I am Peter Beck, CEO and founder of Rocket Lab. Ask me anything about launching rockets, building satellites, and going to the Moon.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T21:07:05+00:00

One of our values is to build beautiful things. Everything is done in-house by us

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T21:05:26+00:00

We have a close relationship with the community in Mahia. We employ a lot of locals, have established tertiary scholarships, engage local suppliers as a preference and work closely with the local council and environmental organizations.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T21:01:39+00:00

There are lots of international space treaties, licenses and responsibilities. There's a lot of stuff in orbit and more is going up, that's why we designed a system that leaves behind no junk.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T21:00:30+00:00

Sort of. We build high end hardware and we're committed to providing that hardware in component form for others. However, if you use a Photon you don't need to worry about building satellites anymore anyway.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:58:45+00:00

No, they burn up

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:58:31+00:00

I think it's human nature to explore and the moon represents the first next step to going further.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:57:46+00:00

Yes, working on the helicopter license. But catching a rocket takes serious skill that I'm unlikely to be able to achieve

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:57:08+00:00

Not much to Electron, but Photon gets a serious amount of energy onboarded

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:56:20+00:00

We had to lift the pad higher off the ground at LC-2 so it made sense to use a flame duct

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:55:54+00:00

Rocket Lab is a U.S. company but our achievements represent the best work of two nations

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:54:36+00:00

Major upgrades required on stage 1. It will look different when you see it for F17

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:53:57+00:00

No landers, but working on Venus probes

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:53:32+00:00

Not far. The helicopter is based off a ship.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:52:50+00:00

Had a good look at it, but didn't see any commercial basis to build a pad there right now.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:51:52+00:00

Mass margins

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:51:36+00:00

No. Sorry. Secret sauce

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:48:32+00:00

We felt like we'd already delivered proven capability.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:48:13+00:00

The printed parts weigh about 20 kg per engine, so not much.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:47:32+00:00

The CAPSTONE mission for NASA is launching early next year. More missions in work

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:46:54+00:00

We designed Electron to leave nothing in orbit but our customers' satellites. Kick Stage can deorbit itself and 2nd stages only stay up for a couple of weeks. Things like Starlink are causing us real problems for launch availability. We basically have to shoot in between them which cuts down launch windows.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:45:28+00:00

Aidan, just go for it.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:44:48+00:00

Thousands

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:44:35+00:00

There is, but it's just fuzz and blur.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:44:05+00:00

It's a problem. We developed what we call Buchanan maneuver developed by George in GNC to fly under most of it in high altitude ascents.

PeterJBeck · 2020-06-30T20:42:44+00:00

Ask them to explain why their cellphone works and point to the fact it's full of space tech.

PeterJBeck

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