I love the amount of people who argue about whether or not stuff like this is real. Personally, I don't care it was funny as hell anyway. Although I wouldn't have to be a rocket scientist (or a TV presenter) to predict something going horribly wrong.
By the way, anyone know the song between 7:27 and 8:07? It sounds really familiar, but the place I usually look to check the songs they use (forums at Finalgear) has something else listed. It's bugging the hell out of me.
@TheLahness We do have a space program, it's called the sky at at night (lol), but seriously, we do, but our astronauts hitch lifts with other countries. That being said, it is British engineers who design and build 80+% of the hardware NASA an ESA use.
@LamboK28992 In what sense? I sense you are American and angry, trying to hold on to the lie that your country is the greatest in the world, when in fact it is the terrorist capital of the world. Invading other countries for their natural resources, dropping nuclear bombs on innocent civilians in Japan just to test the effects. Oh and lets not forget the rape and torture of women and children by your armed forces in Vietnam and the middle east, need I go on? Retard, hah!
@woogle23 if our country isn't the greatest than why are people like you so obsessed with it? innocent japanese civilians, yeah like pearl harbor right? vietnam, you mean the war the french started?
terrorist capital of the world, hah, tell that to the US navy which is the biggest source of disaster relief in the world, truly, you must be too stupid to dress yourself
Considering that a few university students designed a viable way to pick up a small car in a, let's face it, relatively small rocket system, and the fact that it launched at all is pretty amazing. The fact that the apogee motors kicked in at all to dump the solid rocket boosters is pretty amazing as well, it really was inevitable that the bloody thing was going to crash the way that it did. Props to them for getting it to go as far as they did.
Top Gear is jaw dropping incredible split your pants funny and a boys own adventure in one great programme. Turning a Del Boy car into a space shuttle is genius. Plus El Hammond is divinely cute:-)
Bet the 'Brits can't shoot it through a house, off the roof of another house, across 4 lanes of traffic and into a mini van window without hurting anyone like the U.S. did!! (e.g. Mythbusters!)
It exploded because the robin had fuel on board to power the thrusters the pilot could use when landing. Plus the rocket wouldn't have been totally empty.
In all fairness it looked really impressive at the beginning of the launch, and it really did look like a carbon copy of the real thing NASA would do. Just because of one stupid bolt :/
for just a little more money they could have built an actual manned rocket and gone into space. that makes this officially the craziest and best thing i\ve ever seen.
@LamboK28992 err... I think you will find he said Top Gear US couldn't do, or make, or buy.. not your heavily indebted government which is now solely reliant (pun intended!) on the Russian Soyez!
@LamboK28992 really, i dont remember seeing that episode of top gear US, because he was talking about the TV SHOW not our countries, you moron. obviously yours is richer and more powerful but our top gear has much higher viewing figures worldwide and a much higher budget
@Photobyke congratulations, you just won dumbest comment of the week. the concorde crashes, killing civilians, and was never a true commercial plane. the harrier is ok, and did you just say a hovercraft was useful?
the space shuttle is arguably the greatest accomplishment in all of human history. we flew to the fucking moon. it has been a massive boost for scientific knowledge and the US economy. tell you what, when your country's flag flies on the moon, you can respond. already 40+ years late.
Of course it was a tru commercial plane - it made thousands and thousands of commercial flights and was a profitable venture. How many 747's, 737's, MD 11's, MD 80's and any other US made plane have crashed around the world? Hundreds. And let's not forget that Concorde crashed because a piece of metal fell off a US made plane and ruptured the fuel tank.
Hovercrafts cut channel journeytimes down by 3.5 hours, carrying cars and people for over 30 years.
The US space program required an input of scientists from around the world - have a look at the makeup of NASA - the scientific minds come from all over the world - to deny this just shows your blatant ignorance and dis-respect for the countries that have helped the US technologically over the years, and continue to do so.
@Photobyke That would be the Nazi scientists who gave America their rocket / space /atomic program, the 80+% of the technology the British have put forward.......in fact, were there any Americans involved in it? Other than those in charge sitting at their desks trying to understand that new fangled sciency stuff being imported?
