Clouds ? What clouds ..?
Birdling Flat is over the Akaroa Hills SE of Christchurch, well away from any population. It's a long sand isthmus fronting a salt marsh lake, Florida and Kennedy Launch in miniature. East coast actually does pretty good for weather, all the wet stuff you guys send over hits the west coast and dumps the rain there.
So only 10% of Aussies work in Australia then .....
What do the rest do ?
Must be the kiwis keeping the economy going over there ..
Batteries .. of course, we're carbon friendly over here unlike some places I won't mention.
Actually a cunningly simple system, light weight and reliable fuel pumps. Many of the USA fails (and Russian as well) have been pump system failures. The multiple motor system means they can lose two chambers and still make orbit.
There's quite a lot of info on the website if you hunt around. I've been following their progress for about 5-6 years and they have done some amazing stuff already. Ablative coatings, thixotropic solid fuels that act as liquids, electronic packages, 3D printing of engine components ( look closely at the combustion chamber surface ).