Can We Talk About Something Else Now?

[Latcarf]

The religion thread turned out to be great, don't get me wrong. It's the most well mannered religious conversation I think I've ever seen.

But here's a video of rockets exploding.

[The Jedi Master]

*claps*

I prefer not to talk about such things as religion on the internet.

[MrPwner]

*Puts on sunglasses*

HOT DAMN

[nothke]

Some people just want to watch tax dollars burn.

PS. I really had no idea there were THAT many failures!

[brooksy125]

That Ocean launch failure was brutal,

Also we need a ocean launch pad in ksp,

[Giggleplex777]

The rocket at 1:30 destroyed a village an killed hundreds of villagers.

Edited April 26, 2013 by Giggleplex777

[LongbowEOD]

0:15 Delta II GPS IIR-1, 1997. Crack in the booster solid motor triggers the rocket's onboard self-destruct, the whole thing blows, showers Cape Canaveral in flaming debris.

I was an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) technician assigned to Patrick AFB, FL from 2004-2009. We're tasked with supporting every rocket and space shuttle launch from Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center. We never had one go foom on my watch, but, at least at Delta II launches, somebody would bring up that explosion every time we sent one up.

Similarly, I worked STS-114, the Shuttle Return to Flight, after the Columbia disaster in 2003. There was just such a weird, nervous vibe at the pre-launch briefings. I was only 5 when Challenger exploded, and I don't remember watching it at the time, but I do recall there being a sense at the time (of STS-114) that we might be witnessing history in the worst possible way, again.

[Warscribe]

you know, it's funny when you go "that looks like symmetry-clipping glitch" at a real rocket.

[Spartwo]

closer to KSP than I thought.perfect music.

[Xeldrak]

I love this one for serveral reasons:

(go to 1 minute 10 secs)

• No one was harmed
  
• It was a success - as they were testing the ecape tower
  
• the way the rocket desintegrates
  

[Mick2]

Awesome video, just goes to show the massive power that gets put into launch vechiles.

Some of those launches look like they had a similar flight path to some of my KSP missions.

I can just see the KSP crew singing along at launch.

"Were leaving the ground, will things ever be the same again."

While Jeb looking out the front view port stops singing sand says.

"Is that the ground?, Where did that pot plant come from?"

As the radio chirps into life with a crackle and the call comes out from the command centre.

"Jeb, it looks like we have had an anomaly!"