During a visit to Invercargill, Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck met pupils, including Waihopai School pupil Noah Hackett.PHOTO: LAURA SMITHIndustrial espionage, Elon Musk and flat Earth theorists were some of the topics Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck covered during a talk at his old Invercargill high school yesterday. James Hargest College was where it all started for him, the school having provided him with the resources to fuel his passion for engineering, Mr Beck said. Pupils came from around Southland to hear Mr Beck speak back on his old stamping ground. I probably wasn't a very academic child, but I did count every single one of these square pieces of wood in the floor," Mr Beck said. Mr Beck said it was one of only two private companies to have put spacecraft into orbit.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2019 14:03 UTC