FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                      FOR
                              ROCKET LAB USA, INC.
                             SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Arjun Kampani and Janine Wong, each signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
          capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of Rocket Lab USA,
          Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in
          accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
          as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder;

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
          Form ID, 3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto and timely file such form
          with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
          and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of
          such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection
          with the foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents
          executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
          pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
          contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
          approve.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any
individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an employee of
the Company. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming
statement of the authority granted herein.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 26th day of August, 2022.



                                                 Signature:    /s/ Adam Spice
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                                                 Print Name:   Adam Spice