{"id":146071,"date":"2026-02-12T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146071"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T13:00:13","slug":"10-9-8-rocket-test-puts-china-neck-and-neck-with-us-in-moon-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146071","title":{"rendered":"10, 9, 8 &#8230; rocket test puts China neck and neck with US in moon race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s latest rocket test has put the country neck and neck with the US in the race to the moon, with crewed landings before 2030 a realistic goal for both nations, according to analysts.<br \/>\nDuring Wednesday\u2019s eight-minute flight from southern Hainan province, China successfully tested two major components of its crewed lunar system: a mid-air escape of the Mengzhou crew capsule and a full launch, re-entry and splashdown of the moon rocket\u2019s core stage.<br \/>\nRand Simberg, an aerospace engineer and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3343346\/10-9-8-rocket-test-puts-china-neck-and-neck-us-moon-race?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\u2019s latest rocket test has put the country neck and neck with the US in the race to the moon, with crewed landings before&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\/146071"}],"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=146071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}