

Rocket Lab has pushed the first launch of its Neutron rocket to no earlier than 2027 after carbon fibre manufacturing defects were found in the vehicle’s first-stage propellant tank, the latest in a series of delays for the medium-lift program.

Rocket Lab has pushed the first launch of its Neutron rocket to no earlier than 2027 after carbon fibre manufacturing defects were found in the vehicle’s first-stage propellant tank, the latest in a series of delays for the medium-lift program.
Back home the escalators are broken and Congress can’t pass a budget, yet a rocket slips to 2027 over a bad tank. Comedy writes itself.