Rocket Lab Spacecraft Family

You know how we developed a spacecraft to go to the Moon? And Mars? And spacecraft capable of reentry? And large communications constellation satellites?
Remember how we called them all the same thing, Photon?
Yeah, we fixed that.

[@firefly4f4]

One of the things I like best about Peter is that he's not afraid of a little self deprecation.

[@adolfodef]

He ACTUALLY eat his hat. On camera.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

I like how Syndrome is finally the good guy.

[@ridingvenus]

He looks exactly like the singer supposedly named Bruce Hornsby too. …seems a similar humor to “Bruce” also.

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

A sense of humour is valuable in any field.

[@xlynx9]

It's the classic Kiwi sense of humour (also shared by UK and Australia)

[@infinitytec]

Everyone: "Is light a particle or a wave?" Rocket Lab: "It's... complicated."

[@_PatrickO]

It's just a photon.

[@onjofilms]

I think if it is slightly slower than the speed of light, it is a particle, slightly more and it's a wave.

[@manofsan]

"Yes"

[@Chris.Davies]

Indeed it is! It's a quanta of electromagnetic energy without a rest mass, which propagates through the medium of space as a wave. Its fields affect such a large region of space, that they confuse people greatly, and cause them to think time is wibbly wobbly when it is not. Photon wavicles interact with space and matter in strange ways that we do not yet fully understand - but there are no paradoxes and there is no time travel - that's for sure. And we can now say with some level of accuracy that light speed is measured against space itself, and that space flows with gravity, and it is space which drags on matter, and not gravity itself. Space is not only infinitely expandable, it is also infinitely compressible. On top of this, we can say with accuracy that there IS an absolute time, and there is no missing time in the so-called Twins Paradox. And that all this stems from a fundamental error made by Einstein: his conflation of clocks with time. Clocks do not measure time, and they are not time. Clocks measure vibrations or oscillations of things. These slow down as relativistic mass is gained as velocity increases, and that is why clocks run slower at velocity. It's also why biological processes slow down. But time keeps ticking at the same rate it always does, in all locations, simultaneously. The River Model of General Relativity solves Einstein's Equivalence Principle, and every other difficulty physics has struggled with for over 100 years now. The big questions are now "What IS space?", "What properties must it have?", and "Can the flow of space be influenced?"

[@Chris.Davies]

​@@onjofilms You'd be wrong then. It is the fabric of space itself which can't support any movement through it, faster than C. In exactly the same way you can't make a wave travel faster than a certain speed in water. ** In deep water a wave moves with velocity √gL/2π where g is the surface gravity and L the wavelength. Long wavelength waves such as tsunamis can move at 800 km/h, or 15% of the sound speed in seawater.

[@kiwiryker]

I met one of your staff at LTSA , we both in queue , I’m disabled and was struggling with writing , your staff member helped me , what an absolutely lovely guy , he was a satellite tech from USA . Please if you know who I’m talking about pass my thanks

[@Sonderax]

Rocket Lab: We've got a photon aboard this mission? Us: Which photon? Rocket Lab: Yes.

[@franks_nl]

I don't know what you were paying your branding expert, but it was enough. In all seriousness, clarity is good, helps immensely when communicating about the cool things you do.

[@TheYoyozo]

Love what Rocket Lab is doing and how integrated they are.

[@Whataboutit]

Go, Peter! Never loose that special Beck flavour! You guys ROCKetlab! ♥

[@TheVillageIdiotUk]

Peter B. truly is the mutts nuts; the best space company CEO (along with Tory Bruno, of course). The technology, imagination and vision are out of this world - but the self-deprecating videos are quite priceless. Well done again, Rocket Labradors..

[@spaceflightfan9969]

All the name ideas are great Photon ,we love the nightlife,one closer Inspection just great allways funny seeing on a Rocketlaunch app when Electron launches😂

[@RarestAce]

I love Rocket Lab!! I can't wait to see your Mars and Venus missions!!

