Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHonda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocketglobal.hondaexternal-linkmessage-square170linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down12
arrow-up11.23Karrow-down1external-linkHonda successfully launched and landed its own reusable rocketglobal.hondaPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square170linkfedilink
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAnd when SpaceX does it with real full size rockets and they explode scattering debris and chemicals everywhere, the nearby towns pay the price. I don’t see any towns being decimated by Honda’s approach.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI am ABSOLUTELY not praising SpaceX, I’m just using them as an example of how scale makes all the difference at least for some of the components. And being able to launch a small rocket is evidence they can launch a big one too.
And when SpaceX does it with real full size rockets and they explode scattering debris and chemicals everywhere, the nearby towns pay the price.
I don’t see any towns being decimated by Honda’s approach.
I am ABSOLUTELY not praising SpaceX, I’m just using them as an example of how scale makes all the difference at least for some of the components. And being able to launch a small rocket is evidence they can launch a big one too.