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0:05·CHARLES: FOLKS ROCKET LABS
0:06·RESULTS OUT LAST NIGHT AND LET'S
0:07·JUST SAY THE CROWD WENT WILD.
0:10·BEARS ACROSS-THE-BOARD, YOU
0:13·KNOW, WE SAW ONCE AGAIN,
0:15·COULDN'T KEEP UP, SOLID GUIDANCE
0:16·THEY BEAT THE STREET EVERYWHERE,
0:18·AND OF COURSE THE STOCK OPENED
0:20·UP THE SESSION MUCH HIGHER I
0:21·WANT TO BRING IN ROCKET LABS CEO
0:25·PETER BECK, AND FIRST AND
0:26·FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS.
0:27·>> THANKS CHARLES.
0:28·CHARLES: WHAT STANDS OUT MOST TO
0:30·YOU WITH RESPECT TO THE LAST
0:31·THREE MONTHS?
0:33·>> YEAH, LOOK, REALLY JUST
0:36·THE GROWTH IN THE COMPANY AND
0:37·ALL OF THE BUSINESS UNITS AND
0:41·SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLE JUST
0:42·CONTINUED TO HIT LARGER AND
0:44·LARGER STRIDES AND GOALS SO JUST
0:46·REALLY SOLID GROWTH THROUGHOUT
0:47·THE BUSINESS ACROSS IT.
0:48·CHARLES: LET'S TALK ABOUT
0:50·THE BUSINESS AND START WITH
0:51·ELECTRON AND GO BACK THERE.
0:53·YOUR BACKLOG IS BUILDING
0:56·THE SUCCESS IS THERE.
0:58·WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING
1:00·FOR NEXT YEAR?
1:00·>> YEAH, LOOK.
1:02·ELECTRON AS YOU POINT OUT IS
1:07·THE VEHICLE RIGHT NOW AND IN
1:08·ONE QUARTER WE BOOKED 17
1:09·LAUNCHES ALONE, SO REALLY STRONG
1:11·GROWTH IN THE BACKLOG AND YEAH,
1:14·LOOK, THIS YEAR, WE'RE ON TRACK
1:15·TO HAVE THE BIGGEST LAUNCH YEAR
1:17·EVER AND NEXT YEAR IS SHAPING UP
1:19·TO BE EVEN BIGGER, SO SUPER
1:22·EXCITING.
1:22·CHARLES: TELL US ABOUT PHOTON.
1:25·>> YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE
1:27·OF REALLY INTERESTING MISSIONS
1:29·HAPPENING SO A COUPLE OF
1:31·SPACECRAFT SITTING ON A BLUE
1:34·ORIGIN VEHICLE THAT WE BUILT
1:35·THAT ARE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH
1:37·IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO GO
1:39·TO MARS AND THE CORE THING ABOUT
1:40·THAT MISSION IS WHEN YOU TALK
1:42·ABOUT GOING TO MARS YOU THINK OF
1:44·BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND DECADES.
1:46·THIS WAS TENS OF MILLIONS OF
1:47·DOLLARS IN A FEW YEARS TWO
1:49·SPACECRAFT WERE BUILT AND ON
1:50·THEIR WAY TO MARS SHORTLY.
1:52·CHARLES: ELON LAST NIGHT TALKING
1:53·ABOUT ROBOTS GOING TO MARS TOO.
1:55·YOU TALK TO ELON YET?
1:59·>> I'VE GOT BIGGER JOBS TO
2:03·FOCUS ON MYSELF.
2:04·CHARLES: LET'S TALK ABOUT HASTE
2:05·THEN ANOTHER PROJECT EVERYONE IS
2:07·EXCITED ABOUT.
2:08·>> YEAH.
2:10·SO, HASTE IS A SUBORBITAL
2:13·VARIANT OF THE ELECTRON VEHICLE
2:15·AND YOU KNOW, THE U.S. HAS
2:17·STRUGGLED TO MAKE GREAT
2:18·ADVANCEMENTS IN HYPERSONICS IN
2:21·PART DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF
2:24·AFFORDABLE TEST PLATFORMS, SO BY
2:25·TAKING OUR ELECTRON, WE'RE ABLE
2:27·TO PUT ALL THESE HYPERSONIC
2:30·EXPERIMENTS ON THE NOSE AND
2:31·REALLY ACCELERATE THAT TESTING
2:32·AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF GROWTH
2:34·IN THAT MARKET AND ITS JUST BEEN
2:37·TREMENDOUS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO
2:38·DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY.
2:39·CHARLES: THE HYPERSONIC ISSUE IS
2:41·SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORRIED
2:42·ABOUT HERE PARTICULARLY WITH
2:46·RUSSIA AND NOW THEY HAVE,
2:48·UNFORTUNATELY WITH THIS WAR,
2:49·THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
2:51·EXPERIMENT EVEN MORE IN REALTIME
2:52·SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CATCH UP ON
2:53·BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT
2:55·EVERYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT SO
2:57·I HAD AN ANALYST YESTERDAY THAT
2:59·LOVES YOUR STOCK AND SAID MAYBE
