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+Fission proves personal identity is reductionist – if the hemispheres of my brain were transplanted into 2 different people, neither would actually be me. |
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+Olson: Olson, Eric T., "Personal Identity", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2016 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2016/entries/identity-personal/. |
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+But now suppose … once: a contradiction. |
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+Thus the standard is act utilitarianism. |
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+Nuclear propulsion is on the docket for NASA – their program is restarting imminently |
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+Godwin 16: (CURT GODWIN, "NASA discusses SLS and Orion progress at ‘Day of Mars’ event" Read more at http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-centers/marshall-space-flight-center/nasa-sls-orion-mars-event/#pUrEG1ih3qyYB5FS.99, AUGUST 22ND, 2016) |
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+Tony Kim, project … about his rationale. |
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+And the trend is global – Russia plans to test propulsion tech by 2018 |
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+Atherton 16: (Kelsey D. Atherton, "RUSSIA WANTS TO TEST A NUCLEAR SPACE ENGINE IN 2018," March 11, 2016, http://www.popsci.com/russia-wants-to-test-nuclear-space-engine-in-2018) |
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+Space is expensive. … space to Earth. |
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+Thus the plan: Countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear propelled rockets and technologies. |
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+Adv 1 = Accidents |
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+Accidents are likely and devastating – the nuclear industry manipulates space discourse to erase potential dangers. |
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+Grossman 15: (Karl Grossman, "NASA's warning - SpaceX crash highlights dangers of nuclear power in space", 2nd July 2015 http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/Blogs/2929123/nasas_warning_spacex_crash_highlights_dangers_of_nuclear_power_in_space.html) |
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+A month ago … a chance on." |
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+Grossman ’05 continues: (Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, “The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race So what happens when the sky begins to fall?” Space4Peace, By Karl Grossman Printed from the BoiseWeekly. 16 March 2005//FT) |
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+The danger in … to 40 million. |
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+Nuclear tech will spillover risking accidents with other technology but public resistance keeps it in check – preventing nuclear in space is key to dismantling the industry’s line of justification. |
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+Grossman (Karl Grossman, Investigative reporter, "The Deadly Folly of Nuclear Power Overhead", 04/12/2012 01:57 pm ET | Updated Jun 12, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-grossman/the-deadly-folly-of-nucle_b_1417149.html) |
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+The crash last … deeply concerns us. |
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+Plutonium 238 is uniquely toxic –NASA officials concede there’s no cleanup plan. |
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+Gagnon ‘11: (Bruce, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space group, 7/1/11, http://www.space4peace.org/articles/plutonium_space_launch.htm) JPG |
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+NASA sadly appears … afford to take. |
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+Extinction |
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+Pry 10 – (Peter Vincent, director of the U.S. Nuclear Strategy Forum, “What America Needs to Know About EMPs” http://wethearmed.com/index.php?topic=8450.0) |
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+EMP is not … EMP Commission's recommendations. |
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+Accidents hurt the poor the most – they lack resources to escape and cope with radiation damage. |
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+Cousins et al. ’13: (Elicia Cousins, Claire Karban, Fay Li, and Marianna Zapanta. “Nuclear Power and Environmental Justice: A Mixed-Methods Study of Risk, Vulnerability, and the Victim Experience.”Carleton College, Environmental Studies Comprehensive Project Northfield, MN, USA. 2013//FT) |
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+A similar trend … a nuclear accident. |
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+Adv 2 = Plutonium-238 |
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+Nuclear propelled rocket development requires production of plutonium-238. |
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+Ambrose ’16: (Mitch Ambrose Government Relations Division American Institute of Physics mambrose@aip.org 301-209-3095, "Oak Ridge Scientists Produce First Plutonium-238 in 28 Years" AIP. Publication date: 2 February 2016) |
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+On Dec. 22, … NASA authorization bill. |
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+And plutonium production is not politically neutral – the state frames land of indigenous people as “wastelands” to justify using them as sites of uranium mining. |
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+Endres ’09: Danielle Endres, Department of Communication, University of Utah “From Wasteland to Waste Site: The Role of Disocurse In Nuclear Power’s Environmental Injustice.” Routledge, November 2009//FT) |
