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ISDC 2022 Showcases Student Debates
By Rutuja Pilgar, NSS Education Team, Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education
NSS is dedicated to people working and living in space to better humanity. The NSS ISDC event hosted special sessions and workshops on multiple space development areas. The spUN Debate Program was part of the special sessions. The spUN Debates (space policy and UNiversalization) presses debaters to argue space topics in developing space with a consideration of Universalization. On May 28, 2022 the hybrid High School spUN Debate Tournament Final and the University Pilot Debates were held. Both sets of debates were live-streamed to NSS Facebook and NSS Youtube. View them now at the links below.
The High School Debate had teams join virtually from their home countries. In each team, students from various countries cooperated to act as one. The newly launched University Pilot Program invited the debate teams from Howard University and Georgetown University (both located in Washington, D.C) to participate in the University Pilot spUN debate. The university and high school teams debated the same resolution. The University teams switched sides for a second round.
The 2022 spUN resolution was “Private sector investment in Lunar space development will better serve humanity over public sector investment.”
The 2022 NSS spUN Debate program is very appreciative of the support of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
ISDC 2022 Showcases Student Debates
By Rutuja Pilgar, NSS Education Team, Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education
NSS is dedicated to people working and living in space to better humanity. The NSS ISDC event hosted special sessions and workshops on multiple space development areas. The spUN Debate Program was part of the special sessions. The spUN Debates (space policy and UNiversalization) presses debaters to argue space topics in developing space with a consideration of Universalization. On May 28, 2022 the hybrid High School spUN Debate Tournament Final and the University Pilot Debates were held. Both sets of debates were live-streamed to NSS Facebook and NSS Youtube. View them now at the links below.
The High School Debate had teams join virtually from their home countries. In each team, students from various countries cooperated to act as one. The newly launched University Pilot Program invited the debate teams from Howard University and Georgetown University (both located in Washington, D.C) to participate in the University Pilot spUN debate. The university and high school teams debated the same resolution. The University teams switched sides for a second round.
The 2022 spUN resolution was “Private sector investment in Lunar space development will better serve humanity over public sector investment.”
The 2022 NSS spUN Debate program is very appreciative of the support of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.
