Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab, joined The Business of Tech podcast to discuss Electron resuability.
Notable discussion points:
- Latest Electron recovery represents successful operationalization of recovery process.
- Hardware is surprisingly minimally impacted by marine recovery.
- Up to 50% of future Electron mission may eventually be reusable.
- Electron recovery program has substantially informed Neutron development process.
- Peter Beck’s current primary focus is Neutron.
- Recovered Rutherford engine will be flown soon.
- Physical Neutron program hardware is proliferating as development progresses.
- Peter Beck does not want to go to Mars. “Have you seen that place? It’s a fixer-upper!”