Apparently they got it right on the first try.

How does it make spaceX’s accomplishments less impressive? SpaceX pioneered it. Space X did it first, with a significantly bigger rocket and at a significantly higher altitude. Honda no doubt achieved this by looking at what spacex did and how they did it and copying it.

This actually makes spaceX’s accomplishments look even more impressive.

And we reward you for this huge honour with the worst working conditions you can imagine. You’ll live at your desk.

If it had vtech and a fart cannon it would have hit 600m.

I bet they poached 0-3 engineers.

You left out the "but you have to learn Japanese and move to Japan" part of the job pitch. That makes it a harder sell for most people.

It's actually interesting how similar rockets and jet engines are. You could think of a rocket as a jet (or sometimes two jet engines) where the afterburner is always on and the air intake is replaced by an O2 tank..

It's proof of tech. It'd be stupid and wasteful to do all the tests on a full size rocket.

Yeah, tail numbers are a lot like license plates.

No, they're the playing card company.

I thought Rockstar was going to launch GTA 6

Yeah, they could have a product ready by 2045! (If they hurry and make it a priority)

Unfortunately, the next competitor will be Amazon...

And then we'll see what happens next, getting a whole constellation up is no small feat, I can't see a third company getting a system working before 2050.

"Listen here you little shit..."

Well, different. You'd have highly compressed hydrogen in a cylindrical pressure vessel.

The Hindenburg just burned, actually it was mostly its highly flammable paint that caught fire. When a pressure vessel is ruptured, it explodes in a big way, or it quickly removes itself from the vehicle like a mini rocket.

I'm also curious, I thought hydrogen was the worst in this regard.

I like your theory on hydrogen reacting as it moves through materials.

There’s a YouTube channel called BPS Space where this guy spent 7 years learning how to land a model rocket space x style. He talked about how much you can learn about real rocket science even from a small model.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SH3lR2GLgT0

I'm a huge fan of Yamaha guitars. Great workmanship at a very affordable price, and if you buy used you can get them super cheap. My best guitar, an FG730S, which plays and sounds as good as any expensive gourmet brands, was only $102 at auction. I even bought another one as a backup. Used Yamaha guitars are the best deal on the market.

I know Blue Horizon or whatever it's called has had minor success with rockets. What's stopping Honda from out-competing them? Could it be a funding problem? (I know Blue Horizon has a lot of Amazon funding)

Whatever they tested it's probably proof of that, but such a small rocket and only 300 meters means that a lot of things were not really proven, because scale is a HUGE issue.
Just ask Elon Musk / SpaceX, the Falcon rocket is fine, but Starship is horrible. And the difference is scale.

Like how the 2018-2021 Honda Civics shipped with non functioning AC because they used the wrong type of refrigerant? They’ve also trained dealerships to deny the warranty!

It’s been in the 90s all week - I risk heat stroke in my fucking car going to work!