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Net Loss Per Share - Summary of Diluted Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders (Detail) - Rocket Lab USA, Inc. - shares	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Preferred Stock [Member]
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equity shares	31,330,513	31,330,513	31,330,513	30,680,373
Preferred Stock Warrants [Member]
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equity shares	124,062	124,062	124,062	124,062
Common Stock Warrants [Member]
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equity shares	64,616	51,184	64,616	51,184
Stock Options [Member]
Dilutive Securities Included And Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Equity shares	2,357,382	2,945,022	2,438,141	3,009,360

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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