SpaceX Launch Pummels Hoopcam 2

Starship/Superheavy really did a number on Hoopcam 2 as viewed from its selfie cam.

[@flimpjekijken]

The camera decided on a career change to nature documentaries.

[@kasunchamara7497]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Λυγτψλεηυς]

JAJAJAJAJAAAJAJA

[@lachlantrescott5533]

Aw fuck these rockets let me just document these fine grass over here

[@EpicSpaceflight]

Just when it seemed the worst part was over, a rocket powered high wind event takes us out.

[@HMexperience]

Sorry for your loss of equipment. I guess both SpaceX but also the photographers have learned a lot from this flight. Would be interesting to see how you adapt and get prepared for protecting equipment for filming the next launch. That would be an interesting video in itself IMO. One solution I have seen Danish rocket photographers use is to use a cheap GoPro to film the close encounters knowing very well the camera will not survive the shot but the SD card will.

[@arseniyseleznovveroboj1571]

Ваше відео - потужна історія розвитку Космонавтики! Така велика кількість влучань у пластину, просто неймовірна, і показує важливість вирішення питання бетону..

[@TechWithBrett]

This is one of the cooler shots I have seen. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@5nowChain5]

The few breeze blocks were somewhat optimistic as being enough to hold everything up. RIP the solar panel and camera.

[@EpicSpaceflight]

There was a lot of weight within the base of the structure you can’t see.

[@rocketman1969]

Wow, that was violent

[@erickwalker11]

It was beautiful

[@arkadiuszm.j.wernicki7345]

That blast of energy when this high-energetic debris strike occured..!!! Jaw dropped. 👀🍿❤️ 🚀❤️😎🤪 Like a blaster canon shot! It looked like camera got overcharged when the panel was hit. (visually/not technically)❤️

[@b33thr33kay]

Indeed. But it still don't understand what the purple color was from...

[@mysock351C]

@@b33thr33kay More likely an artifact of the camera if I had to guess since the color wanders around drunkenly after that. My guess is that it was likely bright white or maybe yellow from heat and triboluminescence from the glass panel. Whatever it was, it was hauling some serious ass, that is for sure.

[@mysock351C]

@@b33thr33kay Actually at 0:35 it looks like it might just have been the infrared LEDs used to illuminate the area at night. Can see that same “purple” color when it falls into the grass and they are the sole source of illumination. Might have just been light reflecting from the debris and glass that made the purple streak.

[@dsdy1205]

Most likely explanation for the color change is that the impact momentairly jolted the video connector plug, causing a particular colour to drop out and the entire feed to change colour

[@pdtech4524]

You've got to hand it to that cameraman, he held on right to the end and didn't flinch! 😮

[@beenthere9770]

Gives new meaning to the term “launch pad”.

[@glenwoodriverresidentsgrou136]

How close to the pad was this camera?

[@EpicSpaceflight]

For anyone who wants to help us rebuild both solar camera rigs, our paypal is [e-mail]

[@gianniqccanada6545]

add a command on channel too :) !Paypal

[@EpicSpaceflight]

@@gianniqccanada6545 done

[@adamrak7560]

Try to make it literally bulletproof next time, if you can.

[@firefly2472]

​@@EpicSpaceflight if you spend money like this ? Hell no. At least put a pipe in the ground and some protection.

[@MilBard]

That was EPIC 🎉

[@WingNuts2010]

Is there an eBay store where all the damaged equipment from the Starship launch will be offered? The NSF car will be worth a bob or two more now.

[@phlogistanjones2722]

WOW! First the shrapnel and THEN they brought a hurricane. Just... WOW....

[@MissingTools]

This auxiliary camera was intended to watch for tampering or sabotage, it worked, caught the perpetrator in the act. If you wanted to film a destructive event, you couldn't ask for any better. Otherwise, a real heat break to see this.

[@ThatsDave]

A showcase of 33 Raptors power…

[@arseniyseleznovveroboj1571]

Ваше відео - потужна історія розвитку Космонавтики! Така велика кількість влучань у пластину, просто неймовірна, і показує важливість вирішення питання бетону..

[@jessicakirsh]

Oh sheesh! Well, at least it was a cool perspective!

[@consentofthegoverned5145]

Holy cow. NASA will never allow this to happen at KSC.

[@miguellopez3392]

Instead they allowed shuttle explosions.

[@geoffcowie8843]

That was a whole concrete block that smashed the solar. Help me. I think am safe on the other side of the world. Imagine a sea platform launch!

[@sebastianuhl]

That big hit on the panel looks like it was hit by a railgun

[@tf7274]

I've never seen a PTZ mounted upside down before. Brilliant

[@winfordnettles3292]

You might want to place the hoop cam a little farther away next time! Thanks for posting the video!

[@alexsolopov3735]

this Rocket is real MONSTER!

[@kennethfoster1054]

😮 So that was a hoop cam!😅

[@josipdreznjak8]

How far from Starship was this setup?

