How Rocket Lab Is Doing What SpaceX Couldn’t!

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Why Rocket Lab Is The Next SpaceX! Rocket Lab is doing some very innovative space design, so today we're covering the company and CEO Peter Beck, and what they're doing that has us very interested in their future!
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0:00 Introduction
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@ProductofNZ 2 жыл бұрын

I wish both Rocket Lab and Space X much success.

@scottn7cy 2 жыл бұрын

That's the right perspective. The world will benefit most if both are successful.

@camilkegels3640 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottn7cy and even more if they are willing to work together (on a project)! I think Elon would agree, opinions?

@GazzyWazzyLol 2 жыл бұрын

I wish all the space industry success myself

@zaymiller844 2 жыл бұрын

If all the space industry work together it would be the best since pretty much all them want to go to the moon

@foxrings 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! #TeamSpace (^.^)

@juangal7569 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for Rocket Lab to get bigger and bigger in the future, more diverse rockets for the future! Wonder if they'll develop another next gen electric propulsion system!

@asjeot 2 жыл бұрын

The battery to power it would be big and weigh a lot? Seems like they are moving towards simple but lighter designs .

@georgehomefarm 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Rocket Lab content, I rarely hear about the company anywhere else!

@notsecure6855 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, more Rocket Lab please.

@GroovyGoat-GroovyGoat 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent content!!! You are quickly becoming my favorite space channel!!

@timwidner8751 2 жыл бұрын

The RKLB 🚀 content we need because we need more Rocket Lab videos!

@brett4264 2 жыл бұрын

Good video! Yes, please keep us updated on what rocketlab is doing.

@carlamerritt490 2 жыл бұрын

I think RL deserves credit for trying. They at least have started down the road of re-use. But, they years behind SpaceX. Be nice to also see them recover their battery pack and farings also.

@EarthCreature. 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. They're already well ahead of SpaceX in cost & cost savings, they're already backlogged 2 years with business and when they build Neutron there's only a few case scenarios Musk's giant Mr. Miyagi rocket system has in valid customer use. Oh and we didn't need to give Peter Beck $5 billion in our tax money only to have him build giant towers without FAA approval. Peter Beck also doesn't pay racist Canadian truckers to interrupt our economy with bitcoin either. Just wake up from your cult is the short answer

@catbertz 2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes forget how small electron is, now reminded with your chart. They could fit a bunch of electrons inside one Starship. Anyway, kudos to the pilot for the catch and release. Good data collected this time will help with safe future successful catches.

@ccibinel 2 жыл бұрын

The electron booster is absolutely tiny compared to a falcon 9 booster. No way a helicopter catch would ever work with huge rockets.

@AgricolaFacil 2 жыл бұрын

The catching process is an excellent idea. In order to improve it, I recommend to install cameras on the hook and under the helicopter. The display of both cameras in front of the pilot will make the operation more precise and easier. For the pilot to look outside the window seems rather awkward. Just a suggestion. Godspeed RocketLab, you're doing an excellent job.

@arthurwagar6224 2 жыл бұрын

Go Rocket Lab. I'm pleased they are based in New Zealand. Would love to visit and if a lot younger stay. Thanks for good stuff.

@BlueMoonday19 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks. More Rocketlab videos please!

@isturbo1984 2 жыл бұрын

My first reaction was actually that most certainly the right decision on the pilot. No need for any unsafe risks in such situation. But after thinking about it, he just cut the rope for no reason other than the numbers weren't what he was expecting, lol.

@spacelabRKLB 2 жыл бұрын

I am very much looking forward to what RocketLab will accomplish in the future. Thank you for noting that, although they are frequently compared to SpaceX, they really aren’t trying to be them. Love the RocketLab content! Please keep it up!

@LazyVideosGAME 2 жыл бұрын

That is a surprisingly simple yet effective way of doing it. Slow the booster down and move the catch mechanism towards the booster. Impressive.

@nigellaubsch4499 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, more Rocket Lab content would be great. Great that you didn't just compare the two!

@MrMarkwill62 2 жыл бұрын

I like Rocket Lab, but giving them credit for doing something that only SpaceX dared to do before is not a good comparison as SpaceX charted new ground and Rocket Lab got to learn from those mistakes

@EarthCreature. 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong. Musk gave up on carbon composite because he couldn't figure it out. Now he's building massive metal rockets that only have a few case & customer uses. It proves Musk is yet another cavalier cowboy billionaire wasting billions of dollars.. on Twitter nonetheless while SpaceX remains close to bankruptcy by his own admission. Wake up from your cult is also the best & shortest answer.