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+Wasteland, like most … pollution (LaDuke 1999).9 |
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+Plutonium is responsible for second worst nuclear event of all time – supercharges AC impacts. |
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+Greenpeace (Greenpeace, "The second biggest nuclear disaster in history", http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/mayak-nuclear-disaster280907/, No Date) |
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+The Mayak nuclear … the climate crisis. |
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+The Oak Ridge plant has a history of human experimentation, risks envi harm, and harms workers. |
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+McCally (Michael McCally, MD, PhD, Christine Cassel, MD, Daryl G. Kimball, "U.S. Government-Sponsored Radiation Research on Humans 1945-1975", 4 Medicine and Global Survival 1994; Vol. 1, No. 1, At the time of publication, MM was Health Program Officer, Chicago Community Trust, and Lecturer in Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA; CC was Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, Director of the Center on Aging, Health and Society, and Professor of Medicine and Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA; DGK was Associate Director for Policy, Physicians for Social Responsibility Washington, DC USA.) |
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+In early December … the expected rate 30. |
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+Adv 3 = Militarization |
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+Nuclear power in space leads to space weapons—inevitable consequence and hidden motive for nuclear space programs. |
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+Grossman 3: Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, February 5 2003, “Nukes-in-Space in Columbia's Wake”, http://www.space4peace.org/articles/columbiaswake.htm |
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+Gagnon, coordinator of … out into space.” |
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+Space weaponization causes extinction—outweighs nuclear war. |
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+Mitchell, 01 – Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Debate at the University of Pittsburgh (Dr. Gordon, ISIS Briefing on Ballistic Missile Defence, “Missile Defence: Trans-Atlantic Diplomacy at a Crossroads”, No. 6 July, http://www.isisuk.demon.co.uk/0811/isis/uk/bmd/no6.html) |
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+A buildup of … conflict ever seen. |
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+Believe Grossman—he’s the leading expert in the field. |
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+Dupre ’11: (Deborah Dupre, Author for the examiner, The Huston Free Thinkers, 19 May 2011, “Exclusive Karl Grossman Interview: Fukushima Fallout over US Censored By News”, http://www.houstonfreethinkers.com/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=507:exclusive-karl-grossman-interview-fukushima-fallout-over-us-censored-by-newsandcatid=63:japanese-tragedyandItemid=135) |
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+Karl Grossman: Nuclear … represented in lecture. |
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+Their authors make up numbers to justify their projects |
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+MacAvoy 4: Joseph J. MacAvoy, received his A.B. in Astrophysics from Princeton University in 2001, and expects to receive his Juris Doctor and Master of Public Policy Degrees from the College of William and Mary in 2005, 2004, Nuclear Space and the Earth Environment: The Benefits, Dangers, and Legality of Nuclear Power and Propulsion in Outer Space, 29 Wm. and Mary Envtl. L. and Pol'y Rev. 191 (2004), http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmelpr/vol29/iss1/6 |
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+In its risk … capabilities in space."1 87 |
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+Underview |
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+There are at most five affs if people can spec uses of nuclear energy. |
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+Shah 11: Abhishek Shah, 5 Apr, 2011, http://www.greenworldinvestor.com/2011/04/05/uses-of-nuclear-power-nuclear-transport-shipssubmarinesagriculturehuman-healthelectricityfuturistic-applications/ "Uses of Nuclear Power – Nuclear Transport (Ships,Submarines),Agriculture,Human Health,Electricity,Futuristic Applications" |
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+Nuclear Power has … Denmark about 8.” |
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+Policymaking is key to political activism, which turns the K. |
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+Coverstone 5: Alan Coverstone MBA in communication, debate coach “Acting on Activism” 2005. http://home.montgomerybell.edu/~coversa/Acting20on20Activism20(Nov2017-2005).doc |
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+An important concern … in America today. |
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+Solutions to oppression need to be grounded in policy rather than abstraction. K’s must be tied to an implementable, political solution to be effective. |
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+Bryant 12: Left,” Larval Subjects—Levi R. Bryant’s philosophy blog, November 11th, Available Online at http://larvalsubjects.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/underpants-gnomes-a-critique-of-the-academic-left/, Accessed 02-21-2014) |
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+Unfortunately, the academic … luck with that. |