3:00·NEUTRON WILL BE PUSHED OUT BUT
3:01·HE SAYS THIS IS IT.
3:03·TALK TO THE FOLKS WATCHING AT
3:04·HOME WHY THIS IS THE GAME
3:07·CHANGER.
3:08·>> YOU KNOW, NEUTRON IS
3:09·IMPORTANT FOR A COUPLE OF
3:11·REASONS.
3:11·ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A
3:14·BREAKING OF THE MOLD OF A KIND
3:15·OF A PSEUDO-MONOPOLY
3:19·FOR THE FALCON 9 VEHICLE IN
3:20·THE MARKET SO THERE ISN'T
3:21·ANYTHING COMPETING TO
3:23·COMPETITIVE TO THAT VEHICLE, SO
3:25·IT OFFERS ALL OF THEIR
3:27·GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL
3:28·CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT
3:30·AVENUE TO GET TO ORBIT SO THAT'S
3:31·IMPORTANT BUT EQUALLY WELL, IT
3:33·ALSO PROVIDES US AS A COMPANY
3:36·MULTI-TERM LIFT CAPABILITY
3:38·FOR OUR OWN STUFF, SO YOU KNOW,
3:39·WE'VE MADE NO SECRET OF THE FACT
3:42·THAT EVENTUALLY, OUR INTENTION
3:43·HERE IS TO DEPLOY OUR OWN
3:46·CONSTELLATION SO HAVING A
3:47·MULTI-TON CAPABILITY,
3:50·HIGH-CADENCE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS A
3:51·GAME CHANGER FOR SURE.
3:52·CHARLES: THERE WAS ANTICIPATION
3:54·THAT THE LAUNCH IS A BIG MOVE
3:56·FROM FOURTH QUARTER THIS YEAR TO
3:57·FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.
3:58·HOW COMFORTABLE YOU WERE SAYING
4:00·THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO
4:02·HAPPEN?
4:02·>> WELL LOOK.
4:05·IT'S A ROCKET PROGRAM, RIGHT?
4:06·AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE
4:08·SHIFTED THAT A LITTLE BIT IS WE
4:09·HAVE A METHOD FOR DEVELOPING
4:11·THIS STUFF AND THAT METHOD HAS
4:13·PROVEN TO BE EXTREMELY GOOD AND
4:14·RELIABLE AND IF WE THINK ABOUT
4:16·IT LIKE THE REALITY IS IN
4:17·THE WORLD TODAY THERE'S BEEN TWO
4:19·COMMERCIAL COMPANIES THAT HAVE
4:21·BOUGHT A LAUNCH VEHICLE TO
4:22·MARKET AND MADE IT RELIABLE AND
4:24·SCALED INTO ANY KIND OF CADENCE
4:26·AND IT'S BASICS AND ROCKET LAB
4:28·AND WE AREN'T GOING TO DEVIATE
4:30·FROM OUR PATH THAT'S PROVEN TO
4:31·DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY RELIABLY AND
4:34·LOOK, NOBODY REMEMBERS A ROCKET
4:36·THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO
4:37·GET TO THE LAUNCH PAD AND LAWN
4:39·OF SUCCESSFULLY.
4:40·EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THE ROCKET
4:41·THAT BLOWS UP THE LAUNCH PAD SO
4:45·JUST INTERESTED IN BEING IN
4:47·THAT.
4:47·CHARLES: I GOT YOU, YOU POINT
4:49·THAT OUT VERY OFTEN ON YOUR
4:51·WEBSITE.
4:51·BEFORE I LET YOU GO WE'RE TRYING
4:53·TO THINK OF WHERE ALL OF
4:54·THIS GOES CAN YOU QUANTIFY
4:56·THE TOTAL ADDRESSABLE MARKET
4:58·FOR THIS?
4:58·IT JUST FEELS LIKE THERE'S SO
4:59·MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU.
5:01·>> LOOK, THERE REALLY IS.
5:04·THE OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE RIGHT
5:05·NOW ARE JUST MASSIVE AS YOU
5:07·POINT OUT AND REALLY, YOU KNOW,
5:08·IF I HAD TO SIT DOWN AND CAPTURE
5:11·THE GLASS OF WINE IT'S REALLY
5:12·A.I. AND SPACE, THE TWO BIG
5:15·OPPORTUNITIES AS WE STAND
5:17·FORWARD.
5:17·CHARLES: PETER, CONGRATULATIONS
5:18·MAN, YOU WERE AHEAD OF THE CURVE
5:20·AND HAVE DONE EXTRAORDINARILY
5:21·WELL AND COULD HAVE OWNED
5:23·THIS STOCK A LITTLE MORE THAN A
5:24·YEAR AGO FOR $5.50 S

1 posted on 11/13/2025 8:37:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

I Bought shares in Rocketlab a couple years ago and continue to add. I would love to own SpaceX but it is private. Both are hiring like crazy. Rocketlab just opened a launch site in Wallops Island, VA. They are in it for the long haul. Very promising company.


6 posted on 11/13/2025 9:37:25 AM PST by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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