Rocket nozzle explodes during OmegA static fire test (+ slow mo)

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What: Full-scale test of OmegA first stage, slow motion replay of explosion, excerpts from press conference
Where: Northrop Grumman facility in Promontory, Utah
Northrop Grumman conducted a [mostly successful] full-scale static fire test of the first stage of OmegA, the company’s new intermediate/heavy-class rocket for national security missions, in Promontory, Utah. More than 12 feet in diameter and 80 feet long, the OmegA first stage will fire for 122 seconds and produce more than two million pounds of thrust.
Regarding the press conference at the end, it may be enlightening to take a look at the background of Kent Rominger and his employer. He was a captain in the US Navy (equivalent to full colonel in the other services) with more than 5000 flight hours in 35 different aircraft and 685 carrier landings. He was also a NASA astronaut who flew on 5 shuttle missions, and still holds the Space Shuttle Orbiter flight time record with 1610 hours. Since 2006 he has been Northrop Grumman's VP of Advanced Programs. Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems was formerly Orbital ATK, which was formerly the old chemical company Thiokol. In 1986, Thiokol (MTI) was found at fault for the failure of an O-ring in one of their solid rocket boosters which resulted in the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger, and the deaths of its 7 astronauts.
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[@eeh84]

The tiny micro civilizations of organisms along the hillside had their fiery apocalypse that they have written about for thousands of years.

[@makismakiavelis5718]

Just as the prophecy prophesied.

[@alexringb]

They must wonder why they have Apocalypses on a regular basis..

[@alexfigueroa9993]

I thought the very same

[@streetaction4245]

Lmao...so true

[@tricky1992000]

The simpsons did it.

[@TheMalerdaemon]

"Successful test" Our products are fully warrantied for up to 119 seconds! 👍

[@yehat17]

We may not get you to where you need to go, but we'll at least get you going somewhere!

[@simplex7096]

it was successful, now they can fix the issue with the data they have

[@cal28kim]

Lucas used this level of guarantee many years 👍❗

[@QuinnLIFTS]

Don't feel bad rocket nozzle, I bust after 120 seconds as well..

[@ahexagonian1800]

Pretty underrated comment

[@user-ik8oq1ob4n]

My face when erectile dysfunction

[@bretatvs]

Made my day with this

[@Janpeders24]

Amateur

[@Janpeders24]

60. Take it or leave it

[@rwhirsch]

it really highlights the difference in transparency amongst certain companies.

[@Vincent20309]

SpaceX would be making another compilation of their fails if something like this happened to them 😂

[@divedevil985]

@@Vincent20309 is that so? During the first Falcon 9 launch NDA's were required by the recovery crew, livestream was cut during launch when the booster almost drifted into the tower, and legal threats were made to the recovery crew when they reported only wreckage had been found in the recovery zone. For some odd reason they were expecting a full booster splashdown but it disintegrated during tumble.

[@divedevil985]

@@Vincent20309 space journalists hated spacex for their lack of transparency.

[@ValleyRC]

@@divedevil985 Utter nonsense.

[@valentinaou6579]

@@divedevil985 ah yes. 0 transparency. That’s why they test their Starships with hundreds of spectators. They’re not afraid of failing... unlike SOME OTHER companies

[@priestleyharker4046]

Technically it was a successful test, invaluable data. Even when something catastrophically fails it's still a success in offering valuable information.

[@bobespirit2112]

Priestley Harker Yes, OK, but I think he should be more forthcoming that there was a catastrophic failure at the end; the kind that would destroy the spacecraft and potentially kill people.

[@williamgreene4834]

@@bobespirit2112 Yes I agree with you. Rocket engines get a huge amount of their thrust from the nozzle or obviously they would save weight and not have one. If that was on a vehicle they would have lost the mission.

