How did the constraint of a twenty-four hour turnaround time influence the design of Neutron?
Replied byPeter Beck
Founder & CEO at Rocket Lab
Niche: Production
Revenue: Approx. 78 Million USD/month
Location: Long Beach, California, US
Started: 2006
I challenged our engineers to design a vehicle that could launch, return, and fly again within twenty-four hours. This constraint forced us to design the "hungry hippo" fairing, which keeps the nose cone attached to the rocket so we never throw it away or have to recover it from corrosive ocean water.
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