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PREPAIDS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. |  |
Schedule of Prepaids and Other Current Assets | Prepaids and other current assets as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 consisted of the following:
|  | June 30, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Prepaid expenses |  | $ | 2,370 |  |  | $ | 2,628 |
Government grant receivables |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5,870 |
Other current assets |  |  | 2,555 |  |  |  | 914 |
Total prepaids and other current assets |  | $ | 4,925 |  |  | $ | 9,412 |
| Prepaids and other current assets as of December 31 consisted of the following:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Prepaid expenses |  | $ | 2,628 |  |  | $ | 833 |
Government grant receivables |  |  | 5,870 |  |  |  | 3,475 |
Other current assets |  |  | 914 |  |  |  | 2,038 |
Total prepaids and other current assets |  | $ | 9,412 |  |  | $ | 6,346 |

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