31 Jul 2014

Rocket Lab - Peter Beck

From Afternoons, 2:08 pm on 31 July 2014

The New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab has big plans to open up space for business. The company has unveiled a greener rocket capable of sending small satellites into space for a fraction of current costs. Electron, the 10-tonne, 18-metre carbon-composite rocket, could carry satellites weighing up to 120 kilograms into space. Peter Beck is the founder of Rocket Lab.

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