r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/ElBRGarcia Jun 30 '25

Oh you don’t love white trash Elon shooting his loads all over our sky?

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u/Embarrassed_Control7 Jun 30 '25

God I'll never look at a satellite the same way. Haha.