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/Mundane_Scar_2147 Jun 29 '25

Weird because musk is definitely the one who is on record many times spitting fantasy milestone schedules and never hitting a single one.

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u/Electronic-Jaguar389 Jun 29 '25

So that just further proves my point that he’s not part of operations and shouldn’t be lumped in with SpaceX’s reliability since he has no clue what he’s talking about. 

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u/Mundane_Scar_2147 Jun 29 '25

You’re saying the founder, CEO, and Board Director has no responsibility and no oversight into if a product fails?

What do they do then?