@lbj23fanbrown65 2 жыл бұрын

Your missing the point of Space X. It was created so that others could follow in it’s footsteps. Rocket Lab, Blue Origin are part of the space X mission. You should read it mission by the way. It’s beautiful

@MrMarkwill62 2 жыл бұрын

@@lbj23fanbrown65 No I am not missing the point. I applaud Rocket Lab for thier innovation, but why does the narrator have to put SpaceX down in the process, when there would be no Rocket Lab if there was no SpaceX... "Rocket Lab did something not even SpaceX could do"... SpaceX didn't try to do it that we know of. The CEO of Rocket Lab likes to also take shots at SpaceX and once again, no one has ever heard of Rocket Lab trying to do a reusable rocket before you heard of SpaceX

@lbj23fanbrown65 2 жыл бұрын

I can see what you mean. It didn’t come across as the narrator putting space x down, I saw it as a light tease to draw viewes in. On the CEO of Rocket lab making bad comment about space x, that’s just bad business by him. This catching the Rocket thing is a good idea but I just doesn’t seem like Rocket lab is thinking big enough. From the description of the Rocket it didn’t seem like I would be powerful enough for BFR to use.

@evinco6954 2 жыл бұрын

Cool vid!

@kiwibiker9754 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't dropped. Was released. Small but significant difference

@gravelydon7072 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. A release is an intentional drop. A drop is a SNAFU.

@kellybrian6495 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! SpaceX uses mild burns which create a sort of plasma shield that protects boasters from reentry friction. I’m very happy to see the dawn of a new age of commercial and private space endeavoring. Good luck Rocket Lab!

@coalsilvermuzzle3111 2 жыл бұрын

I think the problem the helicopter had catching the booster was weight. If one takes into account that the chute can/may still catch the air, when the copter is flying back to base. The airspeed of the copter and airflow in general could fill the chute, that air pressure would increase the weight/force the helicopter has to carry and move. It's been over 40 years since I last attended school, so I don't remember the math/physics it involves. I believe they will need a way to completely collapse the chute after getting caught by the helicopter, so it can not catch any air.

@rokasb9441 2 жыл бұрын

"Rocket parachute redeplpyed" - now that's what we like to hear :)

@benparnell332 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great vid. I would love to see more Rocketlab content. I am not a fan of the misleading title and especially the thumbnail that showed a completely fake image of an electron next to a starship with the electron looking bigger!!!! That is just unnecessary, people love your content and will watch anyway without you doing this. Also I agree with you that comparing RL to SpaceX is a ridiculous oversimplification and should be avoided

@Myco_G 2 жыл бұрын

More Rocket Lab updates pls!

@Dismal187 2 жыл бұрын

Thing is its alot easyer to catch a rocket than code it to land dead senter on a 20 by 20 meter platform from miles up

@DoppelSkumm 2 жыл бұрын

Only if the rocket is small enough to catch though. A Falcon 9 booster weighs close to 30 tons putting it at the extreme end of most heavy lift helicopters capacity and when you take into account the additional momentum of falling on a parachute then it would just snap the catch copter in two. :-)

@dstr1 2 жыл бұрын

What's the size comparison of the rocket labs to a Falcon 9!? Could an helicopter catch a falcon booster? What's the capacity of the largest crane helicopter?

@Shanghaimartin 2 жыл бұрын

So, you didn't actually watch the video eh?

@dstr1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Shanghaimartin I watched it but forgot to go back and correct it. I just decide to let it go.

@arthurwagar6224 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the click bait comment. Plz be more accurate in your titles.

@SpaceXChannel1977 2 жыл бұрын

If I were Mr Elons. RL would be my next target after twitter. Beck would be a great VP to Shotwell. When Elon and Shotwell too old to lead SpaceX, Beck would be a great Next in command.

@sirus312 Жыл бұрын

Antitrust ?

@blazingsaddle166 2 жыл бұрын

Space X are in a completely different league entirely. Technology-wise, success rate, investment, contracts & the overall vision is just light years ahead of rocket lab right now & for the foreseeable future. Space X is practically saving NASA right now and reliance on Space X to get anything sent to the ISS, is practically non-negotiable at this point in time. I can't see rocket lab coming anywhere close to what Space X is achieving. Rocket lab will just be about putting small payloads into LEO. I just can't see their recovery method as being reliable on a consistent basis.

