Rocket Lab launch a success
Capitalism in space: Rocket Lab today successfully placed a DARPA technology satellite in orbit using its smallsat Electron rocket.
Expect there to be an increase in the pace of launches from this company in the coming months.
The leaders in the 2019 launch race remain the same however:
3 SpaceX
3 China
3 Europe (Arianespace)
2 Russia
The U.S. however now leads in the national rankings, 6 to 3, over China and Europe. I list Rocket Lab as an American company because that’s what the company calls itself, even though it launches from New Zealand and right now builds the bulk of its rockets there.
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Capitalism in space: Rocket Lab today successfully placed a DARPA technology satellite in orbit using its smallsat Electron rocket.
Expect there to be an increase in the pace of launches from this company in the coming months.
The leaders in the 2019 launch race remain the same however:
3 SpaceX
3 China
3 Europe (Arianespace)
2 Russia
The U.S. however now leads in the national rankings, 6 to 3, over China and Europe. I list Rocket Lab as an American company because that’s what the company calls itself, even though it launches from New Zealand and right now builds the bulk of its rockets there.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
And no Richard Branson…
“I list Rocket Lab as an American company because that’s what the company calls itself, even though it launches from New Zealand and right now builds the bulk of its rockets there.”
International Launch Services is headquartered in Virginia. Do Proton launches count as American?
Jim Davis: ILS does not own, build, or launch any rockets. It merely acts as the U.S. agent for the Russians.
We’ve had this discussion before. I admit that Rocket Lab’s nationality is up to debate. I have to assign it somewhere. For awhile I did list it as New Zealand. Peter Beck, the company’s president, then settled it for me.