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

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    7 hours ago

    Down voted because you didnt immediately talk shit about someone. We all hate musk but it doesnt mean we have to claim it for every post.

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      7 hours ago

      from what I’ve heard musk and the HR head is basically destroying spacex from the inside?

      i dislike their upper management but i still appreciate what the people there do, and think what they’re doing is incredible

      lemmy doesn’t seem to like nuance unfortunately

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        6 hours ago

        Oh shit dont mention something good someone done! People might get their undies all in a twist.