Open Access to Space

Former Team NZ engineer and boat builder, Jaime France, is now making an impact at Rocket Lab as Production Director. Jamie was a design engineer with the yachting syndicate from 1997 through to 2013 and for last three years, he’s been with Rocket Lab at its bustling base near Auckland airport, where the NZ$7m, 17 metre-long Electron rockets are designed and built.

“Rocket Lab is not a nine-to-five job. It’s a group of people with a tremendous passion. And having passionate people is so important to succeed, whether you’re trying to build a big business launching rockets or trying to win the America’s Cup. It’s all the same.”