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Rocket Lab can take a step toward proving the naysayers wrong this week<\/p>\n
Before the weekend, Rocket Lab announced that it’s increasing U.S. investments to grow semiconductor manufacturing capacity, which will shore up the supply chain for space-grade solar cells and electro-optical sensors for national security space missions. To help support the initiative, Rocket Lab has received a $23.9 million award under the CHIPS and Science Act.<\/p>\n
The second catalyst pushing the space stock<\/a> higher today is the company’s planned opening of the Neutron rocket launch complex in Virginia on Thursday. In February, Bleecker Street Capital released a short report<\/a> on Rocket Lab that cast doubt on management’s timetable for the Neutron. Whereas the company projected mid-2025 for an initial flight of the new medium-lift reusable rocket, Bleecker Street Capital suggested that a first flight would be more likely in 2026.<\/p>\n On Rocket Lab’s second-quarter-2025 conference call<\/a>, management affirmed its expectation that the first launch of the Neutron rocket will occur before the end of the year.<\/p>\n Is it too late to fly with Rocket Lab stock for space economy exposure?<\/p>\n Rocket Lab’s announcement regarding increased investments in semiconductor manufacturing is encouraging, as is the opening of the Neutron launch complex this week. The stock’s rise today, however, seems a bit of an overreaction.<\/p>\n A successful launch of the Neutron rocket will be a powerful catalyst for Rocket Lab stock since Neutron will be the only competitor to the Falcon 9 from SpaceX<\/a>. Investors looking to mitigate risk<\/a>, though, may want to wait for a successful debut of the Neutron rocket before buying Rocket Lab stock.<\/p>\n Should you invest $1,000 in Rocket Lab right now?<\/p>\n Before you buy stock in Rocket Lab, consider this:<\/p>\n The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Rocket Lab wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $649,657!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,090,993!*<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s worth noting Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 1,057% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 185% for the S&P 500. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor.<\/p>\n See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n *Stock Advisor returns as of August 25, 2025<\/p>\n Scott Levine<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Rocket Lab. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Points Rocket Lab is a leader in launch services. The company is expanding its semiconductor manufacturing capabilities,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,2640,2637,2636,2639,2638,2641,56794,56793,66,306,1837],"class_list":["post-97675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-futures","tag-index-market-quote","tag-index-market-quotes","tag-index-market-symbol","tag-index-market-symbols","tag-indices","tag-rklb","tag-rocket-lab-corporation","tag-science","tag-space","tag-the-globe-and-mail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}