T+182: Rocket Lab Neutron, Relativity Terran R

Relativity sorta-announced a bigger launch vehicle, Terran R. A few days later, Rocket Lab really announced a bigger launch vehicle, Neutron. I hate one announcement, and love the other.

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Topics

• Relativity's reusable Terran rocket competitor to SpaceX's Falcon 9
• Relativity Space on Twitter: “We've officially completed and buckle-tested the Stage 1 Iron Bird tank demonstrator model! Check out these shots of the tank moving outdoors, going fully vertically and being installed into our LA1 Structures Test Stand.”
• Neutron | Rocket Lab
• Introducing Neutron - YouTube
• 2020 NASA Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO) Selections | NASA

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