TOKYO -- A recent evening reception at the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo was packed with space industry officials seeking to speak with one of the special guests: Peter Beck, a Kiwi self-taught rocket engineer and founder of U.S. launch service company Rocket Lab.
Peter Beck, founder of Rocket Lab, expects other Asian countries will be following Japan's lead in developing local space industries. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Mitsuru Obe and Rocket Lab)
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