MOON FIRST / MARS FIRST DEBATE

                STS 497I CLASS Vs. MARS SOCIETY STUDENTS

		           Open to the Public 

		              April 28, 2003
		                Wartik 108
             			  7:30 pm

MODERATORS

Dr. Lisa Brown,
      Director, The Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium

Dr. Chris Churchill
      Research Associate, Dept. of Astronomy
      co-instructor STS497I

Mr. Brock Pronko
      Journalist
      co-instructor STS497I


PARTICULARS				 
    
- Duration will be 1:20 minutes
- There will be 12 students: 6 Moon First Proponents & 6 Mars First Proponents
- The students on each team will be divided into three groups of two
- There will be eight (8) questions in total
- Each group will prepare answers to 3 questions
- There will be an opening statement by each team, 3 min 30 sec max
- There will be 1 "answer", 1 "rebuttal", and 1 "response" for each question
- The "answer" to each question, 3 min max
- The "rebuttal" to each "answer", 4 min max
- The "response" to each "rebuttal", 1 min max
- There will be a "closing statement" by each team, 3 min 30 sec max


NOTE TO PARTICIPANTS

Each team will identify a team leader to represent them.  There will
be a brief introduction to the debate by Chris Churchill.  A coin toss
will decide which team gets the first opening statement or rights to
answer the first of the eight questions.  After the last question, the
team who made the second opening statement will make the first closing
statement.

Visual aids are encouraged (optional).  The answers for each question
can be outlined on a brief Power Point (PPT) presentations that
supports and outlines the verbal articulation of the answer within the
3-4 min time allocation.  Format of the PPT is strictly as follows: 3
slides max, white background, minimum 24 point black Times-Roman font.
One (1) visual aid (graph, image, table) per PPT is allowed.  All PPT
presentations will be loaded on the computer prior to the debate and
the computer will be operated by a designated assistant to facilitate
the execution of the PPT.  Thus, each PPT presentation should have the
name of the format "Moon-Q1.ppt" or "Mars-Q1.ppt".  In addition to the
PPT, only hand held written notes for additional assistance are
allowed.

The eight questions will be available for the participants no later
than Monday April 21st.  Based upon the questions, the team members
should pick their groups and each group should pick three questions
and prepare their PPT answers.  The debate format is as follows:

7:30   1. Introduction 
7:34   2. Coin Toss
7:35   3. Opening Statements

       4. Questions
7:42   Q1. Science benefits; long term, short term
7:51   Q2. Commercial benefits; tourism, entertainment, private sector
8:00   Q3. Psychological; emotional impact on the planet, ramifications
8:09   Q4. Technological barriers; technology, cost benefit analysis
8:18   Q5. Political barriers; space law, space treaties, etc.
8:27   Q6. Physiological barriers; crew health risks, solutions
8:35   Q7. Risk factors; ground support, back-up systems
8:44   Q8. Life support, sustaining life, energy requirements
    
      (2 minutes for teams to prepare closing statements)

8:46   5. Closing Statements
8:53   6. Conclusion, Open Q/A with Audience