Aviation Week : Story:
"When Sputnik launched, it was inconceivable that China and Iran could match the feat. Now China has flown three humans in orbit, and has enough satellites operating that it could afford to shatter one of the older ones while it was still functioning so its loss of signal could provide quick confirmation that its ASAT weapon worked. Few doubt that, left to its own devices, Iran can orbit its own satellite as well."
A nation of only 300 million needs to work hard to stay ahead of nations with more than a billion citizens. If we don't maintain our lead in space technology, then we will become a small client state at the mercy of those nations which posses the will to act in their own best interests.
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