<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">"With our Electron rocket and <a href="https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-mars-spacecraft-escapade-mission" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(54,105,201);text-decoration-line:none"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Photon spacecraft</u></a>, we've simplified space, making it easy and affordable for companies, scientists, governments and entrepreneurs alike to get their ideas to orbit," he added. "Today, we take the next step toward unlocking the full potential of space, paving the way for our larger Neutron launch vehicle which will deploy the constellations of the future, and supporting our potential future expansion into space applications. I am thrilled to declare space open for business."</p><div id="gmail-bordeaux-static-slot-12" style="margin:auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:flex"></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Going public is something of a trend in the space business these days. For example, Rocket Lab competitor <a href="https://www.space.com/astra-launch-company-public-nasdaq" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(54,105,201);text-decoration-line:none"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Astra went public on June 30</u></a>, becoming the first launch company ever to do so. (Astra co-founder and CEO Chris Kemp got to ring the Nasdaq bell, too.) And another small-satellite launch company, Virgin Orbit, <a href="https://www.space.com/virgin-orbit-publicly-traded-company" class="gmail-hawk-link-parsed" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(54,105,201);text-decoration-line:none"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">announced a SPAC deal of its own</u></a> just this week."</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.5;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-goes-public-spac-merger">https://www.space.com/rocket-lab-goes-public-spac-merger</a><br></p><div id="gmail-in-article" class="gmail-ad-unit" style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;height:350px;width:602.031px;clear:both;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><div id="gmail-bordeaux-static-slot-14" style="margin:auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:flex;width:602.031px;height:350px"><div id="gmail-bordeaux-preemptive-ad-5" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div>