{"id":150587,"date":"2026-04-29T23:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150587"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:30:18","slug":"us-lawmakers-warn-china-is-top-space-rival-as-race-to-the-moon-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150587","title":{"rendered":"US lawmakers warn China is top space rival as race to the moon intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is the United States\u2019 \u201cmost consequential threat and competitor in space,\u201d leveraging its capabilities \u201cas a tool of diplomacy and influence\u201d, US lawmakers were told at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, as the two countries\u2019 race to the moon intensifies.<br \/>\nThe US and China are locked in a high-stakes space race, with both nations aiming to put astronauts on the moon in the coming years. While China has set a 2030 target for its first crewed lunar landing, the US\u2019 Artemis programme aims&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3351922\/us-lawmakers-warn-china-top-space-rival-race-moon-intensifies?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 is the United States\u2019 \u201cmost consequential threat and competitor in space,\u201d leveraging its capabilities \u201cas a tool of diplomacy and influence\u201d, US lawmakers&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\/150587"}],"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=150587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}