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Archimedes engine

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 24, 2026 by Sir Peter Beck · across every show →

Everything said about Archimedes engine, oldest first

Aug 24, 2026 positive
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Beck: Rocket Lab paints the Archimedes engine black purely for aesthetics
“The Archimedes engine is black, I make them paint them black, because it looks cool. There's no logical, I mean, I can come up with an emissivity reason why they should be black”
Sir Peter Beck Aug 24, 2026 ▶ 36:52 How Rocket Lab CEO Sir Peter Beck Is Building a Multi-Generational Space Company
Aug 28, 2026 positive
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Beck: Archimedes is designed for benign durability over maximum performance
“This is, I would say is the first engine that is just not designed to be like that. It's designed to be like the most benign engine that you could possibly imagine so that you can just run and run and run and run and never even think about it.”
Sir Peter Beck Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 23:57 Inside Rocket Lab: How Sir Peter Beck Is Building Neutron’s Engines | Tour 02
Aug 28, 2026
Assertion Open · timeframe Aug 2029
Beck: Archimedes engine qualification requires 40 starts and a one-hour burn
“So, you know, the qualification burn time for an Archimedes engine is one hour. So the engine, you know, has to do 40 starts and run for one hour.”
Sir Peter Beck Aug 28, 2026 ▶ 12:24 Inside Rocket Lab: How Sir Peter Beck Is Building Neutron’s Engines | Tour 02
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