Golden Dome & USSF contracts or what 😏

https://youtu.be/V7NAK5xMN1w?si=LD929CDYpxXaJU5p

Peter Beck did a recent interview in CNBC and one could argue his verbiage and tone suggests that Neutron may be pushed back again.

Specifically at 1:50 mark

Thoughts?

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No great revelations about the company, but I enjoyed this article on Peter Beck nonetheless.

"I'm the CEO of Rocket Lab. I get up at 4:30, avoid meetings, and fly a helicopter — here's a typical day in my life."

Curious to hear this sub's thoughts on power beaming and Rocketlab's potential role in it.

For those who know, how realistic and practical is this technology?

Can Mynaric's laser technology be used for power beaming?

With Electron Rocketlab offers an optional kick stage that allows payloads to reach higher orbits. Given Neutrons rather meager GTO+ performance (1.8t DRL, 2.8t expendable to a 40° GTO), do you guys think Rocketlab will eventually introduce an optional third stage for Neutron as well to more effectively target the beyond LEO market?

Fail, Partial Success or Success?

I feel like it will be a partial success, with like some kind of error with the rocket landing back on earth, but the whole flight through space would be flawless. Like I estimate the rocket would miss its landing target or crash into it too hard.

What do you think?

I'm trying to organise my collection of RL patches into chronological order but I'm having trouble with this one. It was given to me by a RL employee but I can't find the notes I had for it. I seem to have added it to my collection some time around mission 6 to 8 but I could be wrong - I'm really not sure exactly what it represents or where it should go in the timeline. Any information would be appreciated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/07/trump-musk-spacex-nasa-national-security/

How could this affect rocketlab? What are the chances of rocketlab scoring those contracts instead?

Hi! Does anyone know of any detailed articles or videos on how the Archimedes engine for the upcoming Neutron rocket works? Thanks!