{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Space Stakes: The Business of the New Space Race","title":"China Details Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Architecture as ESCAPADE — November 3, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":589,"description":"China has disclosed a two-launch architecture for a crewed lunar landing before 2030, with a sequence of uncrewed tests ahead. We also cover NASA’s ESCAPADE flybys, SES airline connectivity deals and Tumbleweed’s reentry-vehicle funding.\nChina Plans “Two Launches, Lunar Orbit Rendezvous” to Land Taikonauts on Moon — SpacePolicyOnline.com\nFlight 99, 100% mission success — Peter Beck on X\nNASA ESCAPADE Probes Attempt First-Ever Powered Earth Flyby on Way to Mars This Week — Tech Times\nESCAPADE Trans-Mars Injection post — Rocket Lab on X\nSES Wins Multi-Orbit IFC Deals for Finnair and Air Astana — Via Satellite\nTumbleweed Raises €6.9M to Build its Own Reentry Vehicle — Payload\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:43 ESCAPADE probes fire engines near Earth\n02:07 SES won deals with Finnair, Air Astana\n03:25 Tumbleweed closed seed round for Oasis Beta\n04:16 China's plan for a crewed lunar landing\n06:41 Lunar race deadlines and test plans\nSource links\n@RocketLab on X\n@RocketLab on X\nSpace Stakes is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Space Stakes: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Quickly Quantum, the daily quantum computing briefing, and Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing. Transcripts and every episode: space-stakes.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nyaLFXa2ttfx9M9mPzUM3GElEJH7pfmkmAcNiSR-ELQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/NTM1MDE3MTIwNjMx/ZDJhOGJmOGM4OGZl/ODFhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}