>>13895553Neutron won't be that competitive anyway, they may as well go with electric-pump-fed for at least some of their engines to decrease development time and be leading the uncompetitive group of providers. This matter a lot for a unprofitable public company like Rocket Lab, their investors are already breathing down their necks.
>>13895565That battery pack is only about 20 kg according to some Stack answer I found, I doubt leaving the battery in would make or break the Electron.
