Rocket Lab were transporting down two very important pieces for the launch pad. We waited patiently as we watched the pilot vehicles come around the corner. We could all hear the first truck coming, but it was coming very slowly!
Thankfully both of the trucks stopped and we were able to go and have a good nosey at what the trucks were carrying.
The first truck was carrying the bottom platform, which is called the erector platform. The other piece was the top part which is called the strong back.
Both of these were very big, especially the erector platform, which was so heavy the truck was nearly touching the ground!
They had left Auckland on Monday and travelled to Napier which took 13 hours. They left Napier very early at 4am and got to us 10:20. The trip from Napier all the way to the end of the peninsula took them 12 hours. So they ended up travelling two whole days to get them to where they needed to be.
Rich was filming it the whole way from Auckland out to the end of the peninsula and he came to share the video with us all at school today. While he was sharing the video he also filmed us! So keep your eyes peeled tomorrow night (Thursday the 18th August) as we may be on the news! (Rich said it will possibly be on both TV1 and TV2 news- we will also play it at school on Friday).
It is such an exciting time for tamariki to be living in Mahia, the Rocket Capital!
Wow, no where else in Aotearoa are they launching rockets Te Mahia School. Your community is leading the way with space travel and it is all rather exciting. I will definitely be tuning in to the news tomorrow night to see what you all got to see first hand. So, is anyone planning on being a space scientist in the near future. Now that would be an exciting career! Miss O'B
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