[@shinjithenegotiator2795]

@@bobespirit2112 yesss buttttt its a test to find where it fails so a total success in the terms of a test fire

[@simplex7096]

thats what tests are for, to see where the flaws are

[@susuooo1]

@@bobespirit2112 it is a catastrophic failure but in space terms even the smallest things can be catastrophic in this the nozzle blows but that isnt insta dead crew they can still abort but then there is the spontan explosion kind where the whole rocket is just gone like the space x on pas explosion good it was a uncrewed mission because that would be tradgedy sorry for bad english

[@bobe7559]

Laughed outloud when the lady said "What?" right after the failure. 😅

[@IceHax]

@@TexTropicana ... What

[@TexTropicana]

@@IceHax ...they shouldn't be allowed to vote or drive either in my humble opinion.

[@Magnacardia]

Ernesto McCracken finally someone who gets it

[@hughjohnson7412]

@@TexTropicana Hey you can think that dude, fine. But the rest of the world knows that woman and men deserve the same position in life, as evidenced by the fact that woman can drive, study, work and play leading roles in our militaries.

[@bobe7559]

@@TexTropicana What!?!

[@td_kdname5197]

"Doing something a little strange" = Corporate speak for the effing thing blew up!

[@XboxIssues]

*EfFiNg*

[@losbergs2]

same as 911... something a little strange happened in nyc

[@spidermain]

Speech 100

[@theluth9046]

@@losbergs2 yes exactly! Agree 100%!

[@therealb888]

@@losbergs2 lol

[@mikebatty9632]

"A little strange" . No rocket surgeon here, but I agree.

[@markpowers5051]

"A successful test with something a little strange happening at the end." yea, the engine nozzle blew up!

[@f900ex5]

LOL

[@mechinizer6911]

That's why we test them, rather than the put them right into action. Every test that produces results, good or bad, is a successful test. Well, at least according to scientific method.

[@nova396]

Like space x!

[@nova396]

Guess it could be worse, could be space x blowing up the crew module.

[@2012frawd]

Mark it is a successful test because they tested it and it worked. Along with that they had a problem that will be fixed and addressed without injury to people.

[@dmt3339]

That was a friendly way to say major malfunction.

[@ignas.z.3783]

While whatching 5 astronauts explode...

[@pbkayakyer]

But- it wasn't a major malfunction. Yeah it was a malfunction, but the body of the rocket stayed intact, and it continued to fire afterwards. And it was a successful test. They can learn what did fail, fix it and put in better components. This is the reason why they run these tests. To fix their weaknesses and get better

[@eric_in_florida]

Makes him sound foolish imo. People refuse to tell it like it is these days. You didn't hear people talking like that in 1968.

[@williamgreene4834]

We're going to take another look at the test,, pause,,, ok we're not. This concludes our broadcast.

[@thunderbird1921]

ULA suddenly are breathing a little easier. This is why I'm not a fan of all-solid fueled (no liquid) orbital rockets. Way too hard to control.

[@suned6750]

*Cuts away*

[@omiZ321]

Well.. The test was success 😋

[@introvertairways]

0:39 Motor commitment. 0:46 T minus 60 seconds. 1:16 T minus 30 seconds. 1:36 T minus 10 seconds. 1:46 Motor Ignition. 2:29 Parking lot view. 2:46 1 minute elapsed. 3:30 Deluge and pitch controls enabled. 3:38 Accumulator enabled. 3:44 Nozzle failure at T+ 119 seconds. 4:00 Quench tool activation. 4:32 Close up nozzle damage. 5:14 We are apparently not taking a closer look at the test. 5:32 Slo mo replay of nozzle failure. 5:43 Slower mo replay of nozzle failure. 5:56 Before/after nozzle comparison. 6:00 It’s a Big day for Kent Rominger. 6:04-6:40 Kent in denial. 6:42 Nozzle “does something a little strange”

[@derekjetsone6050]

One of the many problems of the world today. The inability to just say what it is....you know...the truth.

[@nasanchez964]

Or maybe they don't know what went wrong and they have to look into it?

[@since4everrr]

there's a reason it's being tested lol

[@bogushype4451]

Nasa itself is a theatrical program. The real tech that is being kept secret uses electrostatic fields to produce a gravity effect. The rockets they build are there to distract us and placate us from demanding answers. Do you really believe that with all the computer AI assisted design and advanced construction techniques developed and are available that they would build something that would not have failsafes to prevent such failures in order to preserve the materials? It's a money sink. On purpose.

