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Go-getter space entrepreneur and pragmatic rocketeer, Peter Beck of Rocket Lab..
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Extremely busy with an eye on the future.

That’s a short and sweet assessment of Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO. In the pantheon of private space groups, Rocket Lab is a roaring success and Beck wants to keep it that way.

Rocket Lab Electron launcher on New Zealand LC-1 launch pad.
Image credit: Kieran Fanning/Rocket Lab

Ask Peter Beck to weigh the firm’s past and where it’s headed. His response: “We joke that a Rocket Lab year is like a dog year. One Rocket Lab year feels like five.”

Artwork depicts Neutron launch vehicle for deploying large spacecraft and satellite constellations.
Image credit: Rocket Lab

In my exclusive interview with Beck, I caught up with the enterprising entrepreneur during the Space Foundation’s 39th Space Symposium, held earlier this month.

For Beck’s look at today and what’s ahead for his company, go to my new Space.com story — Building rockets and looking for life on Venus: Q&A with Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck – at:

https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-peter-beck-interview-april-2024