@timwidner8751 2 жыл бұрын

They have a Moon Mission coming up in a month or two. They can go beyond LEO

@benjaminnicholas8746 2 жыл бұрын

@@timwidner8751 do you know of a helicopter strong enough to grab falcon. The strongest helicopter in the world can lift 19000 kg. Empty falcon 9 is 23000 kg.

@timwidner8751 2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminnicholas8746 Electron is much smaller and lighter than Falcon. Catching Falcon with a helicopter is very improbable in terms of the physics involved. Same with Rocket Lab's Neutron - too big and heavy. Falcon and Neutron would not use a helicopter, but Electron, yes.

@terrysullivan1992 2 жыл бұрын

So stupid and deceiving to compare what Rocket Lab is trying to do and what Space X is doing. The Falcon 9 booster is many times larger than the RL one and there is no way to recover a Falcon 9 with a helicopter. Such a comparison is a joke. Like comparing a grape to a melon.

@EarthCreature. 2 жыл бұрын

Oh? Is Peter Beck embezzling funds to pay for family business that's failing like solar city? Is he bribing his way through boca chica to build towers without permission? Is he blowing up rockets for 3 years? Wake up from your Musky cult ya half wit

@simonclement9272 2 жыл бұрын

A helicopter? A bloody fucking helicopter!?..... we'll never see other stars...

@KingLarbear 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa this is crazy

@chuckyowithreplenishingwat371 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@jamesrussell7760 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Rocket Lab has carved out a niche for itself and is doing a great job of filling it. More power to them.

@stevesalem7738 2 жыл бұрын

More on Rocket Lab Please

@michaelbochenski6299 2 жыл бұрын

Would a bucket catch be better for parachute capture. 170 have been done and tech now is so much better for catching?

@Borrelaas 2 жыл бұрын

I dont really understand why there is much excitement about this kind of thing. Sure it is good that a company is doing this and for small scale launches it is a neat idea. But it is not a concept that works with larger rockets, and SpaceX's approach to reusability seems to be a better approach

@salt-emoji 2 жыл бұрын

You should over spin launch if you haven't. They're only in the preliminary steps, but they need all the publicity they can get.

@christopherbell6061 2 жыл бұрын

The Photon is their biggest innovation, and that's actually saying a great deal. This company has lots more to come and has different long team goals than SpaceX. Not comparable in the aspect often given. Soon the place the first satellite in orbit around not only the Moon but also Mars.

@adriank8792 2 жыл бұрын

I like Rocket Lab but VTVL is the way to go. I'm glad that this is what they want to do with Neutron

@adamfowler350 2 жыл бұрын

No company will find progress and success without failing first. It simply doesn't happen and won't happen. Failures are the most necessary element.

@aw1008 2 жыл бұрын

According to SpaceX, their rockets don't explode.. it's a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembley!

@peterkirby7546 2 жыл бұрын

Neutron will be interesting to see when finished.

@andrewreynolds912 Жыл бұрын

It would be so cool if space x and rocket lab would job forces and work together!

@DadJeff-jo7pm 2 жыл бұрын

Its splitting hairs to compare Space-X and Rocket Labs. Its like comparing Velociraptor to Gojira (Godzilla for Americans).

@advvo9880 2 жыл бұрын

more rocketlab PLS

@WesleyDart 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a video on Neutron.

@kooperativekrohn819 Жыл бұрын

“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department” says Wernher von Braun

@Carlos-bb8bm 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I love rocketlab and astra

@NoirMorter 2 жыл бұрын

Love the sense of humor! I'd love to try to catch a rocket with a helicopter as long as it isn't armed.

@stargot1 2 жыл бұрын

Rocket LAB and SpaceX has the same vibe ! But Blue Origin is considered to be dark vador : Using to much lobbyist and lawyers is considered as unfair play !!!

@THE-GOODINSHOUSE19 2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro what happened to your Itsyaboi page??