[@NxDoyle]

You need it now now now. That's another problem with the world today.

[@toady3794]

A very successful test indeed. I imagine that they want this shit to happen during tests, not after testing. Sure it's a bit of a distracting way to phrase it, but still true.

[@ryanhat5328]

"doing something a little strange...." yeah its called blowing up.

[@KyleHubb]

Ryan Hat 😂😂

[@TheBigburcie]

I would actually call that a success because the failure was isolated to the nozzle section. If this was in flight that would give the crew/cargo capsule plenty of time to escape safely. It was a stress test and it stressed the system sufficiently.

[@stefanmodigh7897]

lol, you called that blowing up? Watch Discovery blowing up, now that is a explosion.

[@nersesgrigoryan1988]

tax payers money going bye bye

[@supertornadogun1690]

@@nersesgrigoryan1988 kek

[@chrishumphrey3610]

Hahaha Trying to cover up something that everyone just saw with their own eyes! Great job Kent.

[@TheBillyBlack]

6:08 His subconscious prohibits the correct mouthing of “successful

[@lociflow6154]

@@TheBillyBlack hahaha sounds like a sucks'es full test

[@ICGedye]

Sound like the Chump himself

[@Antogur]

I like how they come up with synonyms right away Something blew up = did something a little strange

[@eagleviewhd]

They are renaming the Accumulator Enable Valve the Kaboom Valve!

[@MeisjeAndMe]

So right. 😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍

[@ericanderson4801]

Nothing to do with the rocket engine. They were charging the water quench system to put out the residual flame after the test.

[@alexfigueroa9993]

Omg jajajajajaj

[@ChrisCarpenter-d5e]

It was the harmonic muffler berring that failed

[@amorag59]

@@ericanderson4801 "Getting ready incase it fireballs" valve 😂😂

[@benny5190]

Imagine going on a test drive for your dream car and the exhausts explode then the car salesman turns to you and say success, just sign on this dotted line

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Ben Houghton Just like failing Apollo 11’s moon landing because of the Apollo 1 fire, failing launching Hubble on the Shuttle because of Challenger, or smugly ordering a little toddler to stay down because he/she fell trying to walk. Aren’t you glad someone didn’t cancel YOU walking when you failed to stand non stop the first time?

[@juantomas748]

Challenger just did something a little strange, according to Kent Rominger.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

Oh jeez.

[@theashpilez]

The. dumfucks launched a FROZEN SOLID WITH ICE ROCKET KILLING EVERYONE...THANX RONNIE

[@oxymoronic12]

Tminus 90 seconds... Doubletaps screen 3 times

[@Knatrick]

I double tapped it 18 times.

[@lawrencei818]

I scrolled down comments for time stamp

[@jfkesq]

".....doing something a little strange that we need to look into" Ha!

[@kitdesilva]

It's just a flesh wound

[@soyounoat]

The Shuttle Challenger SRB O-ring likewise performed successfully during launch on January 28, 1986. At the very end of the flight we observed the booster doing something a little strange that needs a further look into.

[@alexanderkusaev1066]

Need to use this SRB on SLS to make grate USA fairwerks.

[@Zoomer30_]

Actually the leak started right at ignition. So it failed at liftoff, they just lucked out and had burnt propellant clog the leak path until about 60 secs.

[@LichaelMewis]

I think the earth is now rotating faster because of this test.

[@padmanabhaprasannasimha5385]

That won't happen due to the exhaust going into the atmosphere.

[@LichaelMewis]

@@padmanabhaprasannasimha5385 obviously I was kidding....

[@rockerpat1085]

@@padmanabhaprasannasimha5385 Wow, how stupid are you?

[@rockerpat1085]

Unless it was pointed the wrong way and now it's going slower!!!

[@LichaelMewis]

@@rockerpat1085 true!

[@BenitoFan760]

Now me and the mad scientist have to rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried 🙄

[@willanger261]

Thank you

[@gaberuvalcaba8775]

I love fast and furious

[@lucky7even622]

Well done

[@dannybowen627]

Living life a quarter mile at a time.

