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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by mbowcut2 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @03:21PM (#44302853)
It's interesting how I couldn't tell whether the rocket was 1m tall or 10m tall in this video. Turns out it's actually 6m tall per the link.
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by gessha on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @03:40PM (#44303035)
Japan continuing their legacy of minituriazing everything they develop. \s
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by sciencesama on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @05:18PM (#44304075)
You need some manga
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by ethbr1 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @05:22PM (#44304108)
They play at either extreme.

https://thegaijinghost.com/blog/japan-life-sized-gundam-thro...

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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by ofalkaed on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @07:56PM (#44305277)
In Japan, full scale (aka life size) is an extreme?
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by ethbr1 on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:43AM (#44309004)
No, imagining a 20.4 m robot in the first place and then animating 229+ episodes about it.
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by viewtransform on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @01:50AM (#44306992)
Bonsai rockets.
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Re:Honda Conducts Successful Launch and Landing of Experimen... by jagged-chisel on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @05:20PM (#44304095)
In the first shot on the pad, I thought “oh, it’s a slightly oversized model rocket” and then when it cut I realized it was quite a bit bigger.
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