Honda Motor has successfully tested a re -applicable rocket. As the Japanese car company announced, he had the floor flying up around 300 meters on a test station on the North Island of Hokkaido and then slowly coming back to the floor. It ended up with a deviation of less than half a meter next to the target point. The flight took almost a minute, delivered mass digital data and showed for the first time that one was able to build a rocket that can be used several times, explained Honda. According to his own assessments, Honda is still in the basic research phase in rocket development. There is still no decision with regard to possible commercializations. Other Japanese companies such as Toyota, Mitsubishi and Sony also have ambitions to fly into this. Honda’s in -house development program has been financed for the next four years, the company said. In 2029 they wanted to be able to start a sub orbital rocket that can be used again. A suborbital flight is a room flight that is high enough to reach space, but is not fast enough to enter a stable orbit at an altitude of at least 100 kilometers. In 2021, Honda had declared that he is increasingly turning to space ride in addition to its traditional business in vehicle construction. Special drive and control techniques for re-applicable rockets have been tested in the company since 2024. In addition to the classic car production, the company had already earned some merits in aviation by building small aircraft in the early 1990s. In addition, the Tokyo Group has been developing humanoid robot technology since the early 1980s. More than the rocket has been tested to the topic of 1.3 tons, is a little more than six meters high and has a diameter of 85 centimeters. As a prototype, it should show with the test flight now that Honda can master the technology and possibly be able to commercialize. The Americans with companies such as SpaceX have so far been leading in this area. Its biggest rocket is almost 70 meters high, has a diameter of almost four meters, brings 550 tons on the scales and is already used for a variety of space missions.
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