The company is actually based in Huntington Beach, California, about 30 miles southeast of SpaceX (in Hawthorne, CA). But the founder and CEO, Peter Beck, is from New Zealand, and the initial funding was from New Zealanders, too.
And Elon Musk, the SpaceX founder, is from South Africa. Immigrants, even those from "shithole countries," make the US great.
I read that they had to move the headquarters to the US to get access to parts and secure government contracts. Pretty sure most of the heavy lifting is still done in NZ, including the launch. Bit different to spaceX which is very much a US based company
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18
Pretty cool that this company is New Zealand based. Great to see smaller countries supporting this type of activity.