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Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket

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1355 points LorenDB | 7 comments | 17 Jun 25 15:02 UTC | HN request time: 1.236s | source | bottom
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3ds ◴[17 Jun 25 17:14 UTC] No.44301389[source]▶
Here is the video which they should have put in the post:

https://global.honda/content/dam/site/global-en/topics-new/c...

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whitehexagon ◴[17 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44301924[source]▶
Great clean video link thanks, but I cant work out the scale, first it looks like a toy rocket, then from the distance shot it looks huge, like spaceX huge, and then landing it looks quite small again, especially with the lawn sprinklers.

But an impressively smooth landing regardless, and I would imagine maybe harder the smaller the rocket is.

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1. hnburnsy ◴[17 Jun 25 18:45 UTC] No.44302429[source]▶
>6.3 m in length, 85 cm in diameter, 900 kg dry weight/1,312 kg wet weight
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2. ricardobeat ◴[17 Jun 25 20:23 UTC] No.44303528[source]▶
That's just a tad longer than a north-american SUV (Escalade, Navigator) standing on it's back. Accurate to say it's a car-sized rocket.
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3. xarope ◴[18 Jun 25 03:51 UTC] No.44306506[source]▶
I'm a bit confused, most cars aren't more than 3m in length. This rocket is 6.3m.

Or are there really SUVs which are > 6m in length?

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4. la_oveja ◴[18 Jun 25 07:15 UTC] No.44307398{3}[source]▶
the mentioned suvs are 5.7m and 5.6m long, respectively
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5. xarope ◴[18 Jun 25 08:56 UTC] No.44308011{4}[source]▶
wow, and I thought F350s were big
6. cyxxon ◴[18 Jun 25 12:41 UTC] No.44309377{3}[source]▶
Huh? Even in Europe most cars are longer than 4m (a VW Golf is 4.28m for example).
7. numpad0 ◴[18 Jun 25 14:22 UTC] No.44310160{3}[source]▶
Current gen Prius is about 4.5m in length, 1.8m in width, 1.5m in height. "Slightly under 5 x 2 x 1.5m" has been the standard size of a sedan for past few decades.