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Science Express @ Te Papa: Rocket science 

When: Thursday 2 July 2009, 6.30pm–8pm
Where: Espresso, Level 4
Cost: Free entry

Peter Beck, the head of local rocket science company Rocket Lab, discusses New Zealand’s role in the global space industry.

Download   Download the MP3   27MB, 59min (Click here if you need help)

Peter Beck, Company Director and CEO

Peter has broad experience in both business and in the science community. Following a distinguished career at Industrial Research Ltd, he founded Rocket Lab Ltd in 2006. Peter’s areas of expertise include mechanical design, vibration, structural analysis, finite element modelling, verification testing, and rocket propulsion.

Rocket Lab website:
http://www.rocketlab.co.nz/

Proudly supported by GNS Science and the Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch.

gns science     royal society of new zealand

Peter Beck
Peter Beck, Company Director and CEO of Rocket Lab



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