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Why is it so mediocre?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/rocket-lab-pivoting-to-downrange-neutron-landings-to-meet-customer-demand/
>"In a utopian state, you would always return to the launch site because you don't have the challenge of landing on a barge or the transit time back," Beck said. "So that was where we focused our efforts at. But people really want to use that extra capacity."
>"We don’t believe in signing janky, fake contracts," Beck said. "Our view here is that we're going to bring a vehicle to market at a time where launch is going to be very constrained. Most people we talk to about Neutron aren't looking to buy one launch, they're looking to buy years of launch. So we need to make sure that they're going to be there. They need to make sure that we're going to be there. And I just see zero point in signing non-real agreements at hugely discounted prices before the product exists."
also berger calls the fins "grid fins"