[@StarshipGazer]

LOL, epic hilarious editing at the end there!! Hahaha. The nozzle obviously, very violently, catastrophically, explosively detonated and totally failed and then he sits there saying everything went very, very well, completely successful test, just need to look at something a little strange at the end there. LMFAO!! Who would ever trust another word that comes out of his mouth after that. Unbelievable.

[@odysseusrex5908]

You really have no idea what engineering testing is all about, do you?

[@td_kdname5197]

@@odysseusrex5908 - We know what lying his a$$ off is all about. "Doing something a little strange" aka the butt end blew up.

[@StarshipGazer]

@@odysseusrex5908 This was not just some ho hum routine engineering test. This was an official US Air Force national security certification test and it failed badly. The Northrop Grumman VP's statements afterwards were wildly misleading and inaccurate. I have lost a whole lot of respect for Northrop Grumman after his ridiculous attempts at sugar coating and downplaying what really happened.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@td_kdname5197 The nozzle broke off. Somehow, the rocket completed its full thrust and did not explode. To an engineer, that is incredible.

[@786otto]

Seams like Omega expirenced Rapid Unsheguled Disassembly

[@presidentnotsure3273]

My eyes, my eyes!

[@IceHax]

Aaaa

[@nenapse7750]

Don't be ashamed of failures, don't try to cover up. Failure after failure you reach the goal

[@ARK1phil]

You observe the nozzle doing something s little strange.... LOL .. Yeh mate...just a strange little explosion... 😂😂😂

[@paulrobb51]

Nozzles an easy fix ...better than having an unknown mechanical problem to investigate and figure out

[@gmm6885]

The spin doctor was the funniest spinner i've seen in a long time

[@brianmcrock]

...maybe a portion of the aft exit cone "doing something a little strange"... right. BOOM. Gone.

[@nova396]

Like the main core of space x and recently the crew module.

[@brianmcrock]

@@nova396 yeah...what core?

[@Tom-Lahaye]

"The exit cone doing a little bit strange", but the test was very sucsesfull regarding to this man, this man would be brilliant going into politics.

[@funfreq9282]

No no no... We already have enough of these types! I much rather prefer the ones that come out and call it like it is.

[@breakdance4cash228]

So the airforce funding for contracts went to these guys instead of SpaceX??

[@johnpainter3426]

PUA Guy these are the guys that created the only vehicles to land men on the moon and get them back off the moon.

[@CannaTech3D]

John Painter and yet, they can’t even build a rocket that doesn’t explode. Hmm

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@CannaTech3D This is why we test. You might remember what happened to Crew Dragon a few weeks ago.

[@td_kdname5197]

SpaceX is suing the government over the contract alleging the thing was rigged. Which it probably was.

[@gradostax]

@@johnpainter3426 You mean the engineers and technicians built those rockets from the 50s to the 70s, they are all retired.

[@spektrum33]

Something strange happened 🤔 ....yes it exploded 💥

[@Predator42ID]

@Ron F Look at history and you may change your toon. First he wasn't lying, the fact that just the nozzle blew off with just a second or two of fuel left is a big success for such a system. Bear in mind that one of those missiles blowing up with most of its fuel has the yield of a small nuke. For this test all they have to do is look at the system and determine whether or not it needs a stronger alloy or something else. Its what these tests are for, so people don't get killed, unless its transporting a nuclear warhead then the opposite.

[@Rick_Foley]

If test success criteria includes something like, "Nozzle hoop stress failure caused by deterioration and burn through of ablative lining by exhaust stream", then sure, we're good.

[@ridered7262]

Dang, I'm really glad the EPA makes the manufacturer of my weedeater cover the air/fuel mixture screw so I don't put extra contaminants in the air.

[@Bobbydazzlla]

Why don't we get conspiracy theorist on here saying it didn't really explode.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Because everybody knows the explosion was deliberate, to distract attention from the fact that space is fake and the earth is flat.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@konig-shiba6428 LOL, please tell me you didn't take me seriously.

[@rockerpat1085]

It's Trumps fault!!! The Russian did it with Trump!!!

