Talking about Rocket Lab’s Neutron with Peter Beck

Join me in a conversation with Rocket Lab founder, CEO and CTO Peter Beck as he gives us a deep dive on their upcoming Neutron rocket! He shared lots of fun details so I'm very excited about this conversation! Here's an article version with some bullet points of what was discussed - https://everydayastronaut.com/neutron... 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Conversation Starts 01:05 - Expending a Reusable Vehicle 02:00 - Integrated Payload Fairing 04:50 - Hung Second Stage 09:00 - Second Stage Engine 09:50 - Why Methane? 12:30 - Why no Barge Landing 14:55 - How to Human Rate Neutron 15:45 - Structural Loads 16:50 - Fairings as Drag Brakes 18:50 - Fixed Legs Heating / Details 22:35 - Wing Strakes 24:10 - Light Mass is a Win 25:20 - Re-Entry Burn 26:05 - Archimedes Engine 30:35 - Injectors 33:05 - Cooling the Engines 36:00 - Vertical Integration 36:55 - Where They'll Build Neutron 38:40 - Second Stage Umbilicals 39:20 - Timeline 41:50 - Neutron VS Competition 43:40 - Pricing 47:20 - What's Exciting in 2022 48:20 - Outro -------------------------- Want to support what I do? Consider becoming a Patreon supporter for access to exclusive livestreams, our discord channel and subreddit! -   / everydayastronaut   Or become a YouTube member for some bonus perks as well! -    / @everydayastronaut   The best place for all your space merch needs! https://everydayastronaut.com/shop/ All music is original! Check out my album "Maximum Aerodynamic Pressure" anywhere you listen to music (Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc) or click here for easy links - http://everydayastronaut.com/music