SMALLSATS, BIG IMPACT
Peter Beck
When he was a child growing up in Invercargill, New Zealand, Beck already knew he wanted to build rockets. Despite most people gaining access to space through a university degree, Beck chose not to go to university when he saw no courses that would teach him what he wanted to know: how to build a rocket engine. He had envisioned his future career but aged 18 in 1995, New Zealand had no space industry. Instead, Beck worked in a local tool factory so that he had access to its machines.
His passion for space gained Beck his first investor, internet entrepreneur Mark
