Should public companies retain the majority over private companies in the space sector?
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Just a short debate this time. I'm not sure if this topic could be expanded to perhaps 5 or 7.5 thousand characters, so the purpose of this debate is to just get a sense of what the context will be. If this debate turns out to be interesting, then I'll definitely make a longer one.
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So should public companies be the majority of the space sector? Even over private companies?
50% F
Pro ff half of the debate, that's poor conduct!
First off, I kinda like this idea of a small proof of concept debate.
The resolution was a bit ambiguous, but con gave a fair interpretation of it to companies owned privately owned or publicly traded. Pro took it to be the private vs. public sector, to which both of con's company types would be in the private sector. No reason con's interpretation should be rejected was given; I can imagine a case for this, but not when going into the final round.
Private companies being able to invest in the long term rather than being held to the whims of the stock market and general public opinion, seems better than publicly traded companies. This effectively went unchallenged. NASA is of course great, but outside the implied scope of the debate, and entered into it too late for that to be defended.
Conduct for forfeiture.
Good debate. And no worries about the forfeit. We all get busy.
Good debate! Oh, and thanks for keeping your last round short. Sorry that I forfeited. Completely forgot about this over the holidays.
Sure man! Just challenge me whenever you're ready
Hey, after we're done here do you want to do that "America is a messed up place" debate we had talked about some time ago?