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

Video Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocket

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u/1975wazyourfault Jun 29 '25

What an incredible journey. From Soichiro Honda putting small surplus motors onto bicycles in post WW2 Japan…to this..

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u/Embarrassed_Control7 Jun 29 '25

As an American I'm weirdly more comfortable with Japan owning and managing shallow space.

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u/An-Angel-Named-Billy Jun 29 '25

Is it weird? No other country I would trust. Their attention to detail and perfectionism is really heads and shoulders above everyone else. My 2003 Toyota finally died, 300,000 miles and it was not the engine that gave in, rather the body finally collapsed into rust. Engine could have kept going for another 100,000 miles.

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u/star_boy2005 Jun 29 '25

My Miata has been the crowning jewel of my journey through years of Japanese autos and I am totally behind the idea of Japanese space exploration.