I'm pretty interested in space companies because I think we are entering a new space age with respect to programs such as the Artemis missions, new missions to various moons and planets where living organisms may exist (some currently planned others conceptual), and potential development of technologies that cannot occur in earth's gravity well (organ manufacturing).
I don't have the money to buy comparatively expensive shares in Boeing, who has done good work with NASA for a very long time but I do have enough to invest in smaller companies who do good work and have potential. Out of all these companies the best one looks to be Rocket Lab USA because they seem to be the only small space company that actually launches things into space. They have launched their lightweight Electron rocket 33 times, successfully 91% of the time since 2017 with zero failures in their last 13 launches and even the one that didn't work before that was successfully recaptured. They are planning 16 launches this year.
By comparison… virgin galactic has launched almost nothing since 2019 (6 launches total vs 29 by electron in the same period) and astra space has launched 10 times since 2018 and only succeeded twice. And unlike these companies Rocket Lab is regularly launching satellites into space for multiple clients including NASA like they did with the successful CAPSTONE mission.
They're also working on the much heavier human rated neutron vehicle which if it works anywhere near as well as electron has (a taller order since it's much, much bigger) will open it up to way more contracts worldwide. The stock is also dirt cheap, only 70 cents above its all time low with plenty of room to grow. My only concern is how does Rocket Lab fit into the broader picture with companies like SpaceX who are doing similar work and more with way more resources.
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