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Their very public use of New Zealand launch site led me to incorrect assumption they were less married to USA. And yes, ITAR-Free is becoming a bigger and bigg
by p_l 6y ago
Their very public use of New Zealand launch site led me to incorrect assumption they were less married to USA.
And yes, ITAR-Free is becoming a bigger and bigger selling point both in military and space industries (also, besides ITAR, such high-profile contracts with USA entities are generally bad for you...)
- GoOnThenDoTell 6y agoLaunch companies specifically need the anchor customers of nasa/airforce, or the equivalent in their own country. This is, I assume, why Rocket Lab eventually became a USA company
- p_l 6y agoCommercial clients are very interested in "ITAR-free" solutions though