{"id":5212,"date":"2003-10-15T06:47:34","date_gmt":"2003-10-15T13:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2003-10-15T06:47:34","modified_gmt":"2003-10-15T13:47:34","slug":"in_orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/15\/in_orbit.html","title":{"rendered":"In orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

China has successfully launched its first manned space flight<\/a>, becoming the third country to have put a man into orbit.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all involved, and I’m pleased that someone <\/i>is still pushing that envelope … but I wish it weren’t the PRC. They worry me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China has successfully launched its first manned space flight, becoming the third country to have put a man into orbit. 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