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Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket

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1355 points LorenDB | 2 comments | 17 Jun 25 15:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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3ds ◴[17 Jun 25 17:14 UTC] No.44301389[source]▶
Here is the video which they should have put in the post:

https://global.honda/content/dam/site/global-en/topics-new/c...

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almosthere ◴[17 Jun 25 19:49 UTC] No.44303167[source]▶
They should have totally had a Civic in the background and a guy mowing the lawn near the sprinkler.
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bee_rider ◴[18 Jun 25 01:50 UTC] No.44305944[source]▶
Hondas at least used to (I haven’t kept up) have that great cheap/reliable car reputation… “the Honda of rockets” has a good ring to it I think, haha.
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zharknado ◴[18 Jun 25 02:40 UTC] No.44306197[source]▶
“Sure, your rocket’s reusable, but can it go 300k miles on the original engine?”
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1. perilunar ◴[18 Jun 25 11:57 UTC] No.44309093[source]▶
300k miles is only about 12 low earth orbits, so easily achievable by a second stage booster (though it’s going to be coasting for most of it). Not so easy for a booster though.
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2. bee_rider ◴[18 Jun 25 12:01 UTC] No.44309117[source]▶
Really once the rocket is in space, the joke kinda falls apart; frictionless vacuum and all that.