Top-secret X-37B mini-shuttle mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral

Jeff Findley wrote:
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China *being* in space is a game changer. Commercial being in space is
a game changer. For totally different reasons.

Please tell me how is China being in space a "game changer".

Ability to launch into space equals ability to take out any satellite
below geosync. Goodbye GPS and you name it should they decide to go to
war.

Ability to launch into space grows as developed and development only
stops when the country decides to stop. Very little development has
been done in the west since the fall of the Soviet Union - Both sides
decided to ramp down development. We can't assume that since the west
slowed development the Chinese will as well. On this growth path they
don't even need to decide to go to war. They just need to keep building
until there is enough industry in space to make it worth continuing
launches to sustain that industry. Industry grows once it's in place.

Basically the exact same game changes that happened when each other
launching country started. Will they decide to destroy existing
infrastructure and go to war? Will they dedicate the resources to
dominate space presence?