India Joins Space-Competition

So now that India has joined the small list of nations that can sustain a space presence (in terms of satellites, anyway), this begins to really beg the question: With the advent of all these rising regional superpowers, what does this mean in terms of power shift? Will we be faced with even more drastic globalization, as industrial and technological centers arise in every area of the world? I would assume this draws power away from the tradition American/European centralization, and distributes it across a broader spectrum. If these various technologies become available to just about anyone, then we will see far greater competition in the high-tech areas that we are used to enjoying total dominance in. This in turn shrinks our relevance, as grassroots solutions are formed in power bases that want to shrug of the chains of dependence on the western solutions; (read: China’s development of it’s own operating systems, chips, and internet). It’s fascinating to watch unfold, but you have to wonder what the long-term outcome of it is….