{
  "id": 1570181,
  "title": "China’s space race has a new problem: finding room for failure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/chinas-space-race-has-a-new-problem-finding-room-for-failure-1570181",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T21:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3364147/chinas-space-race-has-new-problem-finding-room-failure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There is something about the speed of consensus on China’s rocket failures that should give us pause. Within hours of Long March-7A rocket’s disintegration over the South China Sea on August 10, trade reports were pointing to an engine as the likely culprit. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) had said nothing of the kind. An official Xinhua report about three hours…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "China’s space race has a new problem: finding room for failure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/chinas-space-race-has-a-new-problem-finding-room-for-failure",
        "published": "2026-08-17T21:30:06.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}