This is really important because if you don't have the stage orientated perfectly with the heat shield down, then basically as the reentry process begins, it's like a big ball of plasma [ and ] it'll basically shred the stage. Rocket Lab More Quotes by Rocket Lab More Quotes From Rocket Lab One advantage of New Zealand being this little island nation in the middle of nowhere is that's the perfect place to launch a rocket. Rocket Lab science We’re not about building a rocket; we’re about enabling the small satellite revolution. Rocket Lab science Certainly lots of hard problems to solve along the way, but we've ticked them off one by one, and made it to launch day. Rocket Lab We didn't want to bite off more than we could chew, the pilots were well briefed : If anything was different from the simulation that they felt that they weren't happy with, then the most important thing is everybody's safety. ... And that's exactly what they executed. So they got a great catch. And and they just didn't like the way the the load was feeling. Rocket Lab This has a massive impact on the launch side. Rocket Lab
