A 1000 hectare block of land on the Kaitōrete Spit, near Christchurch, may become home to a new rocket launch site. A 1000 hectare block of land on the Kaitōrete Spit near Christchurch may become home to a new rocket launch site. READ MORE:* Rocketeers buzzing for best part of 'cool hobby' – launch day* Christchurch's aerospace plans need work and investment - report* Aerospace expert from US joins Rocket Lab* Rocket Lab could make Canterbury space centre of Southern HemisphereSupplied Kaitōrete Spit, near Christchurch, could be developed into a space rocket launch site. Stuff A 2015 computer generated image for how a rocket launch site might look on Kaitorete Spit, near Birdlings Flat in Canterbury. John Kirk-Anderson/Stuff Then Prime Minister, John Key, left, and Peter Beck, chief executive of Rocket Lab, at the proposed Rocket Lab launching site on Kaitorete Spit, near Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury in 2015.

Source: Stuff May 31, 2021 21:01 UTC