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    Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket

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    1355 points LorenDB | 13 comments | 17 Jun 25 15:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.896s | source | bottom
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    EvanAnderson ◴[17 Jun 25 15:56 UTC] No.44300632[source]▶
    I often described my wife's old Honda Civic, which we finally sold (still running and able to be driven) w/ just north of 340,000 miles, as having been to the moon and on its way back. I like the idea that someday Honda hardware could, in fact, send something to the moon.
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    1. pkdpic ◴[17 Jun 25 16:15 UTC] No.44300796[source]▶
    Agreed, same experience with my wife's current Honda Fit. And I like the thought experiment of Tesla Model S (or whatever) is to Falcon 9 as '98 Honda Civic is to... Wait they do they say the name if this rocket anywhere?
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    2. EvanAnderson ◴[17 Jun 25 16:25 UTC] No.44300902[source]▶
    The Honda rocket won't be as "fancy" as the SpaceX but it'll have vastly better parts availability.
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    3. randmeerkat ◴[17 Jun 25 16:30 UTC] No.44300960[source]▶
    And JDM badges.
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    4. robertlagrant ◴[17 Jun 25 16:31 UTC] No.44300972{3}[source]▶
    And magic seats
    5. spacecadet ◴[17 Jun 25 16:33 UTC] No.44300991[source]▶
    US Taxpayers ain't wrong, voted most reliable rocket 10 years in a row.
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    6. tersers ◴[17 Jun 25 16:47 UTC] No.44301122{3}[source]▶
    VTEC decal on the side
    7. legitster ◴[17 Jun 25 16:58 UTC] No.44301219[source]▶
    Make sure you do a valve adjustment on the Fit engine every 100k or so. Easy job to do with some basic tools and a few hours on a Saturday afternoon.
    8. SEJeff ◴[17 Jun 25 17:13 UTC] No.44301381[source]▶
    I can't wait to see the GIANT spoiler on the engine cowling that does nothing more than help them push it if it breaks down.
    9. SoftTalker ◴[17 Jun 25 17:16 UTC] No.44301409[source]▶
    My experience with Honda has not been great. Both Hondas I have owned had complete transmission failures. Full disclosure, I bought them used (as I do all my cars) with unknown maintenance history and I did get a few years out of each of them so it still worked out "ok" in an economic sense. The engines do seem pretty bulletproof. But I would not buy another, at least not one with an automatic transmission.
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    10. officeplant ◴[17 Jun 25 17:23 UTC] No.44301476[source]▶
    I find the common problem with automatics is their service time scale. Bad car owners often forget to do oil changes often enough and those are only 3.5-10k miles apart depending on climate/oil type/etc. Which means services that happen every 50-75k miles or greater get left to people that actually maintain service histories and timely maintenance.

    Personal example buying a used car with 60k miles that had some idle/start issues at times but generally ran well. Everything seemed to be serviced in a timely manner but the spark plugs were still the originals. Those spark plugs have a generous "100,000 mile" service interval. I pulled the originals and sure enough they weren't in the greatest shape. $40 later I never had start/idle issues again for the remaining time I owned the car.

    11. HeWhoLurksLate ◴[17 Jun 25 17:26 UTC] No.44301512{3}[source]▶
    I just want to know who will get the J.D. Power Initial Quality Award and then subsequently fall apart five minutes after it gets judged (lookin at you, Stellantis)
    12. redwall_hp ◴[17 Jun 25 17:32 UTC] No.44301587{3}[source]▶
    Hopefully anime wraps will be available as well.
    13. caycep ◴[17 Jun 25 17:34 UTC] No.44301605[source]▶
    That was a known thing from the '00s decade cars. But good excuse for a manual transmission swap!