[@renatinn]

I love you guys especially Peter and of course the Rocket Lab Family

[@767er767er]

One of the great Rocket Minds!! Building a business the right way. #RKLB #peterbeck

[@jdl.1234]

I do love Rockets 🚀🚀🚀

[@Entrepreneurshipdog]

I love RKLB's purpose and so thrilled to be investing in RKLB. that's why sharing my journey on YT - Go Rocket LAB!!!

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Rocket Lab Kiwi's Fly Richard Pearse would be Proud

[@rtorcato]

Names they could've used: Photon Mini, Photon Max, Photon Pro and Photo Pro Ultra

[@clevergirl4457]

Explorer class is my favourite, with ESCAPADE launching later this year and that proposed Venus mission. Could open the flood gates for more frequent, cheaper interplanetary science missions.

[@michaelmcgivern9482]

RKLB to the moon!

[@TroyRubert]

Come alone ways. Congrats to everyone who had a hand in making it happen!!

[@7_of_9]

I love this company, I want to work for Rocket Lab when I grow up!!!!!!

[@mattmagilke2433]

I want to volunteer at Rocket Lab after I retire. 😊

[@luciealie]

Love this! You are my favorite rocket company with best CEO. Peter is so great! Can't wait to see Proton fly! Good luck, huge fan from Prague.

[@kingkea3451]

I love seeing Peter in these videos - speaking as a kiwi, it's great to see "kiwi-isms" in the marketing material, and as others pointed out his not being afraid of a little self deprecation is great

[@luciealie]

Very cute accent, aren't it? Love that Peter's humour.

[@Abwin87]

I really hope this company is around for a long time. Loved this press release lol

[@Chris.Davies]

What is this strange feeling welling up inside me? Could it possibly be, "Pride at being a Kiwi"? Yeah - Nah - Yeah - it probably is. Gudonya, Pete - keep it up, mate.

[@ritaloy8338]

Than you for this video.

[@Txloganc]

rocket lab family- tiny even smaller and damn u can fly

[@sxsignal]

that was good, with enough humor

[@Volamek]

These videos are so well done!

[@kampkrieger]

Phantastic!

[@wyesguyproductions5102]

Love it! Amazing work!

[@ThompPL1]

Dang, that groovy music was emanating those 'hat eating' vibes from long ago ! 😆

[@shaunmacredie]

Really cool soundtrack!

[@Papershields001]

Rocketlab: The Space Good Guys

[@pauleyc6264]

Nice 🙂 Good luck with Neutron, really looking forward to it!

[@paulholmes672]

Nah, they should have all been named Kosmos with a consecutive number sequence near enough to the Russian ones just to confuse them.

[@lyricbread]

Go Rocket Lab! 🚀🚀🚀

[@Mr_Lyric]

Hey mom i buoght a photon! Mom: Which photon, the one that goes to mars, the communications on or the reentry one

[@liammack1497]

Great production quality this time guys👍👏

[@Avenlee.]

The photon family

[@refurbansuburban]

Well Done, Well Done! Love the Humor.....

[@EarthCreature.]

Keep this up! We love Rocket Lab updates ❤️❤️

[@shaunmacredie]

Mr Beck is the man!

[@ScienceManiacCZ]

Great names and a great video! Can't wait to see em fly!

[@WiwatChang]

Best space boss presenter in the world is the funniest

[@StingerNSW]

Love your work Peter, Go Rocket Lab ❤

[@VinayakVadlamani]

Flight of the Choncords, Rocket lab Edition

[@kiwiryker]

One should be called Brilliant

[@symphonyofsolidarity]

Love Rocket Lab ❤❤❤❤ Go New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@Krasinski1]

Peters a legend

[@bradpearson296]

Good subtle kiwi humour, well done Peter and Rocketlab.

[@derekbentley334]

Final design intentions of space flights. Rolling starts G forces relief Call SpaceX

[@TheMchip]

just awsome!!!

