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$RKLB Neutron will be the largest carbon fiber structure to ever fly once it's completed. Some critics say it's not realistic because it would be the first carbon fiber structure of that size to fly, but I'd argue Rocket Lab is pretty good at firsts: "We were the first...

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$RKLB "Neutron will be the largest carbon fiber structure to ever fly when completed" It's so cool that we get to hear directly from the people actually building the rocket about the process, the details and the challenges involved. But it's also very silly how some people on Twitter, despite never having built a rocket or having any real expertise in the field, feel qualified to talk shit about a project that countless engineers and technicians are working incredibly hard to bring to life ASAP...all for views and engagement.
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$RKLB "Neutron will be the largest carbon fiber structure to ever fly when completed" It's so cool that we get to hear directly from the people actually building the rocket about the process, the details and the challenges involved. But it's also very silly how some people on Twitter, despite never having built a rocket or having any real expertise in the field, feel qualified to talk shit about a project that countless engineers and technicians are working incredibly hard to bring to life ASAP...all for views and engagement.

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ELON MUSK: "When my kids were born that would be the most inspiring moment of my life. In terms of work, it was when we had the first production Roadster at Tesla. On the rocket side, first time getting to orbit, getting the rocket to come back and land was pretty cool."

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$RKLB Rocket Lab heading to Venus is going to be epic! "Rocket Lab has been an incredible partner and they've done an absolutely fantastic job. And when we first teamed up a bunch of years ago, we were slated to go on the Electron. That is Rocket Lab's amazingly reliable, small capacity rocket. But for a variety of reasons, Rocket Lab has put us on the Neutron, their much higher capability rocket." — Professor Seager, Director for the MIT-led Venus Morning Star Missions to Venus For those who don't know, Rocket Lab is set to launch the first private mission to Venus, searching for evidence of organic compounds in the planet’s cloud layer, possible traces of life. The mission is being developed in collaboration with MIT and is privately funded.
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$RKLB Rocket Lab heading to Venus is going to be epic! "Rocket Lab has been an incredible partner and they've done an absolutely fantastic job. And when we first teamed up a bunch of years ago, we were slated to go on the Electron. That is Rocket Lab's amazingly reliable, small capacity rocket. But for a variety of reasons, Rocket Lab has put us on the Neutron, their much higher capability rocket." — Professor Seager, Director for the MIT-led Venus Morning Star Missions to Venus For those who don't know, Rocket Lab is set to launch the first private mission to Venus, searching for evidence of organic compounds in the planet’s cloud layer, possible traces of life. The mission is being developed in collaboration with MIT and is privately funded.

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🚀Engineers + Machinists: Rocket Lab is hiring! 📍🏭Middle River, MD: Home to our newest Space Structures Complex, where carbon fiber becomes the backbone of Neutron. Our composite manufacturing team is pushing the boundaries of what's possible in aerospace manufacturing – and crafting the largest composite structures ever built for a reusable rocket.
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🚀Engineers + Machinists: Rocket Lab is hiring! 📍🏭Middle River, MD: Home to our newest Space Structures Complex, where carbon fiber becomes the backbone of Neutron. Our composite manufacturing team is pushing the boundaries of what's possible in aerospace manufacturing – and crafting the largest composite structures ever built for a reusable rocket.

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#WATCH | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: On the launch of India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1, by Skyroot Aerospace, Pawan Kumar Chandana, CEO and Founder of Skyroot Aerospace, says, "... This is the first time that a private company in India has built the rocket, brought the launch pad, and taken off... It is a very important moment for the global space sector... We are proud that we were able to do this. A team with an average age of just 28 years has built India's first private orbital rocket... The rocket is completely built with carbon composite..."
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#WATCH | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: On the launch of India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket, Vikram-1, by Skyroot Aerospace, Pawan Kumar Chandana, CEO and Founder of Skyroot Aerospace, says, "... This is the first time that a private company in India has built the rocket, brought the launch pad, and taken off... It is a very important moment for the global space sector... We are proud that we were able to do this. A team with an average age of just 28 years has built India's first private orbital rocket... The rocket is completely built with carbon composite..."

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Neutron is a reusable medium-lift rocket developed by Rocket Lab for launching large payloads into space. It is powered by nine Archimedes engines on the first stage and a single vacuum-optimized Archimedes engine on the second stage, using liquid methane and oxygen. It can carry up to 13,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit, making it suitable for satellite deployment and future space missions.

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$RKLB 🚀🛰️👀🛰️🚀 "If you have the ability to vertically integrate and build any spacecraft that you wish, and then go and launch it at scale and at frequency, your ability to put infrastructure, which in turn is services in orbit, is unparallel to anybody else - that's what it looks like for comms right now and I would say that is what it's going to look like for many many space services in orbit" - Peter Beck, Founder & CEO of Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
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$RKLB 🚀🛰️👀🛰️🚀 "If you have the ability to vertically integrate and build any spacecraft that you wish, and then go and launch it at scale and at frequency, your ability to put infrastructure, which in turn is services in orbit, is unparallel to anybody else - that's what it looks like for comms right now and I would say that is what it's going to look like for many many space services in orbit" - Peter Beck, Founder & CEO of Rocket Lab USA, Inc.

