Peter Beck, the New Zealand Elon Musk, on living his space dreams

Rocket Lab’s founder talks to Al Jazeera about moon shots, deep space exploration and overcoming dream crushers.

Rocket Lab is back in business. And that’s good news for the company’s deep space ambitions. The United States-based small satellite launcher suffered an in-flight anomaly during a launch back in May, and returned to flight late last month, sending its first payload into space for the US government. Company founder and CEO Peter Beck, who dreamed of launching rockets ever since he was a child, is a major player in the burgeoning commercial space industry.