Instigator / Pro
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rating
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debates
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Topic
#1678

Significant economic and political resources should to be allocated to advance space exploration

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
3
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with the same amount of points on both sides...

It's a tie!
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
7,500
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
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rating
6
debates
66.67%
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Description

DEFINITIONS:
[in relation to this debate]

"Significant" [present and future] - enough devotion where a adequate amount of progress can be sustained, and with a majority of goals completed

"Economic and Political Resources" - The money and political/social attention devoted into said task

"Allocated" [present and future] - Saving or spending

"Advance" [present and future] - Further develop an entity beyond existing conditions

"Space Exploration" - The process of exploring, entering, and/or utilizing space

Time Frame - Starting now, and stopping at the end of the 21st century

Anything I missed?

MODEL:

We will devote a significant amount of resources, both political and economic, towards space exploration. This can include tasks such as scientific research, asteroid experiments, and foreign body colonization.

My goal is to prove that we have to devote time to space exploration, and Con's duty is to prove that we don't need to devote time to space exploration

Overall, should we advance our status quo of space exploration?

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@Thoth

Good debate!

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@DynamicSquid

No problem. I appreciate your kind response.

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@Jeff_Goldblum

Got it man. Thanks for your detailed vote!

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@DynamicSquid

YEEEEE!!!

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@Thoth

Good debate!

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@Alec

$200 billion per year!!!!!! DUDE!!!!

Also, I disagree. We should utilize the Moon, but not colonize it. Mars is a better opportunity. Interesting debate topic...

The funny thing is that I actually agree with my opponent. I'm just arguing the other side because I enjoy doing things like that.

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@DynamicSquid

NASA currently gets $19 billion annually. I think once we get our debt paid off, this can go to around $200 billion per year. Hopefully they colonize the moon with it and get the natural resources from it.

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@Alec

Enough done so that comparing our progress from the start to the end, we can see significant change.

Well, don't get too caught up in the definitions. What the topic seems at face value is what I meant. The definitions are there to seem more "formal" you could say.

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@DynamicSquid

How much money would you dedicate?

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@Alec

How much what?

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@DynamicSquid

How much?