Join me in a conversation with Rocket Lab founder, CEO and CTO Peter Beck as he gives us a deep dive on their upcoming Neutron rocket! He shared lots of fun details so I'm very excited about this conversation!
Here's an article version with some bullet points of what was discussed - https://everydayastronaut.com/neutron-update-interview-with-peter-beck/
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Conversation Starts
01:05 - Expending a Reusable Vehicle
02:00 - Integrated Payload Fairing
04:50 - Hung Second Stage
09:00 - Second Stage Engine
09:50 - Why Methane?
12:30 - Why no Barge Landing
14:55 - How to Human Rate Neutron
15:45 - Structural Loads
16:50 - Fairings as Drag Brakes
18:50 - Fixed Legs Heating / Details
22:35 - Wing Strakes
24:10 - Light Mass is a Win
25:20 - Re-Entry Burn
26:05 - Archimedes Engine
30:35 - Injectors
33:05 - Cooling the Engines
36:00 - Vertical Integration
36:55 - Where They'll Build Neutron
38:40 - Second Stage Umbilicals
39:20 - Timeline
41:50 - Neutron VS Competition
43:40 - Pricing
47:20 - What's Exciting in 2022
48:20 - Outro
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