@johnrosner8964 2 жыл бұрын

I am not too happy with your click bait title which is wrong. However I do support rocket lab and like where they are going. A space X starship will render every rocket obsolete How many microwave size satellites Can you fit in a starship I'm thinking thousands

@United_Wings 2 жыл бұрын

yes

@dranzacspartan8002 2 жыл бұрын

Peter Beck, a New Zealand engineer, and founder and CEO/CTO of Rocket Lab, has been sending up 3D Printed Rockets for years, since 2006. Peter Beck launches small satellites at a frequent, reliable and cost-effective means to orbit. In 2021, the New Zealander eat his hat because he said that his rockets are so cheap, there was no need for them to be reusable, and if he ever decided to make them reusable, he'll eat his hat. In 2021, he made a 3D Printed reusable Rocket, so ... eat his hat. His reusable Rockets come down with a parachute with large hooks. Helicopters scoop up the hook in mid-air and then fly them to where-ever Peter Beck wishes it to go.

@optimagroup11 2 жыл бұрын

Rocket Lab -- sure, I'd be interested. Innovative company, successful, NASA sees them as promising, What's not to like? Like your channel! Keep up the good work! SoCal Freddy

@witext 2 жыл бұрын

Rocket Lab is an incredible company and I wish them nothing but success, can't wait to see neutron and how awesome that's going to be! Just wanted to say tho, the comparison between Falcon 9 landings and Electron landings at the beginning is very apples to oranges, the electron is smaller so it lands in a parachute, the falcon 9 lands propulsively, comparing the two takes away from how complicated a Falcon 9 landing is. This is in no way a criticism of the Electron, it's a fantastic little rocket that's great at its job, but the Falcon 9 is a completely different class of rocket, literally.

@chriszambrano6604 2 жыл бұрын

it’s like we’re seeing the rise of the space age

@epicdaniel508 2 жыл бұрын

9:30 Astra has done this as well.

@RNicknackpaddywhack 2 жыл бұрын

Smart pilot

@scottn7cy 2 жыл бұрын

Is Peter Beck working at looking like a crazy mad scientist?

@kend6693 2 жыл бұрын

Why not, we already have a Dr. Evil

@scottn7cy 2 жыл бұрын

@@kend6693 Well then Beck can be Gru.

@dranzacspartan8002 2 жыл бұрын

There is a video of Peter Beck eating his hat. He started Rocket Lab in 2006, being the first to build 3D Rockets. He is making millions by sending up small payloads into orbit. He said that his rockets are so cheap, there is no need for them to be re-usable, and that if he ever decided to make them re-usable, then he'll eat his hat. In 2021 (15 years later) he decided that he will make re-usable rockets using mid-air captures with a Helicopter. So ... he made a video of himself eating his shredded and blended hat. Peter Beck is one of the funniest CEO's to date. A crazy New Zealander.

@nickgennady Жыл бұрын

This was on the helicopter not matching simulation and can be easily fixed with helicopter that can hold mass.

@ItsMinoAgain 2 жыл бұрын

Lets go NZ! Feeling patriotic

@nickgennady Жыл бұрын

Blue origin has best self landing but to manufacture there engines is hard.

@tiffanystales982 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's cool , well it wasn't a complete failure , it didn't exploded , it was recovered in tact , and been able to be re used at a later date ..i call that a complete successful mission, regarless of what was originally planned .... on a side note , i didn't even know New Zealand had any kind of space tech what so ever ...so hey , cudos to the land of the long white cloud from me in Australia from across "The Ditch"...impressive, most Impressive

@vernepavreal7296 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I would like some content about Voyager one and two Seriously I think you’re repeated use of the phrase interstellar very confusing for the uninformed your content is strictly interplanetary Still I appreciate your content cheers

@akzual50 2 жыл бұрын

Watch elon and rocketlabs ceo share notes to benefit eachothers vision

@bernardakoito 2 жыл бұрын

I knew the title is, you know...

@benson8310 2 жыл бұрын

they should hire Murdock from the A team

@ryan_6984 2 жыл бұрын

I love the diversity and competition in this space is essential. But this video was so loaded and biased from the start - I couldn't watch it through. I wish all the best success to all of these companies.

@Heartlasher Жыл бұрын

Didn't rocket lab let quite a few fall into the ocean before trying to catch one?

@amptunes 2 жыл бұрын

If you're going for stupid why not add fold out helicopter rotors. Let's digress.

@SyloTv 2 жыл бұрын

does any company reuse the fairing or is it always discarded ?

