"It's nice to do something before @elonmusk for once." Rocket Lab CEO @Peter_J_Beck on the benefits of going public: "I didn't want to build a space company that just lives for the lifetime that I'm running it. It needed to be multi-generational & go on & on & on." "And being a public company really enforces that discipline of profitability‚ & profitability is survival. The rockets & satellites, it's all cool, but at the end of the day, it's all for nothing if your economics aren't there &…