Honda successfully launched & landed its own reusable rocket
Honda successfully launched & landed its own reusable rocket
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FourWheelDrift

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CoolHands

22,929 posts

222 months

Wednesday 18th June 2025
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That’s pretty cool. Amazing that a long thin pencil like object can be kept upright on descent.

Cristio Nasser

708 posts

20 months

Thursday 19th June 2025
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You can balance a broom stick upright on your hand, right? Same principle.

Pebbles167

4,527 posts

179 months

Thursday 19th June 2025
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Indeed it's a little counter intuitive perhaps, but the length is actually beneficial to it's stability due to the higher moment of inertia.

Cool rocket, interesting video for sure.

hidetheelephants

34,793 posts

220 months

Saturday 21st June 2025
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I approve, if only because they're eschewing the deplorable modern trend of designing rockets that look like willies

Radec

5,702 posts

74 months

Sunday 6th July 2025
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0:32 VTEC kicks in