{"id":154627,"date":"2026-07-15T13:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154627"},"modified":"2026-07-15T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T13:00:06","slug":"why-the-us-china-space-race-could-come-down-to-a-thin-metal-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=154627","title":{"rendered":"Why the US-China space race could come down to a thin metal cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the high\u2011stakes space race between the United States and China, the decisive advantage could come down to a metal cap that few outside the industry have ever heard of: the propellant tank dome.<br \/>\nAn ellipsoidal bulkhead several metres wide but only millimetres thick, the dome must withstand extreme internal pressures, vibration and shock. The rounded, capsule-like end cap is also very difficult to mass-produce.<br \/>\nWhichever country can make these components faster, cheaper and more reliably will&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3360682\/why-us-china-space-race-could-come-down-thin-metal-cap?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 PostIn the high\u2011stakes space race between the United States and China, the decisive advantage could come down to a metal cap that few outside&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\/154627"}],"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=154627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}