"The rocket company SpaceX, led by CEO Elon Musk, has been carrying out numerous missions since putting its partially reusable Falcon 9 rocket into service. The company now boasts the highest launch frequency in the world, and this has helped boost the number of rocket launches worldwide to 254 last year. This is a dramatic increase of more than 20 percent compared to the previous year."
"The company has launched a new initiative in cooperation with Noon by Material Record, a research and development project led by the Nomura Corporation Group, which produces acoustic devices using sustainable materials. This partnership has given birth to Debris, a speaker fashioned out of the tank of a space rocket. The design incorporates scrap parts from the test fuel tanks of the commercial rockets produced in the town of Taiki in Hokkaido."
SpaceX operates the partially reusable Falcon 9 and now records the world's highest launch frequency, helping global rocket launches reach 254 last year, over 20 percent more than the prior year. Honda has begun developing a reusable rocket and achieved a successful takeoff and landing test in June. Japan logged only five launches last year despite favorable geography, trailing the United States, China, and Russia. &Space Project partnered with Noon by Material Record (Nomura Group) to create Debris, a speaker made from test fuel tank scrap from commercial rockets produced in Taiki, Hokkaido. Taiki hosts the Hokkaido Space Port used by private companies, university institutes, and for Honda's tests.
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