Episode Details

Jake and Anthony are joined by Richard French, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Space Systems at Rocket Lab, to talk about their Mars Sample Return architecture, the way they’ve been putting the word out on it, and to hear what’s been up with their space systems side of the business lately.

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• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 191 - It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere…at a Rocket Lab Facility (with Richard French) - YouTube
• Rocket Lab | The Space Company | Rocket Lab
• Mars Sample Return | Rocket Lab
• NASA Installs Heat Shield on First Private Spacecraft Bound for Venus - NASA
• NASA selects seven companies for MSR studies - SpaceNews
• NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return - SpaceNews
• Varda Space capsule lands in Australia with critical data for hypersonic vehicles - SpaceNews
• Rocket Lab to expand into laser communications with Mynaric acquisition - SpaceNews
• Rocket Lab on X: “Stage 2's qualification campaign tests…”

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