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panick21_last Monday at 3:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

You act as if 'launch' is a thing. All Rocket Lab launches ever combined don't even fill a single SpaceX rocket. Those are not the same thing.

Lets see their reliability when they have a bigger rocket and if they can land reliably. Because their rocket will be quite expensive to build.


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schainkslast Monday at 3:54 PM

I think that’s the point of their niche right? They are already plenty reliable. Also let’s them do stuff like this:

https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/victus-haze/

kjs3yesterday at 7:24 PM

Gulfstreams don't actually 'fly' because Boeing built the 747. Sure.

hgoellast Monday at 10:46 PM

We know from the graveyard of companies that reached orbit with their small rockets and ran out of funding before they got to be reliable, that reliably flying even a small rocket is pretty good.

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