@israc2001 2 жыл бұрын

Falcon fairings are recovered for reuse... that's Spacex

@ckdigitaltheqof6th210 2 жыл бұрын

5:45 thats a judgment one couldn't grant to any autonomus pilot, And if the pilot felt thier lives was at risk, nobody plsying that role is going to risk for a tin can with parachutes, get real folks. In the future, the copter could be a summon responce with fully autonomous, in addition, the command human navigated copter escorting the catcher crafts.

@kittygiatanidon4980 2 жыл бұрын

Just use parachutes, cmon guys. I get u wanna look cool landing space shuttles on the ground but that will waste fuel, do that on the moon, or mars.

@Kitchguy Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they could just use inflatables on each end to stop it from sinking. The helicopter idea seems a bit much.

@Jam-In-With-Ben 2 жыл бұрын

@loufilou 2 жыл бұрын

just 3 words, "Colonize Mars NFT" DYOR

@satchell78 2 жыл бұрын

No SpaceX bias? I only make ridiculous comments because I want you to be better. It's only rocket science, right? Great job with this one.

@charliewastaken 2 жыл бұрын

Landing is harder than cathing and landing is better for rocket like starship.

@MeatyFeet1 2 жыл бұрын

SpaceX would need a huge helicopter

@Big_If_True 2 жыл бұрын

moooore rocket lab.

@burntout8291 2 жыл бұрын

I fw rocket lab

@CountryandIrishFan 2 жыл бұрын

How much RKLB stock is a nice amount in people's portfolio 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@craigrmeyer 2 жыл бұрын

I just want to know why Rocket Lab isn't using the electric fuel pumps on the upcoming Neutron's engines. Seems like such an obvious thing to do, but no. There simply has to be a story there.

@benparnell332 2 жыл бұрын

Rightly or wrongly the design decisions that Rocketlab has made for Neutron is to make the engines as simple as possible and focus the complexity elsewhere. Electric pumps make the engine design more complex and hence have been omitted. There are several reasons RL has chosen to do this: 1) they have more expertise in other areas such as composites, 2) Development timeline - it takes a long time to develop a rocket engine from scratch so simplicity helps them get Neutron to the market sooner. 3) Reusability - the simpler the engine the fewer things that can go wrong so the more reliable it will be for long term reuse and probably easier maintenance too

@techpappee 2 жыл бұрын

What? Fail at retrieving their rocket? Not able to land or catch their rocket?

@daveboals5270 2 жыл бұрын

Like get people to space

@djash7161 2 жыл бұрын

The Helicopter Catch is an unnecessary Danger to the Pilot a Remote Controlled Guided Parachute Might Be the Solution

@jukio02 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, its going to be cheaper than Spacex.

@yootoober2009 2 жыл бұрын

catching a booster is never gonna be as reliable as propulsive landing.. a pilot can get distracted... the helicopter can catch a gust of wind etc. Falcon 9 has to date 125 consecutive landings on multiple boosters... sooner or later Rocket lab will have to invest in propulsive landing...

@benparnell332 2 жыл бұрын

You are probably right but propulsive landing simply isn't an option for the electron. Because the rocket is so small the extra avionics and fuel required to make electron land propulsively would decrease the payload capacity so much that it wouldn't be worthwhile. This is why Peter Beck and Rocketlab didn't pursue reusability earlier. To quote Peter "to make electron reusable(by propulsion) we would have to make it far larger to the point where it is a medium lift vehicle and that is not our target market". They are now developing the Neutron medium-lift launch vehicle which is designed with reusability at its core and the first stage of the neutron will land propulsively in the same way as the falcon 9.

@imadh3973 2 жыл бұрын

is this itsyeboi

@BengalLancer 2 жыл бұрын

A helicopter might be capable of getting 5,000 kg sling load, But if that load is coming down from space above at 50 km/h, I do not think it's generating a thrust of 1,000 kg if it is the weight. Helicopters may not be good ideas to catch this. At least a c130 would do better

@tedsmith6137 2 жыл бұрын

Good on them for the progress but it is hardly new. The yanks were plucking things, falling on parachutes, out of the air with fixed and rotary winged craft back in the '60's.

@profesor5150 2 жыл бұрын

Good try. But its nothing new. I believe they used to do that back during the cold war? Spys would release a ballon with some top secret info and an airplane would snatch it in the air. The only difference was that it was done during the night!!! Plus, seen that in a James Bond movie and also in Batman 2 Dark Knight.