The Future of Space Wars - Can Humans Prevent It?

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lance_Winslow]Lance Winslow
The idea of wars in space seem rather unfortunate, but humans, you know they will probably do what humans do, at least history predicts this, along with futuristic science fiction; Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Trek for instance. But does it have to be this way? Most of the intellectual elite decry weapons in space, personally, I am quite worried about dual-use space tech as the private space industry moves forward, as the last thing we need is Space Jihadists.
Of course, I suppose before too long folks like Tom Clancy will be writing about that too, as have all the Science Fiction writers. Indeed, science is catching up to science fiction writers, so those writers better get their minds in gear, because friends; Space Is Here! Who will participate in space? All nations, all regions, all cultures, that's who.
There was an interesting article recently on SpaceWar [dot] com titled; "China underlines importance of afeguarding peaceful use of outer space," by Staff Writers in
New York NY (XNA) - posted on Oct 19, 2011.
"China said the safeguarding of peaceful use of outer space and preventing the weaponization of and an arms race in outer space; "the outer space is the common wealth of mankind as the global public space," and "The outer space is the common wealth of mankind as the global public space," and "The permanent peace of outer space is correlated to all nations' security, development and prosperity."
Now then, it's not that I do not agree with those comments, truly I do, it's that I do recall that China did shoot down one of its own satellites as a test, and to show the world that it had the capacity to do so. China has war strategy plans to take out enemy surveillance on "high-ground" or space satellites of any enemy if it goes to war and things escalate to that point. Can you imagine the exponential challenge with space debris if a nation starts shooting down or blowing up satellites?
First, the missile will no doubt pre-detonate prior to hitting the satellite so that all the little projectiles go out like a shot gun like a "proximity detonation" strategy. Those projectiles that miss are also space debris and will end up orbiting the Earth endangering other satellites in the future for decades to come. Each time one makes an impact that satellite will shed pieces and so on.
Second, the satellite which is taken out by the missile will come apart into little pieces which will also be orbiting for quite awhile, yes, some pieces will find themselves in orbital decay soon enough, and we will see nice little multi-colored meteor-like streaks overhead now and again.
Why I find China's comments interesting, ironic, and downright hypocritical is because on one hand they are making space weapons, testing them, and on the other hand telling everyone else that we need to do something about this in the future. Well, why not lead by example I dare to ask of the Chinese Government and Military. Please consider all this.
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