[@markqct]

Great video!🚀🚀

[@chukcavigliaok]

Gracias amigos 🤟🏿

[@PresidentBob1989]

Wow! Finally becoming a real space company. 😆

[@tomz1364]

One stop rocket shop! 😃

[@FrankBenlin]

Very good. Let's go. I've been needing some good spacey stuff since "The Genius" abandoned us.

[@EmanueleVedovati]

love it!

[@dazzeltrading1378]

Hi this is a Mission Control I'm Sarthaj

[@no0ne000]

Awww... Missed opportunity 😢 you totally could have done the color palette with the orbital energy states. Red for LEO, Orange for MEO, Yellow for GEO, Green for Lunar, Blue for Helio orbits, and Violet for interstellar

[@Nightscape_]

Hella sick!

[@wayneharrison]

Fan-bloody-tastic!.. Meanwhile, here in STRAYA👉🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[@markellis9967]

I like his jacket.

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

Nice👍

[@diraziz396]

great Photons

[@finnooogaming2319]

I love how silly rocketlab are

[@Jonnyrockin71]

Are all of Rocket Labs vehicles only used once?

[@1987pascal]

Let's goooooo!!!! 🚀

[@levysrugo6861]

What does “industry low environments” mean?

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

I'm guessing it means small launch vehicles like Electron

[@TheSpaceflightGuy]

awesome

[@AdjustinThings]

🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@SebastianWellsTL]

Epic! 😎

[@LegacyUnknown]

so this is the comp for starlink? is rocketlab trying to put internet out there as well?

[@Gildas_djdb]

Photon.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

You are the person elong mush SHOULD be!

[@AstroPulseKSP]

Rocket go weeee

[@apsdev]

Will Neutron have photon XL kickstage.

[@maddiemudd9544]

Hurray rockets

[@Howitz759]

cool cool

[@dodaexploda]

This might be a dumb idea. But have you talked to other satellite companies to make a photon kickstage that can be swapped in space? For when a satellite is running out of propellant you can launch another kick stage, fly it to the satellite, eject the old one and this one slots in?

[@ridingvenus]

Seems they are using more names now in fear of having a rocket component feel left out. RKLB should be in the next investment video on my KZbin channel.

[@HOC242]

👍🏾

[@timwidner8751]

This is huge, right?

[@hvip4]

$RKLB all the way to Mars? 💰

[@manuelmicheli3334]

Luckily they weren't up quark down quark strange quark and neutrino!

[@kezzkezzkezz]

Nahh keep them all Photon

[@markbass_trojanthinking]

🎉

[@johntrentmusic]

Oh, what's in a name?

[@scoremat]

RKLB LFGooooooo lemme see $49/share 😅 Love Edgar y'all are doing keep it up, Neutron AHOYYYY

[@Chip_in]

Can you name a rocket Chur bro ⛳

[@joecoffee968]

A competitor for Elon?

[@josecardenas4944]

[@claudelebel49]

Good work but it would be nice if the music didn't drown out your commentary.

[@NSPlayer]

It doesn’t, you may be deaf to certain frequencies, go get a hearing check up.

[@kevinim300]

funny!

[@basbekjenl]

Very funny

[@simonwhite8474]

And the one going to Venus......? My vote is for Kākāpō, or Hillary (after the great Sir Edmund). Anything except Wētā; they give me the heebie jeebies.

[@bbartky]

It already has a name: Venus Life Finder. Also, it’s mostly a US mission managed by MIT, so very unlikely that they would have chosen a Kiwi name.

[@peraltarockets]

We'll just call it Photon to make it easier. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH-lqmR6Zr5jnpY

[@chrislaf89]

You need a professional namer person

[@kampkrieger]

yeah, he should work in the same department as the guy who makes the pointy-end-up-flamy-end-down-tests

[@Benoit-Pierre]

🤣 even less serious than Elon ...

[@Ionut-bg6vw]

Photon

[@dom2428]

great video but please watch the audio quality - voice over is poor quality and masked by the music!

[@snake88ification]

Cry some more

[@photudiodan4648]

Are you here to educate us on your spacecraft or entertain us with your beats? Both at once does not work for me.