Counterplans

Posted in 2011-2012, Advantages, Affirmatives, Counterplans, CX, Disadvantages, Kritiks on April 4, 2011

List of Space Exploration Arguments

This list comes from PlanetDebate.com’s blog, but we’ve added quite a few arguments of our own to the list for arguments for the debate topic on space exploration: Advantages (1) Environmental collapse/overpopulation (2) Overview Effect (3) Economy/Competitiveness (4) Space mil ... Continue Reading

Posted in Affirmatives, Counterplans, CX on April 4, 2011

NASA X-Prize: Affirmative Funding or CP?

So during the alternative energy debate topic, the “X-Prize” – NASA’s unique ‘competition-based’ strategy for citizens to develop the best technology – was used as the “incentive” part of the resolution. For the space exploration debate ... Continue Reading

Posted in Counterplans, CX on April 4, 2011

Heavy Lift vs. Commercial Rocket PIC

via Zane Ryan @ AbnormalMeans: All right, what about a CP text of “do the plan but instead imple­ment it using heavy-lift rockets”? The pol­i­tics DA links are out there: Wednesday’s dis­pute over rocket pri­or­i­ties revived a bat­tle that Con­gress waged last year. ... Continue Reading

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