US fears 'space Pearl Harbor'

Since China launched a missile to take out an out of order satellite, the US has been thinking about defense measures for their satellites. Last time a satellite was destroyed (1985), it was the US who tested a anti-satellites missile. Therefore the words should be taken with some consideration.

Now the result of this test and a possible space-war could be that countries trying to develop their own space infrastructure will withhold their plans for now, because expensive equipment could be destroyed within minutes. Another possibility is that the US and China are going to start a new space race and increase funding and research on exploring space and the solar system.

It seems that when there was any chance of space funding being cut, it's now washed away by the Chinese attempts to show their supremacy in space. China is currently maintaining far less satellites than the US, but should be considered as the most likely enemy when it comes to a race.

Source: Wired