[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...

[postingawayonhn]

Design and manufacturing for the rocket part of their business is mainly split between Auckland and Los Angeles. Various sources say they have between 500 and 700 employees in NZ.

Earlier this year they acquired a new machining business in Auckland and are expanding capacity at their NZ launch site: https://rocketlabcorp.com/updates/rocket-lab-establishes-new...

[walrus01]

My understanding is that they have a rocket body fabrication facility in NZ, where some of their historical institutional carbon fiber fabrication knowledge and stuff is, the engines and avionics and electronics are done in the Los Angeles area.

[lightedman]

RL incorporated in the USA to gain launch licenses.

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

[onethought]

Google incorporated in Ireland to gain tax benefits. They’ve been Irish ever since.

[tekla]

You should let RocketLab know that they are wrong about themselves