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#400
by
Prober
on 29 Nov, 2015 21:27
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#401
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 30 Nov, 2015 03:39
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First flight is now mid 2016 according to that article.
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#402
by
jamesh9000
on 30 Nov, 2015 05:44
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If they're only just starting to construct the launch pad I'd be surprised to see a launch in 2016. Mostly because they'll be coming up against a bunch more issues for the first time.
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#403
by
TrevorMonty
on 30 Nov, 2015 07:23
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#404
by
QuantumG
on 30 Nov, 2015 21:56
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I'm assuming the "landing pad" was meant to be "launch pad".
Or maybe it's for helicopter access?
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#405
by
TrevorMonty
on 02 Dec, 2015 19:18
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June16 launch from Mahia pad.
http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2039613-135/rocket-lab-launch-site-blessedTHE final frontier could be conquered as early as next June, when Rocket Lab expects to begin launching test rockets into space from its Mahia Peninsula site.
For Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck, launching his first 16m Electron rocket into space from what will be the world’s first commercial orbital launch site is a life-long dream.
On Saturday the remote site on Onenui Station was blessed and the lease agreement signed between Rocket Lab and the landowners — representatives of Tawapata South Incorporation.
Mr Beck gave a small perspex box to the spokesman for Tawapatu, George Mackey. He invited him to place things that are special to them in it, to be sent into orbit with the first launch next June. Some Onenui soil went into the box first.
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#406
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 03 Dec, 2015 00:10
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From the video linked to the above release.
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#407
by
savuporo
on 03 Dec, 2015 00:30
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Off topic, but reminds me when SpaceX was bragging about entire mission control for Falcon 1 being housed in a truck trailer.
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#408
by
Zed_Noir
on 03 Dec, 2015 05:13
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Off topic, but reminds me when SpaceX was bragging about entire mission control for Falcon 1 being housed in a truck trailer.
Think SpaceX was copying the Wehrmacht's V-2 mobile launch ops & launch logistics.
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#409
by
Alf Fass
on 04 Dec, 2015 06:49
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Timetable screwed up by NZ local Government, no surprises there.
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#410
by
TrevorMonty
on 04 Dec, 2015 08:56
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Timetable screwed up by NZ local Government, no surprises there.
Not necessarily local government fault. With resource consents anybody can protest against a development and slow it down. A lot of time people have genuine concerns which need to be addressed.
With south island launch site, I don't know if this is case but in August articles it seems like Rocket lab had local government on their side.
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#411
by
Alf Fass
on 04 Dec, 2015 16:02
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From the Stuff article:
The Department of Conservation also granted permission, but Rocket Lab still needed consents from the Christchurch City Council, which was waiting for a Cultural Impact Assessment to be completed.
"As a result, the application has not been progressed by the council and therefore no decision as to notification under Section 95 of the Resource Management Act 1991 has been made.
"The substantive decision making under Section 104 has also not been undertaken," a council spokeswoman said
Nothing there about objections, "waiting for a Cultural Impact Assessment to be completed" and "As a result, the application has not been progressed" is code for: "application sitting on a desk gathering dust".
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#412
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TrevorMonty
on 04 Dec, 2015 18:06
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If delays are due to slow wheels of Christchurch CC, it may well cost them a LV factory and jobs that go with it.
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#413
by
TrevorMonty
on 21 Dec, 2015 23:03
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#414
by
Steven Pietrobon
on 21 Dec, 2015 23:34
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Some captures of the video in the article in the previous post.
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#415
by
CameronD
on 04 Jan, 2016 03:56
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#416
by
Danderman
on 04 Jan, 2016 23:29
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The ITAR issues mean that exporting a missile to another country is problematic.
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#417
by
QuantumG
on 04 Jan, 2016 23:34
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The ITAR issues mean that exporting a missile to another country is problematic.
It's more trouble than if ITAR didn't exist, but it's not as impossible as some would have us believe. "It's just paperwork", as they say.
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#418
by
TrevorMonty
on 05 Jan, 2016 07:07
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The Electron is built and launched in NZ so there is no export issues except for payloads and that is certain countries. Importing Electron into USA for launching shouldn't be issue either.
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#419
by
QuantumG
on 05 Jan, 2016 07:10
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http://www.rocketlabusa.com/careers/propulsion-careers/propulsion-test-engineer-2/For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality. For more information on these Regulations, click here http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html.
looks like the launch site red tape bit them.
looks like the launch site red tape bit them.