Mystery of Space Inspired New Zealand Rocket Man’s Journey to Nasdaq

Mystery of Space Inspired New Zealand Rocket Man’s Journey to Nasdaq
Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck poses alongside a Rutherford rocket engine in Auckland, New Zealand, on Oct. 20, 2015. Nigel Marple/Reuters
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WELLINGTON—New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck said his space firm Rocket Lab was the result of a lifelong quest for signs of life outside earth, as the startup hit a new milestone with a Nasdaq listing on Thursday.

The small satellite launch firm, often compared to Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX, listed on the Nasdaq Composite on Thursday with a market capitalisation of about $4.4 billion.