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Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket

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1355 points LorenDB | 3 comments | 17 Jun 25 15:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.457s | source
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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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tw04 ◴[17 Jun 25 18:09 UTC] No.44302040[source]▶
> successfully landed its 6.3-metre (20.6-foot) experimental reusable launch vehicle

From another article.

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hbrav ◴[17 Jun 25 19:12 UTC] No.44302754[source]▶
Or in natural units: three very tall men stood on top of one another, wearing a top hat.
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1. TeMPOraL ◴[17 Jun 25 19:17 UTC] No.44302801[source]▶
It's not a rocket, but three men in a trench coat?
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2. lowestprimate ◴[17 Jun 25 19:59 UTC] No.44303273[source]▶
How many bananas?
3. peterlada ◴[18 Jun 25 04:28 UTC] No.44306653[source]▶
And under the French cost is an African swallow.