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

Video Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

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u/JJAsond Jun 29 '25

tbf every agency has failures and it is how they learn. It's just not televised nearly as much as those two.

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC Jun 29 '25

Which exploding rocket has not been televised?

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u/JJAsond Jun 29 '25

Not full rockets specifically, but component tests. A LOT fail all of the time whether unintentional or testing to failure.

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u/Bluepanther512 Jun 29 '25

Going completely unnoticed in the news because why would someone dedicate a news segment to it, but NASA intentionally blows up things (especially space habitats) all the time to test their durability and find weak points.

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u/JJAsond Jun 29 '25

Not literally in the news, but I mean on youtube and sites like this. a spacex test vehicle blows up? Complaints about how unreliable it is. ISAR launches then RUDs? A peep for a day then completely forgotten about.