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