@Photobyke That would be the Nazi scientists who gave America their rocket / space /atomic program, the 80+% of the technology the British have put forward.......in fact, were there any Americans involved in it? Other than those in charge sitting at their desks trying to understand that new fangled sciency stuff being imported?
@Photobyke That would be the Nazi scientists who gave America their rocket, space, atomic program, the 80+% of the technology the British have put forward.......in fact, were there any Americans involved in it? Other than those in charge sitting at their desks trying to understand that new fangled sciency stuff being imported?
@orihalchon not b/c they don't want to or can't, but b/c they don't have the funding. do you realize how much money that skit cost? it was an astronomical amount (no pun intended). the bbc has bottomless pockets and unlimited funding, the history channel, not so much. i think top gear america does just fine for what they have to work with.
@RGraw And that's why i said it's something that they can't buy.
Even if they can, it doesn't matter; they're not humorously-stupid-idiot-and-crazy enough. All i can see is, they're trying to be like them; being an idiotically-funny, but turning out like a cocky little kid who fancies them and tries to be like them...
@orihalchon i wouldn't say they're trying to be like them. they're trying to be similar in ways but still create their own chemistry for the show. while the first season wasn't terrible, it lacked its own identity. when the second season came, it finaly began develpoing one. as time goes on, the show will get better and better, just like top gear uk. don't forget that the british version wasn't anywhere near as good as it is now when it started.
@RGraw Couldn't agree with u more. Even though, i should say that Top Gear UK have a lot more knowledge about cars, because they live since classic cars era. Even though Top Gear US will sometime later developing their own knowledge about cars as time passes by, they wouldn't understand anything about cars from the 90's, because they hadn't got the chance to feel one and will know more since modern times, and became not knowing of how a true "driver's car" is and look like ;)
People, this was all fake. The life-size rocket was a dummy, not a real rocket, the launch was a scale model. Notice how we have no sense of how close or far the presenters are from the rocket. It is camera trickery. There are no instant replays or slow-mo shots like in Mythbusters. Most damningly and undeniably, the final explosion shot was faked. Search Youtube for "Top Gear Explosion", or download the episode for yourself and go frame by frame. Incontrovertible evidence of fakery.
@irocz0r Clearly you aren't a physicist, or a chemist. They were shooting for realistic, meaning they probably used liquid hydrogen and oxygen if they used liquid fuel. This is one of the most explosive combinations we've developed. For solid fuel, they would have used potassium nitrate, carbon and sulfur; another highly explosive combination. With fuel still in the main tank, fuel in the car's rockets, and gasoline in the car's tank to drive away after, this explosion is very life-like.
@irocz0r Also, when it launches you can scale it to the grass on initial ignition, as well as buildings in the background upon take off; and mountains and clouds during flight. Any "fakeness" you may pick up is probably your brain playing tricks on you and/or bad video quality. This isn't a full sized shuttle, it's not going to be a giant hunk of equipment. With the main tank, it probably didn't reach more than 50-75 ft. It's only going up ~5,000 ft max after all, and the Robinson is small.
@thenewpunkrockkid Clearly, you don't have any common sense. "Probably"? You are describing fuels used in real rockets. Congrats. You can't prove any of that was actually used here. Why don't you download a torrent in 1080p and watch it frame for frame. Watch the last few frames before the explosion. Watch some of the shots where the SRBs are still attached, and notice how the source of the flame is from the center of the rocket.
@irocz0r You can't disprove it wasn't and you can't prove this was fake either. All you have is speculation. Have you ever seen the NASA launches? Oh, and I'll disprove your theory about only the main engine working. If you look closely, even in 240p, you can see the two SRBs throwing out fire, 8:16. There is a point when they are no longer producing flame. I think you're mentioning this. Logical, or the common sense, answer: it ran out of fuel, then they jettisoned it off within 8 seconds.
@irocz0r Further, I don't see anything wrong with the explosion. Mate, I think you need to get your head checked. I saw nothing wrong with it. Listen bro, I'm a Redditor. If anyone can spot a "fake" anything, it's a Redditor. I see nothing shopped, CGI'd, scaled down rockets, no trickery. It's all real. If you can bring me some real evidence, like a real confession by May or Hammond or one of the scientists saying that this was faked, I'll believe you. Until then, case closed, this is real.
