Rocket Lab Founder Peter Beck's vision for the space industry's future

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🗓️ 1 November 2024

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As the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck is a familiar face to anyone in the space industry. But the company's ambitions go far beyond its popular Electron launch vehicle. Today, we're bringing you an interview from TechCrunch Disrupt when Devin Coldewey sat down with Beck to discuss his belief that to thrive, perhaps even to survive, space companies will have to become fully integrated one-stop shops. Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes over at Simplecast. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by Invest Puerto Rico.
0:03.3	If you believe your business can go anywhere, Puerto Rico is the place. Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast about the business of startups.
0:23.7	I'm Rebecca Bilan, and this is usually when you would hear our Friday News Roundup,
0:27.6	but naturally, Disrupt has us doing things a little differently. I'm actually here now in the
0:31.9	green room at Disrupt, which is probably why you hear some background noise, but by the time you
0:35.8	hear this, we'll be flying home from Disrupt. For those of you who came out to SF, thank you. And for those of you who couldn't make it,
0:42.0	check out the episode before this one to hear Kirsten, Margo, and Devin's live show. It was so much fun,
0:47.3	and I hope you enjoyed as much as we did. Speaking of live shows and equities Devin Coldaway, today we're bringing you an interview Devon-led on the space stage with Peter Beck,
0:55.2	the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab.
0:57.2	The pair dug into Beck's belief that to thrive, perhaps even survive,
1:01.1	space companies will have to become a fully integrated one-stop shop.
1:04.5	Let's take a listen.
1:06.9	Thank you for joining us, Peter.
1:08.4	We've talked so many times over the years.
1:09.7	It's always a pleasure. Before we really get started, though, I think for anybody who is worried about this, what's the over under on a neutron launch this year?
1:17.9	This year? This year? No, next year. Next year for sure. Okay. Just making sure. But let me ask you this. Let's say, assume everything goes perfectly well, trip up and down what does that open up for
1:29.0	you as a company what could you what do you get the green light on as soon as you make that successful
1:33.0	trip what do you do the next day and you're like all right go on this go on this yeah one the purpose
1:37.6	of neutron is really twofold one it's to try and you know break up the kind of medium launch monopoly
1:42.7	that is it is today.
1:47.0	And then the other kind of element is to launch our own stuff.
1:51.6	Once you have the first launch, it's a great milestone, but actually, that's the easy bit.
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