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+====Space colonization not possible without nuclear energy – it’s the only source of energy that’s long-lasting and reliable enough to support a flight==== |
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+**Suciu 12** (Peter Suciu – Tech News Agency, "Nuclear Power Could Blast Humans Into Deep Space", http://www.technewsworld.com/story/76699.html, NT) |
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+Although progress in manned space exploration beyond Earth's orbit is not progressing at light speed |
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+energy sources such as the one proposed would make such dreams more feasible." |
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+====We have already found an inhabitable planet==== |
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+**Placko 15** (Mereditch Placko – reporter specializing in future technology, "NASA Has Found Another Earth-like Planet, Only It’s 60 Bigger", http://www.geek.com/science/nasa-has-found-another-earth-like-planet-only-its-60-bigger-1629209/, NT) |
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+Did NASA just discover Earth 2.0? At a news conference Thursday afternoon |
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+should all the necessary ingredients and conditions for life exist on this planet." |
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+====Colonization is the only way for humans to survive==== |
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+**Baum 10** (Seth D., Ph.D in Geography from Pennsylvania State University and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and scholar at Columbia University's Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, "Cost–Benefit Analysis Of Space Exploration: Some Ethical Considerations", Space Policy Volume 25, Issue 2, May, pg 75-80, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964609000198) |
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+Another non-market benefit of space exploration is reduction in the risk of the |
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+-effective means of increasing the probability of long-term human survival. |
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+====We have already begun the sixth mass extinction – it’s try or die for space colonization and acting now is key==== |
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+**Hance 15** (Jeremy Hance – author and journalist focusing on climate change, "How Humans Are Driving the Sixth Mass Extinction", https://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/oct/20/the-four-horsemen-of-the-sixth-mass-extinction, EmmieeM) |
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+Periodically, in the vast spans of time that have preceded us, our planet’s |
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+current extinction crisis is being amplified by what the researchers call the technosphere. |