Enlarge / Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle stands on the pad in New Zealand prior to Saturday’s launch. (credit: Rocket Lab) Rocket Lab said Monday that it is continuing to review data from the flight of its 20th Electron launch, which failed to reach orbit after lifting off on Saturday, May 15. In a news release […]
Rocket Lab plans to develop the 8-ton class Neutron rocket. [credit: Rocket Lab ] After developing a successful small booster, named Electron, US-based launch company Rocket Lab recently announced plans to develop a much larger rocket. It’s a big step up. Whereas Electron can loft a maximum of about 300 kg to low-Earth orbit, the […]
Expand / / One approach to gauge the cost radius of a proton would be to bounce it off (proton-sized clamp is just accessible via apology ). (charge: Jefferson Lab) How large is that a proton? This does not sound like an extremely complex issue, but it is one which turned out to possess the […]