“Neutron will scale a lot faster than even Electron scaled… because we’ve just put in place - both from a design perspective but also just from a manufacturing and infrastructure perspective we’re just so far further ahead than we were with the likes of Electron.” $RKLB
My first interview with @Peter_J_Beck, Founder & CEO of @RocketLab.
Rocket Lab is scaling launch cadence faster than SpaceX scaled Falcon 9.
0:44 The biggest bottleneck to increasing launch cadence and mass to orbit
1:25 Growth of new space startups
3:05 Why governments have been ineffective at scaling launch
3:53 Tall Poppy Syndrome
4:38 Starting Rocket Lab without having $100 million
7:24 Scaling Electron vs focusing on Neutron
9:17 Rocket Lab hustle
11:10 Creating a culture of “F*ck it, let’s do it”
11:40 Worst supplier experiences
13:54 Having an engine explode before an important meeting
18:52 Rocket Lab’s first mission to the moon
20:55 Chewing glass and forcing the outcome to be good
22:57 Similarities in how Elon and Peter operate
25:05 Elon time and how to structure timelines
27:13 Designing a culture where everyone runs towards the fire
28:44 Making the Ferrari of rockets — the importance of creating beautiful things
31:20 “You don’t need to equate a price tag to beauty”
32:12 Why Peter hates launch day
34:48 “After a launch failure this place is a morgue”
35:22 Moving forward after a failure
36:40 Transitioning from an R&D organization to scaling rocket production
38:07 Production hell with rockets
39:09 Taking learnings from Electron to Neutron
41:03 Having dinner with Elon
42:00 Keeping the hiring bar extraordinarily high
44:05 “My job is to fix sh*t”
44:56 Rocket Lab’s first NASA launch
45:55 “The great thing about America is anything is possible”
47:40 Coming to Silicon Valley — meeting with Vinod Khosla
51:22 Why he decided to take $RKLB public
54:12 Creating a company that will outlive you
55:41 Turning Rocket Lab into a profitable business
57:23 The best space companies will all build their own rockets
1:00:35 Scaling Neutron
1:01:32 Why they’re using carbon fiber instead of steel
1:02:56 “Going public was a great capital unlock”
1:04:10 The importance of relentless optimism
I’m definitely a buyer of $RKLB at these levels. I don’t try and time the bottom, especially when it’s a generational company with legendary founder/ceo @Peter_J_Beck
I’ll be honest, I’ve been an investor in $LMND since ipo and I’ve never seen them deliver so fast. New state after another, can’t even keep up anymore. @Lemonade_Inc team is cooking 🔥
$RKLB what if the Hungry Hippo mechanism isn’t only used to release the payload. What if it really does as the name implies and can be modified in the future to even capture spacecrafts or debris and bring them back to Earth or de orbit them? 🤔 Just some food for thought!
$RKLB what if the Hungry Hippo mechanism isn’t only used to release the payload. What if it really does as the name implies and can be modified in the future to even capture spacecrafts or debris and bring them back to Earth or de orbit them? 🤔 Just some food for thought!
$RKLB what if the Hungry Hippo mechanism isn’t only used to release the payload. What if it really does as the name implies and can be modified in the future to even capture spacecrafts or debris and bring them back to Earth or de orbit them? 🤔 Just some food for thought!
$HIMS is in a fantastic spot right now. Legal overhang lifted with $NVO partnership and incoming peptide boom with FDA reclassification. Don’t forget @wearehims is the only DTC Telehealth company that owns their own peptide manufacturing facility.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but $FLY is not the next $RKLB. Sure the market cap is much smaller, but for a reason. Space is hard and @Peter_J_Beck is a legendary engineer. If you’re an OG space investor, you would know that it’s best to stick with the best.
I see a lot of people on X wanting to get into lower cap space stocks for bigger returns. Space is not easy and not everyone will survive. From experience, I’m sticking with companies with a proven track record and with a legendary ceo/founder such as @Peter_J_Beck $RKLB
Rocket Lab has received regulatory approval to acquire Mynaric ✅
The transaction has been approved by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. As a result we expect the transaction to close in April.
“Neutron will scale a lot faster than even Electron scaled… because we’ve just put in place - both from a design perspective but also just from a manufacturing and infrastructure perspective we’re just so far further ahead than we were with the likes of Electron.” $RKLB
My first interview with @Peter_J_Beck, Founder & CEO of @RocketLab.
Rocket Lab is scaling launch cadence faster than SpaceX scaled Falcon 9.
0:44 The biggest bottleneck to increasing launch cadence and mass to orbit
1:25 Growth of new space startups
3:05 Why governments have been ineffective at scaling launch
3:53 Tall Poppy Syndrome
4:38 Starting Rocket Lab without having $100 million
7:24 Scaling Electron vs focusing on Neutron
9:17 Rocket Lab hustle
11:10 Creating a culture of “F*ck it, let’s do it”
11:40 Worst supplier experiences
13:54 Having an engine explode before an important meeting
18:52 Rocket Lab’s first mission to the moon
20:55 Chewing glass and forcing the outcome to be good
22:57 Similarities in how Elon and Peter operate
25:05 Elon time and how to structure timelines
27:13 Designing a culture where everyone runs towards the fire
28:44 Making the Ferrari of rockets — the importance of creating beautiful things
31:20 “You don’t need to equate a price tag to beauty”
32:12 Why Peter hates launch day
34:48 “After a launch failure this place is a morgue”
35:22 Moving forward after a failure
36:40 Transitioning from an R&D organization to scaling rocket production
38:07 Production hell with rockets
39:09 Taking learnings from Electron to Neutron
41:03 Having dinner with Elon
42:00 Keeping the hiring bar extraordinarily high
44:05 “My job is to fix sh*t”
44:56 Rocket Lab’s first NASA launch
45:55 “The great thing about America is anything is possible”
47:40 Coming to Silicon Valley — meeting with Vinod Khosla
51:22 Why he decided to take $RKLB public
54:12 Creating a company that will outlive you
55:41 Turning Rocket Lab into a profitable business
57:23 The best space companies will all build their own rockets
1:00:35 Scaling Neutron
1:01:32 Why they’re using carbon fiber instead of steel
1:02:56 “Going public was a great capital unlock”
1:04:10 The importance of relentless optimism
$HIMS is in a fantastic spot right now. Legal overhang lifted with $NVO partnership and incoming peptide boom with FDA reclassification. Don’t forget @wearehims is the only DTC Telehealth company that owns their own peptide manufacturing facility.
Our largest launch contract yet: 20x new HASTE launches for @DeptofWar to accelerate hypersonics for America.
We're delivering reliable, modern hypersonic capabilities to the nation with speed and affordability - and the first mission in this block of launches is just months away🚀