[sidcool]

Only the third country to achieve this. Kudos.

There's another startup trying reusable rockets.

[rrr_oh_man]

> Only the third country to achieve this.

What do you mean by this?

[darth_avocado]

Probably meant the third country with a private sector capability to launch rockets, US and China being the other two.

[mr_toad]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArianeGroup

[alex_duf]

There's New Zealand as well with RocketLab

[kilroy123]

They're still a US company that just launches from there. Headquartered in California.

[downrightmike]

Japan just did a successful recapture of their first stage too

[sidcool]

Yes, that's what I meant.

[a34729t]

as opposed to New Zealand?

[walrus01]

Rocket Lab is a US company, they would not have been able to build what they did without full ITAR and MTCR compliance.

[onethought]

Maybe you need to let them know.

They were founded in NZ by a NZer, they launch from NZ, their employees are NZers. Calling them a US company is equivalent to saying Google is Irish.

[walrus01]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18427351

Design and manufacturing is in the los angeles region aerospace industry cluster.

It's been a US company for the last 13 years.

https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/rocket-lab-makes-its-defen...

[lightedman]

RL incorporated in the USA to gain launch licenses.

They've been an American company for over a decade at this point.

[tekla]

You should let RocketLab know that they are wrong about themselves