Comment on Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket
defaultsamson@lemmy.ml 23 hours agoI know Blue Horizon or whatever it’s called has had minor success with rockets. What’s stopping Honda from out-competing them? Could it be a funding problem? (I know Blue Horizon has a lot of Amazon funding)
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Well yeah, blue origin has already successfully orbited their rocket. Their rocket which has a 45 ton to low earth orbit capacity, about the same as the Saturn V (so actually impressive as fuck).
So the head start is what keeps Honda from out competing them. They’re at least 10 years ahead of Honda (but likely more). And BO is solely focused on space, Honda on the other hand isn’t going to prioritize that arm of development over others. So I can’t really see Honda winning that sprint, if they’re not totally committed to the race.