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, Adam Spice, 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 8th day of September, 2022.


                                   Signature:  /s/ Michael D. Griffin
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                                   Print Name: Michael D. Griffin
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