Players in the country's space sector are optimistic over recent election commitments.\xa0
National and Labour are both promising to grow the aerospace industry, including trialling\xa0and testing new technologies\xa0
National will also appoint New Zealand's first Minister for Space, if elected.\xa0
Rocket Lab Founder Peter Beck told Mike Hosking that the space industry isn't some future aspiration, it's current and it's booming.\xa0
Beck says having a minister and a centre of focus to signal space is something we should invest in and is a good thing. \xa0
He says the industry represents $1.7 billion annually.\xa0
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