Associating yourself with a website does not make you a credible source, furthermore trying to support your claim by falling on an internet group does not make you an authority on deciding what you believe to be true or otherwise. You don't get to say case closed and I think it's probably you who should get your head examined if you think visiting a website anyone can access gives you any ground in this argument.
@TheTrueHaddock The fact that you are attacking me rather than arguing the point makes your comment useless and unreliable. While I can't say Reddit makes me an expert on everything, and would be ignorant to do so, the fact of the matter is that there is no proof, not even circumstantial, to say that this clip was faked. So, indeed, for the time being, the case is closed.
Now, as for your comment, attacking someone with a valid point? Who really needs to grow up here? Have a good day.
@thenewpunkrockkid 'Listen bro, I'm a Redditor. If anyone can spot a "fake" anything, it's a Redditor.' Hahahaha oh god laughing so much hurts so bad.
@Nyaldee Now that I've a good nights rest, I've realized how hard you're trolling. So go back to the bridge from which you came.
Unless any replies to my comments have to deal with the actual debate, I will no longer respond. It's a waste of my time to try to defend my credibility to people.
@thenewpunkrockkid It is real, but i only half support your argument. GROW A PAIR YOU IDIOT! Not trying to defend your credibility is practically dismissing your dignity!
@irocz0r They built it that way. In fact, if you paid any attention at all through your remarkably thick veil of smugness, you would have caught that they included rocket nozzles on even the fuel tank to give it more lift. Consider that they might have well been trying to lift a stack of breezeblocks into the air, and when you're talking rockets, that's no easy feat.
I love how it genuinly looks like a reall shuttle (from a distance). But yes as others have said, the British space program should have their budget increased by 10X, at the expense of giving benefits to tossers.
@nikanj True. I think the Big Brother house mates have a bigger budget than the British Space program. I believe it consists of filming Patrick Moore in his study once a month.
Wish they'd have another go at this, I can see a use for relient robin transcontinental transport now the Space shuttle's decommissioned.
The bearded bloke in the wind tunnel is currently teaching me Engineering Design as part of an Aerospace Engineering course at UWE and believe me, that beard is far more impressive in person. Rumour has it the beard itself has a degree in mechanical engineering...
ok . . . it lifted , then the boosters seperated , the robin didn't detouch , all fuel was depleded , the constraction started falling , it plumbed on solid ground AND EXPLODED ???? just what caused the explosion ? the nonexisting fuel ?
@greencheapsk8 The huge tank attached to the robin could not explode because the rocket was in its final phase of ascend and was about to detouch . (meening that the tank was empty )Second yes maybe some fuel was burning the way down but take a look at the explosion . it was huge. it couldn't be caused by some litle remaining fuel ..something last (forgot to mention before) all the rockets where solid state if you watch carefully meaning if they stop burning they're done and NO LIQUID FUEL!
@xifomahos1 Okay the first two might still be enough to cause an explosion, but the third got me. Nope, definitely movie magic going on here, i had forgotten about the solid fuel.
I've been wondering this for some time. Given the kinds of things they do on each show, and the list of cars owned by Jeremy Clarkson, it must be quite large.
Top gear is great! While so many singers and rappers and some well known fairly recent tv shows only focus on things like fame and getting rich quick, top gear talks about things that came about as a result of science and engineering. Two subjects too many deem boring that this show proves are actually incredible
@thetobinator95 from our bloody licence fees! At first when they facelifted the show it was fun, but now it's gotten way too stupid. And when they DO actually road test a car, it's always a Bentley or an Aston Martin. I'm going back to watching a useful motoring show from now on & watching 5th Gear!
@andeegreen TopGear has evolved into an ENTERTAINMENT show. Don't complain becuase you don't like the show. 300million viewers worldwide per episode proves a point. The BBC can't please everybody, but TopGear pleases a damn-sight more people than your average show.
its so sad when the robin hits the ground.. but its a nice try.. the launch wasn't bad at all.. it might be the probs when the robin is been bolted to the larger tank.. that's why it not detached..