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$RKLB CEO Peter Beck said Neutron is key to scaling payload capacity & lowering launch costs as Rocket Lab pushes deeper into orbital infrastructure. It’s all part of Rocket Lab’s plan to become a vertically integrated space platform which is why Beck joked that “world domination” is part of the thesis.
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$RKLB CEO Peter Beck said Neutron is key to scaling payload capacity & lowering launch costs as Rocket Lab pushes deeper into orbital infrastructure. It’s all part of Rocket Lab’s plan to become a vertically integrated space platform which is why Beck joked that “world domination” is part of the thesis.

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Here’s why $RKLB just spent ~$8B acquiring $IRDM. Rocket Lab wants to own the network, spectrum and recurring revenue layer once satellites are in orbit which is why this deal is really about vertical integration as Neutron comes online. Once Rocket Lab can launch Iridium satellites on Neutron then it internalizes a cost that used to flow to third-party launch providers making the deal way more accretive over time as Neutron comes online. What I like is that Iridium also brings something Rocket Lab stack has lacked which is recurring, high-margin service revenue tied to global connectivity, direct-to-device and government communications. The space economy is splitting into companies that can launch and refresh their own networks and companies that have to rent access to orbit. $SPCX already proved which side wins because if you own both launch and the network then you control the cost structure, refresh cycle and margin stack in a way third-party launch customers cannot match. Launch gets you to orbit but connectivity is what you monetize once you're there and the companies that own both the launch layer and the network become the platforms of the space economy.
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$RKLB won the AWS company of the year. Peter Beck highlights: - Electron was the 3rd most rocket launches in the world LAST year. - Electron is the 2nd most rocket-launched in the world THIS year. - Escapade mission 2 spacecrafts just whip passed the moon and are about 1.5 million miles away from Mars and will arrive in Mars' orbit in 1 year. - By then, 20% of what is in Mars' orbit will be built by Rocket Lab "We had a great 2025 , but man, 2026 is going to be way bigger" What a company !!!

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#WATCH | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Kumar Chandan, CEO and Founder of Skyroot Aerospace, says, "Today, we are here at the Spaceport of India, Sriharikota, where we are going to launch India's first private orbital rocket... The first time in India that a private company has developed an orbital rocket and taken it to the launch site and is going to take off soon. And it's a proud moment for India... very few companies in the world have actually launched a rocket to orbit, and very few companies in the world are operating regular orbital rockets. This is a very unique capability which the world needs. And as an Indian company, we are very proud that we are going to launch our first test flight of Vikram-1 soon..."
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#WATCH | Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh: Pawan Kumar Chandan, CEO and Founder of Skyroot Aerospace, says, "Today, we are here at the Spaceport of India, Sriharikota, where we are going to launch India's first private orbital rocket... The first time in India that a private company has developed an orbital rocket and taken it to the launch site and is going to take off soon. And it's a proud moment for India... very few companies in the world have actually launched a rocket to orbit, and very few companies in the world are operating regular orbital rockets. This is a very unique capability which the world needs. And as an Indian company, we are very proud that we are going to launch our first test flight of Vikram-1 soon..."

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$RKLB CEO Peter Beck said some space valuations are “completely untethered to reality” but reliable launch is the exception because almost nobody has actually scaled it. Out of 142 small-launch startups tracked when Rocket Lab was founded, only two reached reliable orbital cadence: $SPCX & $RKLB. Thats why access to orbit carries a premium since its scarce, demand is growing and very few companies can actually deliver it.
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$RKLB CEO Peter Beck said some space valuations are “completely untethered to reality” but reliable launch is the exception because almost nobody has actually scaled it. Out of 142 small-launch startups tracked when Rocket Lab was founded, only two reached reliable orbital cadence: $SPCX & $RKLB. Thats why access to orbit carries a premium since its scarce, demand is growing and very few companies can actually deliver it.

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123,144 views • 1 month ago

Elon Musk: Our goal is to fly Starship like an aircraft. “In order to achieve full reusability, everything's got to be perfect. The engines, the structure, the avionics, the choice of propellant. You've got to go to extreme measures for mass optimization, which is why we have the tower catch the rocket. Instead of putting on landing legs, which are heavy, the rocket can simply be caught by the tower. And we haven't achieved full reusability yet, but we do expect to achieve that hopefully later this year with Starship. If you're going to go a step beyond that, which is to make it rapidly reusable such that the rocket lands, it gets caught by the tower, gets put back on the launch stand and can be flown again without any refurbishment or laborious inspection. Like an aircraft. Yeah, this is incredibly difficult. This is the first time that there's ever been a rocket where that is possible. That's what makes Starship so profound.” Source: AI Satellite presentation, SpaceX, June 8, 2026
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Elon Musk: Our goal is to fly Starship like an aircraft. “In order to achieve full reusability, everything's got to be perfect. The engines, the structure, the avionics, the choice of propellant. You've got to go to extreme measures for mass optimization, which is why we have the tower catch the rocket. Instead of putting on landing legs, which are heavy, the rocket can simply be caught by the tower. And we haven't achieved full reusability yet, but we do expect to achieve that hopefully later this year with Starship. If you're going to go a step beyond that, which is to make it rapidly reusable such that the rocket lands, it gets caught by the tower, gets put back on the launch stand and can be flown again without any refurbishment or laborious inspection. Like an aircraft. Yeah, this is incredibly difficult. This is the first time that there's ever been a rocket where that is possible. That's what makes Starship so profound.” Source: AI Satellite presentation, SpaceX, June 8, 2026

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