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> Good on RocketLab for finally doing reuse. "finally" seems a little harsh since their first commercial launch was less than a year ago. Seems like they've be
by ohitsdom 7y ago
> Good on RocketLab for finally doing reuse.
"finally" seems a little harsh since their first commercial launch was less than a year ago. Seems like they've been working on it for some time and as mentioned in the presentation, RocketLab is usually pretty careful about what they announce.
They seem really smart with the strategic moves they've been making so I'm excited to see this play out.
- Robotbeat 7y agoPeter Beck is kind of famous for poo-pooing reusability in launch. That's what I'm referring to. In part of the reuse presentation, he said, "this is a cap I'm about to eat because I've said publicly a few times the various things that rocket lab would never do so [i.e. reuse] unfortunately I find myself in the position of eating my hat." Here: https://youtu.be/joONWIGtcdY?t=501 https://youtu.be/joONWIGtcdY?t=501 Rocketlab has been able to execute very effectively, which is why I appreciate them. It had long bothered me that they didn't put their obviously impressive engineering prowess to bear on the reuse problem, and I'm very glad that they've come around.
- Taniwha 7y agoThey seem to prefer to quietly do stuff then announce it (their kick stage for example, the silly sparkly thing), given that I suspect they now have enough data to be really sure they can pull it off