[@IceHax]

@@konig-shiba6428 r/ihavereddit

[@johnnyfiveo]

reminds me of Challenger explosion "obvisuosly a major malfunction..." science FTW

[@Emophiliac2]

Oddly enough, the Challenger solid rocket busters came from this same location.

[@williamgreene4834]

@@Emophiliac2 Solid rockets are bad , NK, they're bad.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

Paul Carroll It was then NASA’s prime contractor for the SRB’s, Morton Thiokol.

[@williamhoskins7818]

Salesman just can't be trusted..

[@ceedaddy]

I assume that would be considered a fail...!?!!

[@MuscleDad420]

Nobody died and they will learn from this failure, so in that sense it is a success. :)

[@topgap3226]

every failure leads to success, there is no such thing as failure

[@mgeorgescu]

@@topgap3226 except when you learn absolutely nothing from that failure

[@lutfisahari6106]

whats the main objective of this test?

[@jeremygeeraerts5030]

Wow this guy probably even lied to get this job. SUCCESSFUL????

[@clioaspinade9275]

@Habi8805 Same with Columbia, the engineers who warned about the servery of the tile damage were ignored.

[@Derideo]

@Habi8805 Yep. It's not what you know, but who you know.

[@thecitizen49]

It's not rocket science to speak the truth, Mr Rominger.

[@mikehoffman3690]

Interesting conclusion. “Strange”.

[@adamrspears1981]

Explain to me again how water vapor, & my exhalation of CO2, & driving my gasoline Ford F150 is destroying the environment?...

[@dariodamico3033]

Chuck Norris hair dryer is now broken. Who the hell is gonna tell him now?

[@dejanjordanov5503]

He'll have to blow and wait till it goes around the Earth

[@IrishLincoln]

Hole in the nozzle. fuel is used to cool the nozzle prior to combustion and there was a weak spot in the nozzle. happened on many tests during the 50s and 60s. That's my bet.

[@alanung]

This is a solid propellant booster rocket so different cooling methods are used. Probably cooled using an ablative inner lining. My guess as to the nozzle disintegration is a higher than calculated ablative layer wear rate or manufacturing defect. If they call this a successful test, I hate to think what an unsuccessful test is...:D

[@zapfanzapfan]

Seemed to continue working quite well without the nozzle :-)

[@niallmccaffrey791]

Yep, but in flight this could have wobbled the vehicle, with aerodynamics destroying the rest. Also the shards could have punctured parts of the engine or fuel tank.

[@zapfanzapfan]

There is no engine on this thing and no fuel tank but yeah, it might not have ended well in flight even though it would have been above the atmosphere 2 minutes into the flight. I await Scott Manley's analysis :-)

[@Roland_Tr909_Swing]

The exit cone would be air cooled going up as well as the fuel pipes that lattice inside of the cone .something tells me it just overheated catastrophically

[@erikjohansson1814]

You do know that fuels used are extremely cold no? Something tells me you are wrong.

[@stephenevans3299]

Erik Johansson You do know it’s a SOLID rocket? Dumbass

[@williamgreene4834]

I happen to know an ( actual ) thing or two about solid rocket engines. The exhaust gas temperature in the nozzle is about 6,600 degrees C. That's several thousand degrees hotter than when stainless steel turns to steel steam, and hot enough to evaporate carbon, which sublimes at about 6,000 C . So the whole air cooling thing just won't work out. The nozzle and anything else just evaporates as the engine burns so it probably wasn't thick enough or it wasn't structurally sound enough. These nozzles are made of carbon fiber that is repeatedly vacuum / pressure impregnated with phenolic resin and then baked until the resin turns into carbon. This is you're only choice for solid engine nozzles. Sorry for the book.

[@CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY]

JB WELD. Original formula.

[@Darthtard9]

Nah, JB quick extra strength.

[@razony]

"Captain, I'm giving it all she's got!"

[@xxabudxx1]

That's why time has shifted -15 minutes.

[@user2C47]

No. This will just stir up the atmosphere.

[@julieandpaulmeinhofer9086]

That guy must work for CNN. It's hilarious how much he tried to spin something we just saw with our own eyes! Unbelievable.

[@StereoSpace]

It exploded right after they enabled opening of the accumulator valve. I'd look at that first.

