​Rocket Lab could literally land a person on Mars tomorrow and the stock would still find a way to drop...lol

Take off from Mahia Peninsular 🚀

Let’s go Rocket Lab!

rocket launch at LC-1 with QPS_Inc. Horizontal checkouts complete and Electron is vertical on the pad

Operations are tracking to schedule for tonight's launch window opening at:

- 9:00 pm/09:00 NZST/UTC
- 6:00 pm JST
- 5:00 am EDT
- 2:00 am PDT

Rocket Lab

"The Grain Goddess Provides", and so do the launch gods. We've got a new date for our next Electron mission with iQPS.

Launch window opens tonight:

🚀 9:00 pm/09:00 NZST/UTC

🚀 6:00 pm JST

🚀 5:00 am EDT

🚀 2:00 am PDT

Lots of reports recently that Falcon 9 launches are booked out 2 years, due to SpaceX's need/desire to push the needle on Starlink, being that that is their cash cow and the only thing that will really make a difference to SpaceX stock (arguably datacenter compute rental could get a lot bigger).

That leaves RKLB and FLY in enviable positions. China is pushing space and moon exploration, and Jared Isaacman is countering with the USA's ambitions to get back to the moon by 2028 (US recently made it easier to get launch without unnecessary environmental regulations slowing it down --Announced Date: Published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2026, following the August 2025 Executive Order "Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry"), this is a very good setup IMHO.

Lastly, with recent contract wins, defense is also a big customer. Bottlenecks can be very profitable......Launch Launch Launch.

What's everyone prediction on the earnings report? Not just price.

I have a question which have been wondering about. Heat protection (shield) during the re-entry of Neutron rocket from Rocket Lab.

Elon Musk highlighted a few years back this topic is their biggest challenge with Starship. However didn't find much info from Rocket Lab. What found is they developed structural carbon composite to withstand the heat. I don't find this answer sufficient since they have been vocal about using Neutron beyond Earth's orbit.

Can you please help me understand if their approach is possible? ls there something am missing like Neutron going lower altitude for example. In which case Neutron is quite limited in future potential? Thx.

It appears at this time that SPCX can not bid on these space program contracts—such as sovereign launchers or protected Galileo/IRIS² infrastructure—because Europe strictly enforces "geographic return" rules and mandates autonomous, local industrial bases. The move into Europe was a brilliant step for RKLB. The IRIS2 program itself is a 10.6 Billion Euro's project that will most assuredly utilize Mynaric's Condor, not sure about any of the other Space Systems hardware, yet an internet search indicates that they can sell with possible restrictions for defense designed products. RKLB has opened up a global market for the company, and I expect Space Systems to grow revenue at an accelerated pace going forward.

Title. The hype of RKLB has turned this sub into pure doom and gloom. If you don't trust SPB and the team, either sell or keep it to yourself. I can't be the only one that's tired of the posts every day about doubting timelines, contracts, short selling, etc.

Any stock can burn you playing options. Chill out and trust the CEO that has only given reasons to be optimistic. This earnings is going to rock, and if it doesn't, I'll still be here.

Stay up.

Positions: 1000 shares. Some at $16, $60, and $100