Sir Peter Beck founded Rocket Lab in 2006.
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- Sir Peter Beck has built Rocket Lab into a $3.5 billion space company and SpaceX competitor.
- The New Zealander didn't go to university and started out building rockets in his spare time.
- Now, he's planning to take on Elon Musk and shake up the space race with a new rocket, Neutron.
Elon Musk dominates space with SpaceX — but one of his biggest rivals, who got his start strapping rockets to anything with wheels...