{"id":144783,"date":"2026-01-23T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144783"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:01:06","slug":"can-elon-musks-starship-upend-the-strategic-order-a-chinese-think-tank-warns-it-might","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144783","title":{"rendered":"Can Elon Musk\u2019s Starship upend the strategic order? A Chinese think tank warns it might"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina should seize a potential strategic window opened by Elon Musk\u2019s plans for a reusable launch vessel to stay competitive with the US as it faces the risk of a new power game in space, a Chinese research institute has urged.<br \/>\nIn 2022, the US Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Musk\u2019s firm SpaceX a five-year contract to explore how Starship \u2013 which it is developing with the aim of creating the world\u2019s largest and most powerful launch vehicle \u2013 could be used for \u201cglobal rapid mobility\u201d, which&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3341042\/can-elon-musks-starship-upend-strategic-order-chinese-think-tank-warns-it-might?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina should seize a potential strategic window opened by Elon Musk\u2019s plans for a reusable launch vessel to stay competitive with the US as&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144783"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}