The Launch Of Rocket Lab
$60.01
- Hardcover
300 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2025
Summary
From Garage to Galaxy: The Rocket Lab Story
The incredible story of Rocket Lab and its founder, Sir Peter Beck.
From a young age, New Zealander Sir Peter Beck had his mind set on one thing: space. And as he tinkered with motorbikes in his parents’ garage as a teenager, he was quietly forming a plan—a plan that would eventuate into the establishment of one of the most dynamic and influential aerospace manufacturers the world has ever seen.
The Launch of Rocket Lab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781775542995 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1775542998 |
| Author: | Peter Griffin, Peter Beck |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
About The Author
Peter Griffin
Peter Griffin is a science, technology, and business journalist with more than 20 years of experience in the media. His work has been featured in the New Zealand Herald, The Listener, Stuff, BusinessDesk, and more, and he has appeared numerous times on Radio New Zealand and Newstalk ZB as a tech commentator. He founded the Science Media Center in Wellington, New Zealand to increase public understanding of local research, science, and innovation, which he ran from 2008 to 2018. He is cohost of BusinessDesk’s podcast The Business of Tech.
Sir Peter Beck is the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, a company that designs, builds, and launches advanced rockets and satellites. A self-taught engineer who grew up in a middle-class family and never went to university, Beck founded Rocket Lab in 2006 at the age of 29. His vision was to develop rockets specifically dedicated to launching small satellites. Today, Rocket Lab is a global leader in aerospace, manufacturing one of the world’s most-launched rockets and employing over 2000 people.
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