolutionary trends check

 * Tepperman 09** — Jonathan Tepperman, Deputy Editor of //Newsweek//, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, now Managing Editor of //Foreign Affairs//, holds a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University, an M.A. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University, and an LL.M. in International Law from New York University, 2009 (“Why Obama Should Learn to Love the Bomb,” //The Daily Beast//, August 28th, Available Online at http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/08/28/why-obama-should-learn-to-love-the-bomb.print.html, Accessed 01-27-2012)

__A growing and compelling ….. suggests they have a death wish__.

C. Global institutions
This bleak outlook is …. the autocratic revivalists acknowledge.
 * Deudney and Ikenberry, 09–** Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins AND Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University (Jan/Feb, 2009, Daniel Deudney and John Ikenberry, “The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail,” Foreign Affairs, NG)

D. No miscalc – empirics prove
Even if initial nuclear use …. precipitated in this way belongs to science fiction.
 * Quinlan 9** (Michael, Former Permanent Under-Sec. State – UK Ministry of Defense, “Thinking about Nuclear Weapons: Principles, Problems, Prospects”, p. 63-69) *we don’t endorse gendered language

E. No resource wars – coop is more likely
Koubi et al. 14 Senior Scientist and Professor at the Center for Comparative and International Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, and professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Bern (Valley, “Do natural resources matter for interstate and intrastate armed conflict?”, //Journal of Peace Research//, March 2014, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 227-243,)//BZ Much of the existing empirical …. scarcity theorists currently envision.

A. No nuclear winter
Alan Robock’s contention that …. __very term ‘nuclear winter’ into question__.
 * SEITZ 2011** (Russell, served as an Associate of The Center for International Affairs and a Fellow of the Department of Physics at Harvard. He is presently chief scientist at Microbubbles LLC, Nuclear winter was and is debatable, Nature, 7 J U LY 2011, vol 475)

B. southern hemisphere survives
The human species faces numerous threats to its existence. These include global climate change, collisions with near-earth objects, __nuclear war__, and pandemics. While these …. __with respect to single events__.
 * TONN 2005** (Bruce, Futures Studies Department, Corvinus University of Budapest, “Human Extinction Scenarios,” [|www.budapestfutures.org/downloads/abstracts/Bruce%20Tonn%20-%20Abstract.pdf])