Rocket Lab's next launch, its 20th to date and scheduled for May, will feature the second Electron splashdown recovery with a "beefed up" heat shield:
"This is really the next step in the iteration to make Electron reusable," @Peter_J_Beck told me. cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc…
"This is really the next step in the iteration to make Electron reusable," @Peter_J_Beck told me. cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc…
Beck said this is the second of three planned splashdown recoveries, with the company having "severely disassembled" the first Electron booster it recovered, which overall "was in remarkable shape." cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc…
After three splashdown recoveries, Rocket Lab will then move to the final step of its reuse plan: Plucking the booster with its parachute from the sky with a helicopter. cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc… $VACQ
Rocket Lab’s goal in reusing Electron is simple, Beck said: “Launch, catch, repeat.”
The company’s announcement comes on a remarkable anniversary for rocket reusability — 5 years ago today SpaceX stuck its first drone ship booster landing:
cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc… @elonmusk
The company’s announcement comes on a remarkable anniversary for rocket reusability — 5 years ago today SpaceX stuck its first drone ship booster landing:
cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc… @elonmusk
As for Neutron's reuse plans, Beck does not expect Rocket Lab's next-generation rocket will have a "need for hop tests" like SpaceX conducted with its Falcon 9 "Grasshopper" prototype.
“That we don’t see as a program risk."
cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc… $VACQ
“That we don’t see as a program risk."
cnbc.com/2021/04/08/roc… $VACQ
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