“The window for an end year launch is narrowing.”
“The first flight is extremely important... it's really about how do we get to flight 10 in the shortest time possible.”
“rising satellite demand, defense spending and a potential SpaceX IPO are accelerating growth and investor interest in the space sector.”
“It gets a little bit blurry, but I think what is absolutely true is that if you have unfettered rapid and reliable access to space and you can build whatever spacecraft you want to build,…”
“But the thing is the most difficult thing to do, and the most transformational thing you can do is have access to orbit. That's the biggest problem you have to solve in all of this.…”
“We're like, "How can anybody be disruptive in this industry when it takes 12 months to get just a simple star tracker?"”
“In an earnings release, CEO Peter Beck said the Long Beach, California, company is "just days away" from reaching a new annual launch record.”
“Rocket Lab is also tackling mergers and acquisitions that target key defense initiatives such as President Donald Trump's missile defense system plan known as the 'Golden Dome," Beck added.”
“Some people have this burning desire to go into space. I just have a burning desire to create things to enable others to go to space.”
“You have to take risks. If you take no risk, there's no reward ... [and] you end up as a traditional, dinosaur kind of player if you want to remove every last percentage of risk.”
“I would just be thinking of all the safety factors on the valves and the structures that are beneath me. So I don't think it would be very enjoyable at all.”
“he’ll be explaining how full-service, vertically integrated space companies will (again) be the big winners of this evolving space economy.”