[@59seank]

Why was the camera pointing down at the solar panel?

[@miguellopez3392]

To inspect damage incase the rocket blew up.

[@deemcclanahan]

dang... that hole in the panel. ouchie.

[@wyattnoise]

I was standing right next to hoopcam 2, it was wild.

[@glenwoodriverresidentsgrou136]

Do tell.

[@petergraphix6740]

@@glenwoodriverresidentsgrou136 He is a holy man now....

[@dsdy1205]

​@@petergraphix6740you mean holey man

[@frankwelch3594]

That'll buff right out.

[@TheOpacue]

What exactly am I looking at?

[@rickmaldoo4205]

Split second it was "the colour out of space" and smashed the panel

[@ChainsawFPV]

I still have yet to see good pics of the tower base after launch.

[@dubuque1]

Crater is more like it , its shown a lot of rerod as well as about 30 foot deep crater

[@ChainsawFPV]

@@dubuque1 I did catch a quick glimpse of that. So much for their fancy concrete. Lol

[@3DFIX]

No one was allowed out to the site until today. There's some photos now, check out NSF or RGV aerial

[@jamskinner]

It’s called trial and error. That’s how you learn things.

[@dolwolfianphotography]

The cameraman ok?

[@clickbaitpolice1750]

Why did they strap this camera on a basketball hoop 😂

[@Leo_wi]

Brutal powerful engine

[@toddbernal2183]

Rip hope cam. Fingers crossed I'm wrong.

[@MrEp5]

Well that can go straight in the bin

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

Like a bomb blast

[@jean-micheldeleaz7248]

Vu ces débris les fondations de la table orbitale ont du souffrir 😮

[@markoconnell804]

Plant made it out unscathed

[@pequod4557]

Negative pressure is the worst

[@joelweinert3580]

That will buff out.

[@FLOG2EMIT]

1 cinder block, really! Gotta have 2 with that amount of power. And more pointy Elon

[@ericbourque6389]

How far away was it from pad?

[@ironhead7955]

Hoop cam 1 ~250 yards/Hoop cam 2 ~190yards

[@vdenise]

@@ironhead7955 what's that in meters ? got it, 250 yards = 228.6 meters 190 yards = 173 m , damn that's too close

[@twinturbostang]

Maybe next time point the camera at the rocket. 🙃😉🚀

[@EpicSpaceflight]

2 of the 3 were and paid the price 💀

[@anthalas9]

0:12 purple boom

[@SunblockedTint]

😳

[@jcdavis5871]

Is this what my mom meant when she said she'd slap the color out of my eyes👀

[@jaideld1]

At least the camera still works

[@rtqii]

No, most of their equipment was destroyed.

[@glitchered]

i'd say you were lucky your sensors and lenses survived. gotta build a new mount and power delivery tho. yep

[@EpicSpaceflight]

Most of our cameras didn’t make it

[@glitchered]

@@EpicSpaceflight shot casings? ohh well... bummer. i thought they survived. they seemed all still rolling. :|

[@av_kovko]

30 Raptor engines vs concrete. Raptors won. Ignoring water deludge system, suspension of activities at the Starbase for 2-4 months. At this rate, about Moon landing in 2027 will have to be forgotten.

[@dubuque1]

So waiting for the other rocket makers that wioll make them about 2030 then. Get a grip.

[@jamskinner]

If it gets pushed back it gets pushed back. Not the end of the world.

[@CG-ln1le]

That was painful to watch

[@drixc1]

Routine for householders who refused to leave.

[@1911Earthling]

DAM

[@user-hk3ej4hk7m]

Poor stage 0 had no chance

[@LordFalconsword]

Wow, REKT!

[@northernlad52]

So what would this FOD do to the engines then Elon ?...build a bloody flame trench and don't be stubborn.

[@joaoalmeida7681]

yeah, build one on mars too btw

[@stofffpv3128]

dont see how they can at bocca chica

[@Gutek524]

@@joaoalmeida7681 well they dont need one on mars because they wont be using boosters on mars

[@lachyt5247]

@@Gutek524 That does not make sense... they're still using the same raptors. If they're having that much debris ejection when the booster is 30m off the ground and the exhaust is being directed into a reinforced concrete pad, how bad do you think it'll be when they have 3 raptors 1 meter off the ground being directed into unfixed Martian landscape.

[@zyeborm]

Yeah, SpaceX really should stop trying new things or things others say is impossible. Like reusable rockets and suicide burns.

[@bentray1908]

Wow

[@lovemcurvy3126]

That’s a bomb not a rocket launch

[@batchint]

height tech….

[@tourkix6314]

Lead pave

[@panzer.1]

poor camera

[@DrManhattan118]

😢

[@hvip4]

Poor thing got brutalized 😅

[@kennypyrate7554]

Opps lol 😂😂😂😂 so powerful needs a better launch platform