Honda's reusable rocket blasts off in northern Japan.Photo by Honda Honda is well-known in industry circles as one of the few carmakers who produces a multitude of non-car products including motorcycles, ATVs, power equipment such as generators, lawnmowers, outboard motors and snowploughs, the HondaJet and robots such as ASIMO. Now it’s entered rocket research and development in earnest. Japan’s second-biggest carmaker has just successfully conducted a launch and landing test of its experimental...