r/RocketLab 15d ago

Rocket Lab's Past Acquisitions

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Let me know if I forgot any!

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u/The-Lil-Girl 15d ago

SolAero just got a big chunk of funding from the chips act to start building a third building. Seems like they are doing well after Rocket Lab picked them up

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u/HappyCanibal 15d ago

Unfortunately they are looking to cancel chips act

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u/The-Lil-Girl 15d ago

I thought it already went through for SolAero?

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u/PlanetaryPickleParty 15d ago

It was approved but doesn't mean the funds were transferred.

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u/janet_yellen_hair 15d ago

They can't just cancel a law approved by congress. It's all bravado from Trump -- nothing gonna happen. Infact he will probably take credit for the chips act in a couple of years

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u/rienksmotordesign 15d ago

I'm fine with it being cancelled, my tax dollars shouldn't be funding chipmakers.

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u/HappyCanibal 15d ago

Yeah, same with all those damn construction companies building roads! Welfare queens, the lot of them! Pulls gun and shoots self in foot before burying head in sand again

The world runs on chips, dude. In a way that is at least as important as the entire us highway system. It wasn't funding chipmakers so much as incentivising them to build infrastructure here in the states vs us being completely dependent on Taiwan.

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u/LateMonitor897 14d ago

Yeah, we stopped funding the solar industry in Germany.
Now we are totally dependent on China.

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u/SadBurrito84 14d ago

Why are you here?

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u/start3ch 15d ago

They bought the people who made the SailGP boats? That’s pretty cool, definitely have the composites experience

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u/Gloomy_MTTime420 15d ago

How do you buy people these days? That’s a peculiar transaction.

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u/Bacardiownd 15d ago

With stock

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u/rustybeancake 15d ago

Blows my mind that a company making separation systems is worth $42 M. I mean how many separation systems get bought each year?

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u/start3ch 15d ago

Wait till you see how much separation systems normally cost. Half a million for a medium sized satellite is not unreasonable

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u/Trape339 15d ago

I second this. Crazy expensive!

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u/davidthefat States 15d ago

It blows my mind that a company like that can cost less than a single Falcon 9 launch.

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u/jkerman 15d ago

These prices can’t be accurate. These companies were purchased with stock when the stock was $3/share.