Australian-made rocket company not allowing failure to stop them
'We're bloody patriots, that's why we're not going to mock this stuff, because this is what we want, we want Australians manufacturing stuff,' Mr Nicholson told Sky News Australia.
'Go Australia, this is the only first step on a long way … we're on the right track this is good.'
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