Charlie+Foster+and+Evan+Dalessandro

Past 2NRs- Japan DA x3 (maybe more lol) Canada CP, T-QPQ, Japan CP, T-non military x2, Elections, more elections, rising expectations, BIT CP (against S&ED, email me for details), TPP ptx Past 1NCs- Elections, Japan DA, T-Unconditional, Consult Japan CP, UNCLOS CP, Canada CP, Japan CP (for AIIB), T-QPQ, India DA, rising expectations, Military engagement CP, T-non-military, Missile PIC, BIT CP, Appeasement DA, Cap K, T-must be trade, TPP ptx, Track 2 CP, T-can't be coop

Plan text: 
 * The United States Federal Government should positively induce China to join the International Space Station through economic and diplomatic engagement.**

1AC



Status quo Chinese exclusion from US space programs ensures the formation of adversarial blocs that challenge American space use
Aliberti 15 [Marco, Resident Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), SIOI/ASI/CNR-ISGI Master on Space Policy and Institutions, Rome, master's degree in International Relations of Asia and Africa, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Naples, When China Goes To The Moon…, Studies in Space Policy, Volume 11, edited by the European Space Policy Institute, Springer International Publishing: Switzerland, 2015, p. 234-235] Another potential positive payback stemming from cooperating with China would be greater US insight into AND blocs. 208 It is in Washington's interest not to make this happen!

That escalates to war —- miscommunication and security dilemmas
In both cases, Chinese security experts believe that the U.S. seeks AND not be able to use outer space for military or other purposes."20
 * Zhang 11** [Baohui Zhang is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He wishes to thank an anonymous reviewer for the helpful comments that contributed to the revision of this article, "The Security Dilemma in the U.S.-China Military Space Relationship" accessed by means of JSTOR]

Goes nuclear – ASATs destroy the rules of modern warfighting
In recent decades, however, as space-based reconnaissance, communication, and AND scenarios that are used to justify the development and use of antisatellite weapons.
 * Gallagher 15 [Nancy**, interim director of the Center for International and Security Studies in Maryland, previous Executive Director of the Clinton Administration's CTBT Treaty Committee, an arms control specialist at the State Dept., and a faculty member at Wesleyan, "Antisatellite warfare without nuclear risk: A mirage," May 29, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, http://thebulletin.org/space-weapons-and-risk-nuclear-exchanges8346]

Space war the most likely theater for nuclear conflict
Lamrani 16 [Omar, geopolitical and security analyst for Stratfor, National Interest, "What the U.S. Military Fears Most: A Massive Space War," May 18, 2016, http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/what-the-us-military-fears-most-massive-space-war-16248] The High Cost of a War in Space: Increased competition in space is AND salvo in a nuclear attack, driving the threat of a wider conflagration.

Broader space cooperation and high-level dialogues are needed to resolve the mistrust and miscommunication at the heart of space security dilemmas
In the context of the changing strategic landscape between China and the U.S AND consistently. The effort would be very useful in alleviating the security dilemma."
 * Zhang 11** [Baohui Zhang is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He wishes to thank an anonymous reviewer for the helpful comments that contributed to the revision of this article, "The Security Dilemma in the U.S.-China Military Space Relationship" accessed by means of JSTOR]

ISS cooperation is key —- deters further ASAT testing and solves global stability
Ressler 9 [Aaron R. Ressler, Major, United States Air Force, A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, "Advancing Sino-U.S. Space Cooperation", April 2009] On January 11, 2007, China successfully executed a direct-ascent anti- AND 90 Maintaining a healthy relationship between these two countries has positive global impacts.



US-China space cooperation is key to Mars exploration—international support needed
IBT 15, (International Business Times, Future Space Policy Is Built On International Cooperation: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, http://www.ibtimes.com/future-space-policy-built-international-cooperation-nasa-administrator-charles-bolden-2186627, 11/16/15) NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says a manned mission to Mars will happen in the 2030s AND toward a common goal, the better off we'll be," Bolden said.

The ISS is key —- only base for effective research that sustains space exploration and colonization
Hauser and John 9 [Marty, VP, Washington Operations, Research and Analysis, and Mariel, research analyst at the Space Foundation, Space Foundation, 2009, "The International Space Station: Decision 2015," http://www.spacefoundation.org/docs/ISS_Decision_2015.pdf] One of the most broadly recognized objectives of the ISS is articulated on the NASA AND allows the United States to be better prepared for its future exploration endeavors.

We need to colonize space now and it is possible
As robotic and artificial intelligence technologies improve and enable increasingly robust exploration without a human AND view the Earth as a closed system to which nothing can be added.
 * Skran 16** (Dale, the Chair of the NSS Policy Committee as well as NSS Executive Vice-President, 2-1-2016, "The Space Review: Settling space is the only sustainable reason for humans to be in space," The space review, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2915/1)//THE ONE AND ONLY LEGENDARY CF

Space cooperation with China is key to helium 3 mining
LaRoche 14, (LaRouche Pac is a think tank based on the ideas of Lyndon LaRouche Jr., Partnering For Fusion Power and Mining the Moon, http://archive.larouchepac.com/node/31539, 08/13/2014) Since China's successful landing of Chang'e-3's Yutu rover last December, again there AND have to believe things would be worse if we weren't partners in ISS."

Cooperative Helium-3 mining solves resource conflict and prevents extinction
Garan 10 [Ron, astronaut, 3/30/10, Speech published in an article by Nancy Atkinson, "The Importance of Returning to the Moon," http://www.universetoday.com/61256/astronaut-explains-why-we-should-return-to-the-moon/] Resources and Other Benefits: Since we live in a world of finite resources and AND of exploration. The first step is a sustainable permanent human lunar settlement. Plan text: 
 * The United States Federal Government should positively induce China to join the International Space Station through economic and diplomatic engagement. **

China says yes —- the plan's drastic shift in policy opens the ISS to genuine Chinese participation —- builds bridges in the space science community that ensure long-term multilateral cooperation
Aliberti 15 [Marco, Resident Fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), SIOI/ASI/CNR-ISGI Master on Space Policy and Institutions, Rome, master's degree in International Relations of Asia and Africa, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Naples, When China Goes To The Moon…, Studies in Space Policy, Volume 11, edited by the European Space Policy Institute, Springer International Publishing: Switzerland, 2015, p. 237-240] Up to now, the result of this political disagreement between engagement and containment proponents AND efforts to find alternative partners to the United States and the European posture.

Joint CSS and ISS cooperation fosters bilateral dialogue and reduces tensions
Lan 16 – analyst, thespacereview.com (Chen, "One track, two stations: A proposal for cooperation on the ISS and the Chinese Space Station", The Space Review, March 14, 2016, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2944/1//dmeth) During the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) last October in Jerusalem, there has AND stations, the ISS and the CSS, and more in the future.

Diplomatic engagement is crucial —- rebuilding trust in the space domain can solve the ASAT usage
Walsh 7 [Frank M. Walsh, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2007, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, "Forging a diplomatic shield for American satellites: The case for reevaluating the 2006 National Space Policy in light of a Chinese anti-satellite system," Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Fall, 2007, 72 J. Air AND diplomatic shield to complement the military armor upon which the nation currently relies.