Honda pulls off surprise reusable rocket test launch
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Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.
Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the company said in a surprise announcement.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet)," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The carmaker aims to achieve suborbital space flight in 2029. In 2021, Honda said it was studying space technologies such as reusable rockets but made no announcements prior to Tuesday's test
How is it a surprise? Honda has had this developing and has been building it for years.
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Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.
Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the company said in a surprise announcement.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet)," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The carmaker aims to achieve suborbital space flight in 2029. In 2021, Honda said it was studying space technologies such as reusable rockets but made no announcements prior to Tuesday's test
I like Honda, you can drive those cars into the ground, they just keep going.
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How is it a surprise? Honda has had this developing and has been building it for years.
Even if you didn't read the article, the op helpfully included the first few lines, which say that although Honda had said they were studying rocket technology, they made no announcements about this launch until it had already occurred.
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I like Honda, you can drive those cars into the ground, they just keep going.
Now if they can pull that off with a rocket...
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But the question is – why?
In the end, it's a huge investment of resources; you can't cheat physics. There is a theoretical floor (and a much higher practical floor) for what you need to get out of Earth's orbit. And frankly, there isn't that much to do for you in space as a layperson (not talking about actual astronauts who are rather scientists) except flex on other people.
frankly, there isn't that much to do for you in space as a layperson
That you can think of. That doesn't mean it isn't worth exploring. Plenty of backyard scientists do some crazy innovation.
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I love that space travel is becoming so democratized now.
It shouldn’t just be governments, it shouldn’t just be private companies, it should be anyone with the wherewithal to figure the technology out.
Is always going to take a massive amount of resources to get to space.
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I love that space travel is becoming so democratized now.
It shouldn’t just be governments, it shouldn’t just be private companies, it should be anyone with the wherewithal to figure the technology out.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]If your idea of 'democratized' is 'now giant megacorps have comparable capital and assets to entire nation states'...
You have a very, very silly understanding of democracy.
Please explain to me how a giant mega corp is... democratic in nature.
You are describing cyberpunk style, hypercorporate techno-feudalism as democracy.
Democracy is one person, one vote.
Corporate governance structures can basically be boiled down to: one dollar, one vote, ie, oligarchy.
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For what it's worth; the technology developed for space travel over the years has led to the development of many common everyday items. I agree that space travel itself might not be the best investment but I can appreciate how it pushes the envelope for new tech.
Here's infograph from nasa website but things like scratch proof lenses, hand vacuums, jaws of life, LED lights, etc..
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/20-inventions-we-wouldnt-have-without-space-travel/
My argument wasn't against space exploration in general, but rather the democratization of space travel as a commodity; as in as in we have already democratized it so far that the trophy wifes of billionaires can travel to space. I'm unsure of scientific advances that has brought and rather think this made someone money
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frankly, there isn't that much to do for you in space as a layperson
That you can think of. That doesn't mean it isn't worth exploring. Plenty of backyard scientists do some crazy innovation.
With the small detail that failures in your backyard are in general much less catastrophic compared to mishaps in space
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Is always going to take a massive amount of resources to get to space.
Resources = wealth
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If your idea of 'democratized' is 'now giant megacorps have comparable capital and assets to entire nation states'...
You have a very, very silly understanding of democracy.
Please explain to me how a giant mega corp is... democratic in nature.
You are describing cyberpunk style, hypercorporate techno-feudalism as democracy.
Democracy is one person, one vote.
Corporate governance structures can basically be boiled down to: one dollar, one vote, ie, oligarchy.
Yeah. Most of humanity has been propagandised into believing that corporations, which are run like dictatorships where < 1% are the majority shareholders who control the operation, are actually equivalent to "freedom" and "democracy".
Clown world.
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Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.
Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the company said in a surprise announcement.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet)," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The carmaker aims to achieve suborbital space flight in 2029. In 2021, Honda said it was studying space technologies such as reusable rockets but made no announcements prior to Tuesday's test
This must terrify Musk and his SpaceX
It pleases me.
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Even if you didn't read the article, the op helpfully included the first few lines, which say that although Honda had said they were studying rocket technology, they made no announcements about this launch until it had already occurred.
I understand that they made no announcement. I don't understand how building a rocket could be kept secret.
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Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.
Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the company said in a surprise announcement.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet)," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The carmaker aims to achieve suborbital space flight in 2029. In 2021, Honda said it was studying space technologies such as reusable rockets but made no announcements prior to Tuesday's test
Just wait until they add VTEC to it
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"OK, so, I want a Honda Civic, but for up and down instead of forwards and backwards."
I didn't know Honda made sex toys.
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Resources = wealth
Yes, exactly. Nobody is building and successfully launching a crewed mission to space from their garage. It will always be done by governments, companies, and the insanely rich.
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Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.
Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the company said in a surprise announcement.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet)," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The carmaker aims to achieve suborbital space flight in 2029. In 2021, Honda said it was studying space technologies such as reusable rockets but made no announcements prior to Tuesday's test
This is the best news I’ve heard all day. Go Honda! Fuck Musk!
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Honda says growing expectations of a "data system in outer space" are going to increase the demand for rockets to launch satellites. So, the Japanese automaker quietly built one and tested it successfully.
Japan's second-largest carmaker, Honda, has successfully tested an experimental reusable space rocket on the nothern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the company said in a surprise announcement.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a rocket after reaching an altitude of nearly 300 meters (1,000 feet)," the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The carmaker aims to achieve suborbital space flight in 2029. In 2021, Honda said it was studying space technologies such as reusable rockets but made no announcements prior to Tuesday's test
Great first step but the vast majority of the work still needs to be done. There's a big difference in getting 300m to the air and back and low earth orbit but Honda is an excellent candidate to get it done.
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This must terrify Musk and his SpaceX
It pleases me.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]rivaling their ... 8 year old technology
not a fan of musk but spacex seriously leapfrogged everyone in the 2010s
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rivaling their ... 8 year old technology
not a fan of musk but spacex seriously leapfrogged everyone in the 2010s
only to seemingly all turn into a shit show.