[@dontbescaredhomie3137]

Om g ur sooo smart. You should be CEO of Northrop gunman, or at least be on the board of directors. It would be to the benefit of all Northrop shareholders.

[@Mp57navy]

@@dontbescaredhomie3137 Nahh, they don't hire competent people that tell the truth.

[@user2C47]

The accumulator valve was for the fire extinguisher.

[@persiathiest1963]

"...breakthroughs available to those who can remove one of truth’s protective layers" Neil Armstrong

[@capodad2u]

Kent and the rocket were successfully fired.

[@worton1968]

just have to make dome a bit thicker but l think they was pushing it to the max just to see how far they could take it. was they testing different fuels this may have been a factor

[@fatheroffab]

And we have ignition of Omegas first Earth-shattering kaboom!

[@glenturney4750]

IS he 'Captain Lassard' from 'Police Academy'? "Many WONDERFUL, wonderful successes." 🤤

[@mjames7674]

lololol "The exit cone, maybe a portion of it, doing something a little strange" Dude, my guy, *_it fucking exploded._*

[@MPReilly2010]

You tell'em Kent! It is a Floor Wax A-N-D a Dessert Topping!!!!!

[@vamborala]

My only doubt is how that thing is hold into place with such force pushing it forward... Every time I see this kind of video i get more astonished of how it stays in place than the rocket itself working.

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

There's probably a dozen or so 100 foot long steel rods anchoring the roughly 20 foot thick slab of concrete into the bedrock, you probably couldn't move that block of concrete with a _nuke..._

[@snuffeldjuret]

At least people understand the usage of the word anomaly now :).

[@fullmind9923]

Nosel exploded because of the resonance heat from the ground building up on the outside of the nozzle rocket nozzle needs to be further off the ground

[@terminalfrost2780]

Kent believes this was a successful test. Kent also believes no one will notice his comb-over.

[@glenturney4750]

That comb over was from the shockwave of the exhaust nozzle exploding.

[@kennethg374]

And why do I have to pay for a annual emissions test again ? 🤔

[@delic_psycha3711]

Elon Musk is laughing somewhere

[@clickbait9744]

😂🤪

[@niallmccaffrey791]

I think Musk is still trying to figure out where all the pieces of Dragon went to

[@emmanuelalvarado4077]

Elon doesn’t laugh at other failures, and that’s is why he is Elon Musk.

[@nova396]

Like the main core of space x and recently the crew module.

[@clioaspinade9275]

@@emmanuelalvarado4077 He just likes to make wild, unsubstantiated accusations about men living in Thailand.

[@samoahbay]

I have to admit the fact that the whole rocket survived after an exhaust nozzle destruction is a huge huge success. Love from Russia.

[@ColAngus]

I would try and figure out a way to not blast off so much dust into the air, maybe soak the edge of the mountain for several days......something....but that's just me.

[@Shadowboost]

You think that does anything against 3000 degree rocket exhaust? Sand literally turns to glass

[@ColAngus]

​@@Shadowboost First of all, sand can withstand up to 4200+ degrees, whilst other types start to melt at around the 3000+ range, I'm not talking about the temperatures directly at the nozzle, as you can see the sand is blowing at a further distance which has allowed the exhaust to cool so much so that it's blowing dirt everywhere, notice it's not glass blowing around. Heck, even concrete can withstand 2000+ degrees with exposure in excess of 4 hours with no damage.

[@Shadowboost]

@@ColAngus Maybe you should check your homework www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140017770.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwik9qi-iMfiAhUCRqwKHYQdAoIQFjAKegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3JPPNpDniuEDKBWN_RIV1T blogs.nasa.gov/Constellation/2009/08/25/post_1251163974170/ Motor chamber temperature is over 5600 deg F by the way

[@ColAngus]

@@Shadowboost I read it and it proved my point. BTW sand is not INSIDE the motor chamber.

