NZ is beating Australia here - nothing like some healthy competition...
Everyday Astronaut – Tim Dodd – a major US Space/ Rocket commentator always does a great job explaining and describing everything to do with rocket launch, space flight, satellite deployment and recovery.
The Kiwis have their branding to a level that rivals SpaceX.
Rocket Lab may have just dropped a nuke on the small sat launch market by secretly opening up an enormous factory in Auckland, New Zealand. With only about 72 hours notice, I wound up flying to New Zealand to get an exclusive look at their new 7,500 sq/m (80,700 sq/ft) factory that is streamlined for an impressive production rate.
What rocket has 9 engines on its first stage, is built by a privately owned aerospace company, uses the most advanced manufacturing techniques available, is one of the cheapest rides to space and has a body that's almost entirely made out of carbon fiber? If you said SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket you'd be wrong!
I had an amazing 80 minute sit down interview with the one and only Peter Beck, the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab. This man is brilliant and it was so much fun to pick his brain. Inside Rocket Lab - https://youtu.be/-VGZ8DGkiyc A rundown on the Electron rocket!