Jake and Anthony are joined by Richard French, Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, Space Systems at Rocket Lab, to talk about their Mars Sample Return architecture, the way they’ve been putting the word out on it, and to hear what’s been up with their space systems side of the business lately.

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NASA selects seven companies for MSR studies - SpaceNews
NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return - SpaceNews
Varda Space capsule lands in Australia with critical data for hypersonic vehicles - SpaceNews
Rocket Lab to expand into laser communications with Mynaric acquisition - SpaceNews
Rocket Lab on X: “Stage 2's qualification campaign tests…”

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