[@Shadowboost]

@@ColAngus 5600 deg F in the motor, 3000+ at the location of sand. And as you read the NASA document, more than enough temperature to turn sand into glass. Or have you seen sand that looks like this before? blogs.nasa.gov/Rocketology/wp-content/uploads/sites/251/2016/06/QM1-Post-Test-sand-glass_1.jpg

[@lordfeish1927]

I like how it basically power washed the entire hillside

[@daveluttinen2547]

Why does management try to downplay everything? "Just a minor anomaly..." If his butt was sitting on that rocket, he'd have pulled the ejection handle. How's that for a minor malfunction, boss? Everything went as planned. Except the mission was scrubbed.

[@odysseusrex5908]

Actually, had that occurred in flight, the payload probably still could have achieved orbit.

[@hd4870x2]

@@odysseusrex5908 No way. As soon as you lose the nozzle you will lose all control.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

Even if the booster was 99% done with thrusting, an uncontrolled explosion can throw off the trajectory, even if it doesn't manage to physically damage the payload.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@hd4870x2 No, that is not necessarily true at all. It would depend on the guidance system, which I know nothing about.

[@TheSupremeDominator]

Couldn't help but count 10 seconds every time with this. Even if I tried not to I was unable to stop the mental counting inside my head.

[@wdwerker]

“Something strange we need to look into “......RIGHT.....never let them see you sweat and leave the room last so you can go get some clean underwear.

[@Cydonius1]

rocket explosion great success for cultural enrichment to make benefit of nation of kazakhstan

[@Cydonius1]

@Haakon Dahl down* and have a big party

[@MilesB1975]

You can hear people actually applauding at around 4:05 Obviously not the people who paid for the test!

[@eldorado1244]

Stupid tourists

[@lancejacobs.]

Everyone:our ozone layer has a huge whole.. Me: 1:46

[@vinos1629]

Ozone layer has actually been normalizing and shrinking . So you don't know what you're talking about

[@lancejacobs.]

@@vinos1629 yo bro I kinda don't have a rocket nozzle soooo. Oh and I go out a lot so I won't know about the shrinking normalizing tings.. But thank you now I feel so much smarter than 10 hours ago

[@Bobbydazzlla]

Part of their "scorched that specific part of Earth" policy

[@asyncasync]

This guy sounds like that control room supervisor in Chernobyl.

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

Yeah' My Former Marriage Did Somthin a Little Strange Too'_ 😶

[@cmcarlile]

Yours and mine both!

[@RawSpaceVideos]

Mine too, apparently.

[@bruth3659]

To all rocket scientists leaving so many neg comments... In science, a success is not always 100%.

[@KD-xp4di]

I don't think people are talking bad about the problem with test but the way they went about it

[@bruth3659]

@@KD-xp4di Could be all right. I love your Borat thumbs up :)

[@3DPrintingFreak]

And the earth spins a tiny bit faster!

[@RawSpaceVideos]

Or slows down, depending on which direction the rocket was facing.

[@3DPrintingFreak]

@@RawSpaceVideos i could see it at the shadows..... (no i didnt)

[@rockerpat1085]

@@RawSpaceVideos that's assuming it was facing east to west or west to east!!! What if it was pointed north to south? Poles are now shifted!!!

[@RawSpaceVideos]

@@rockerpat1085 Now we've got a serious problem!

[@asheshinfinite3766]

MY GOD! IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A LIVE SPACE LAUNCH! 'DOING SOMETHING STRANGE.....' COME ON, JUST ADMIT YOUR FAILURE, IT BLEW UP!

[@user2C47]

I'm sure the automated guidance system would compensate.

[@firebir11]

“Something a little strange we need to look into” All that education🤓....It Blew Up🤪

[@richardcox8409]

my thoughts exactly, how does an engineer sit there all happy and nonchalant knowing full well if that had happened in flight it would have catastrophic consequences. .. shareholder mentality.

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Richard Cox Just like failing Apollo 11 because of the Apollo 1 fire, cancelling launching Hubble on the Shuttle because of Challenger, or smugly ordering a little toddler to stay down because he/she fell trying to walk. Aren’t you glad someone didn’t cancel YOU walking when you learned and didn’t stay standing the first time?

[@Chester_Copperpot]

My rocket nozzle explodes quite frequently. I'm talking to you, ladies.

