Disclosure: long on Rocket Lab Another recent interview with Peter Beck, as a podcast https://www.wemartians.com/podcasts/118-planetary-exploration-at-rocket-

Disclosure: long on Rocket Lab Another recent interview with Peter Beck, as a podcast https://www.wemartians.com/podcasts/118-planetary-exploration-at-rocket-lab-feat-peter-beck https://www.wemartians.com/podcasts/118-planetary-exploratio... It is clear from Rocket Lab's purchases of space hardware companies that they are well aware of SpaceX's downward pressure on launch prices, and are diversifying and vertically integrating their business, to include satellite design and build, as well as selling satellite components off the shelf like star trackers and (momentum) reaction control wheels. https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/rocket-lab-acquires-solaero-holdings-for-80m-to-boost-space-solar-cell-production/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/18/rocket-lab-acquires-solaer... https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/rocket-lab-acquires-planetary-systems-corporation-in-cash-and-stock-deal/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/15/rocket-lab-acquires-planet... https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-acquires-software-company-as-it-plans-additional-deals/ https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-acquires-software-company-a... https://www.rocketlabusa.com/space-systems/satellite-components/reaction-wheels/ https://www.rocketlabusa.com/space-systems/satellite-compone...