Hon STUART NASH (Minister for Economic and Regional Development): On Tuesday night, Rocket Lab reported it had launched NASA's Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, satellite to the moon's orbit, using its own Electron rocket and Photon lunar spacecraft. This is an extraordinary achievement for Rocket Lab, and New Zealand now joins a very small group of countries that have launched missions to the moon. Peter Beck and the staff of Rocket Lab are a great example of an advanced manufacturing technology and excellence, coupled with entrepreneurial drive, which we have in this country. The tyranny of distance has been a blessing for space launch. With limited air and sea travel to the east, Rocket Lab chose magnificent Māhia Peninsula to establish the world's first fully private orbital launch facility. I would like to congratulate Peter and the Rocket Lab team, on behalf of the Government, on this outstanding achievement.