Honda Launched a Rocket

[lostchild]

Rocket is small at 20' tall, and just a test flight but pretty flawless....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1935356777434104211

Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing Test of Experimental Reusable Rocket | Honda Global Corporate Website

Honda Global | Honda R&D Co., Ltd., a research and development subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., today conducted a launch and landing test of an experimental reusable rocket*1 (6.3 m in length, 85 cm in diameter, 900 kg dry weight/1,312 kg wet weight) developed independently by Honda. The...

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[TresMonos]

I had forgotten about this movie.....thanks.

 

[renagadeinjun]

Price of Honda's just went up ............ !

 

[greg vess]

What a disappointment......they shoulda made it sound like a 2 stroke.

It was a solar powered electric rocket. They run out of charge in just few seconds. 😎

 

[aFarewellToKings]

Congratulations Honda, you've invented the pogo stick.

 

[Beulah Land]

Did it hit V-tec?!

 

[hozjo]

Will be interesting to see how serious they get with this, but i thought they were losing a lot of money on the HondaJet program.

This only really makes sense if it's heavily funded by the Japanese government because they want their own launch capability.

 

[TresMonos]

This only really makes sense if it's heavily funded by the Japanese government because they want their own launch capability.

How else can they find Space Mothra?

 

[Edog537]

Eh, let me know when they bring back the CR 500. The rest is child’s play,