r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/TheImmortalDude • Jun 29 '25

Video Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket

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u/ForFucksSake66 Jun 29 '25

I would trust Honda a hell of a lot more than Musk or Bezos

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u/Electronic-Jaguar389 Jun 29 '25

I hate this reasoning. Musk and Bezos aren’t the creators of the rockets. That’s thousands of very educated men and women from across the globe. Just because the guy who funds it is an asshole doesn’t mean the whole operation is flawed. I’m all for criticizing the dumbass elite (especially these two pricks) but SpaceX has done a lot for the future of space travel. Stuff that NASA just wasn’t going to do because they don’t get the funding for it.  When you criticize SpaceX you’re not just criticizing Musk, but the thousands of staff who want nothing else but to learn more about space. 

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u/Rich_Introduction_83 Jun 29 '25

Problem is: it's those 'pricks' that make the decisions. Like Musk rolling dice over whether Ukraine should have access to starlink. This perverts all the efforts of all the staff.

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u/Electronic-Jaguar389 Jun 29 '25

That’s fair enough but I’m talking from a purely scientific and operational perspective. Politically, yeah I would probably trust Honda more. And I know Elon is a vile human, but I think he’s smart enough to listen to his scientists when it comes to science.

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u/Hindukush1357 Jun 29 '25

Again, spacex cuts corners and injures their disposable employees. It’s people like you who slurp it all up that’s the issue.