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Author: James Ball

A Kiwi-built amateur rocket is believed to have set a record as not just the country's first but one of the fastest launched into space — all with home brewed beer and gin onboard.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/30/kiwi-built-amateur-rocket-reaches-space-pretty-amazing/
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The New Zealand Space Agency has refused to answer questions about delays to a key milestone in a multi-million dollar project involving a methane tracking satellite.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/542866/kia-ora-steve-and-little-else-no-answers-from-nz-s-space-agency-about-delays-in-space-mission
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Category : Analysis
Author: Markets with Madison

Rocket Lab CEO Sir Peter Beck shares how Neutron is progressing ahead of its 2025 launch target, and discusses why some investors may be doubting his company’s ability to execute.

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Article: Is Neutron almost ready?
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Category : Opinion
Author: Phil Pennington

New Zealand supports a United States military strategy to get hold of commercial space technologies in a conflict, including in a "surge" if required.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/517691/nz-companies-could-benefit-from-us-military-space-strategy-documents-show
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Author: Phil Pennington

Analysis - A headline on a Fox News op-ed recently read: The First Space War Is Coming. Here Are Three Things the US Must Do to Win.

You will have to read it if you want to find out.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/517668/war-in-space-us-space-force-looks-to-tie-in-allies-including-new-zealand
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Author: Eric Berger

Rocket Lab is having a pretty good year with a rising stock price and reaching a monthly launch cadence with its Electron vehicle for the first time. But as ever in the space business, the focus is not so much on what a company has done but what it will do. And for Rocket Lab, its future in the launch business lies with the medium-lift Neutron vehicle.

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Article: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/rocket-lab-pivoting-to-downrange-neutron-landings-to-meet-customer-demand/
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Author: Tom Pullar-Strecker

Rocket Lab says its decision to delay its planned mission to Venus by about two years was made for business reasons, but its share market performance was not a factor.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/132606001/rocket-lab-says-venus-mission-delay-a-business-decision
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Category : Short article
Author: Reuters

Twitter is limiting how many tweets per day various accounts can read, to discourage "extreme levels" of data scraping and system manipulation, Executive Chair Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2023/07/elon-musk-says-twitter-will-limit-how-many-tweets-users-can-read.html
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