[@Adrian_Nel]

And just because of the cheesy/shitty nature of your comment, ladies are convinced that you wouldn't last as long as this POS rocket. You asked for it,this is KZbin Comments.

[@phillipkalaveras1725]

Captain! The divergent gas projector of the primary propulsion unit has lost structural integrity!

[@rockerpat1085]

You see when Scottie says he's giving it all he can and it can't take no more!!! The captain should listen!!!

[@MarkLoves2Fly]

Regardless of the structural failure of the bell housing, the test was in fact, successful. Breaking things during a test, is expected. Looking into how something breaks during a test, helps avoid future problems.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

The rocket fired well, at least. The nozzle gimbaling looked fine. They'll figure out what happened at the end. While the results of a test in which a destructive anomaly occurred are informative and are part of the reason why tests are done in the first place, I'm not sure I'd characterize a rocket test in which part of the rocket blows apart as a "success". Semantics, I suppose.

[@hadleymanmusic]

This aint cut in stone till it travels in real time atmosphere

[@HockeyDay]

Unscheduled disassembly that’s a nice way of saying the rocket engine cone blew up

[@garyjanssen5388]

Thank you all for coming, this has been a suck-sessless test for which we are all very happy. This was a Bust that we are all very proud of, haha!

[@-M0LE]

Gary Janssen suck-sessless needs to be added to the dictionary

[@masthisis3914]

manager: oh wait I found a bug in your code? programmer: that's not a bug that's a feature that I made.

[@RawSpaceVideos]

It's always a feature.

[@BIGWIGGLE223]

There went his credibility along with that rocket cone.

[@stanbatchelor810]

The rocket motor didn't malfunction at all. The aft end of the expansion bell blew about 90% of the way through the burn but the motor continued to burn at full pressure after that because the nozzle throat was still in place. Just need to beef up the bell a bit.

[@rowenagrinsam8261]

You forgot to tell everybody that actually that's the 100sec rocket....any burn beyond that it will explode.

[@mank_legend5584]

And people act as if SpaceX is the only agency plagued with anomalies..

[@arejay4965]

Kent Rominger is scared for his job, and is full of crap!

[@sEroxDesigns]

Random Guy : A LOT OF ZOMBIES COMMING OmegA : Hold my beer

[@sipadip]

I don't understand why rocket companies suddenly run and hide when something goes on a TEST...

[@jamesonvparker]

Sip Dip exactly. I'm still impressed and this is the purpose of "Testing". I mean... It IS rocket science lol. Better than I could do.

[@rileyfenley522]

Sip Dip they are afraid of the negative PR and inevitable stock decline.

[@williamgreene4834]

You mean hiding showing the falcon heavy core auger into the ocean live. As far as their capsule blowing they didn't know what caused it and now they do so they told us and fixed it. So it's not all companies. Like when we saw the second stage of some rocket not light and they switched to a simulation and kept calling out stuff that we could see wasn't happening. I think you're talking about them.

[@richardd8352]

Ok so silly question, but in this scenario with a 'static' test fire, would you get conditions that exceed its operation? I mean due to it being in such close proximity to the ground/ extreme radiant heat from surface? No air flow for initial burn? - as the rocket would experience in operation. Obviously they don't plan for it to explode 😂 or do they? As you can tell I know nothing about rockets.

[@pewymcpewerson1395]

At 120sec you just lost the whole mission. Good job.

[@sipadip]

But it was a complete success...

[@NCF8710]

This is not as bad as it seems. The engine was still intact and running after the exhaust nozzle fragmented. Turbo pumps, combustion controllers and combustion chamber were all intact. The orange flame and black smoke at shutdown indicates that this is a LOX - RP-1 fueled engine. Grumman will do a failure analysis and correct the problem.

[@babarimen]

Meanwhile Elon Musk made funny videos about his failure rocket test

[@majorwedgie8166]

Lol

[@nova396]

Like the main core of space x and recently the crew module.

[@dustchip8060]

I could hear this guy say. "The astronauts would of almost been in orbit by the time it exploded, they could of drifted the rest of the way"

[@IceHax]

_in the distance you hear dejavu playing_