Once rejected by NASA and Boeing, Peter Beck built Rocket Lab into a SpaceX and Blue Origin rival with 2,500 employees across the US, Canada and New Zealand

Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have a new rival: Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck. After building New Zealand's first major commercial space company and successfully launching the country's first rocket into space, Peter Beck is now taking aim at SpaceX and Blue Origins in the booming satellite internet market, reports The Financial Times.

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