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		perilunar 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Honda conducts successful launch and landing of ex... 300k miles is only about 12 low earth orbits, so easily achievable by a second stage booster (though it’s going to be coasting for most of it). Not so easy for a booster though.

bee_rider 7 months ago [–]

Really once the rocket is in space, the joke kinda falls apart; frictionless vacuum and all that.

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