@werewolfsya3 I remember reading something a while back by one of the guys who built and launched the rocket for them. He said that they were aware before launch that there was a failure with the the separation of the tank (I think it was an electrical problem or something), but that they had to launch it knowing it wouldn't work instead of trying to fix it because of lack of time. Sad really, it would have been so amazing if it had worked.
I love the amount of people who argue about whether or not stuff like this is real. Personally, I don't care it was funny as hell anyway. Although I wouldn't have to be a rocket scientist (or a TV presenter) to predict something going horribly wrong.
By the way, anyone know the song between 7:27 and 8:07? It sounds really familiar, but the place I usually look to check the songs they use (forums at Finalgear) has something else listed. It's bugging the hell out of me.
21Sumdude 2 days ago
Jeb was quite obviously the pilot. :D
deathrooster14 3 days ago
Even on an epic scale, that was Epic!
mrsiborg 5 days ago
They should try again.
Goiko47 5 days ago
How much money do they have?
artygunnar 5 days ago
@artygunnar More then I ever will...
davesanti 1 day ago
this be forever know as the first euro try for space lol.
starknight97 6 days ago
9:13 is the reason why no one was on it
trainguy3985 1 week ago
How much did this cost?
Chuckythevideodoll 1 week ago
That's Kerbal.
val3tra 1 week ago
it may have been a failure....BUT WHAT SPECTACULAR ONE!!!!
toboe399 1 week ago
That was pure awesomeness!
tnarg27 2 weeks ago
If Top Gear can almost do it, why can't the British Government? Why don't we have a space program?
TheLahness 2 weeks ago
@TheLahness We do have a space program, it's called the sky at at night (lol), but seriously, we do, but our astronauts hitch lifts with other countries. That being said, it is British engineers who design and build 80+% of the hardware NASA an ESA use.
woogle23 1 week ago
@woogle23 my god you are fucking retarded.
LamboK28992 1 week ago
@LamboK28992 In what sense? I sense you are American and angry, trying to hold on to the lie that your country is the greatest in the world, when in fact it is the terrorist capital of the world. Invading other countries for their natural resources, dropping nuclear bombs on innocent civilians in Japan just to test the effects. Oh and lets not forget the rape and torture of women and children by your armed forces in Vietnam and the middle east, need I go on? Retard, hah!
woogle23 1 week ago
@woogle23 if our country isn't the greatest than why are people like you so obsessed with it? innocent japanese civilians, yeah like pearl harbor right? vietnam, you mean the war the french started?
terrorist capital of the world, hah, tell that to the US navy which is the biggest source of disaster relief in the world, truly, you must be too stupid to dress yourself
LamboK28992 1 week ago
@LamboK28992 Wow, what an amazing comeback, I really don't know how to respond.... @@
Oh and by the way, you made a typo there, you accidentally put the word "relief" in your last paragraph.
woogle23 1 week ago
@woogle23 Thanks for pointing out a typo, I was really concerned since this is a website devoted to the study of english grammar.
and thank you so much for responding to my actual points, i am truly honored to be in the presence of such a great mind as yours.
LamboK28992 5 days ago
ohh 240p... we've met again
segattoo 2 weeks ago
Epic... Just Epic..
PublicRealmMusic 3 weeks ago
for a moment i actually thought this was going to work, but then i realized 3 of the worlds biggest plonkers made this!
supercrimefighter13 3 weeks ago
I remember laughin my balls off when watching this on TV, makes you proud to be British in a 'only us lunatics would try this' kind of way...
soulofthenorth 1 month ago 6
Considering that a few university students designed a viable way to pick up a small car in a, let's face it, relatively small rocket system, and the fact that it launched at all is pretty amazing. The fact that the apogee motors kicked in at all to dump the solid rocket boosters is pretty amazing as well, it really was inevitable that the bloody thing was going to crash the way that it did. Props to them for getting it to go as far as they did.
TacComControl 1 month ago
'Best of British TV'...in SD
Reeceline 1 month ago
I would attach a big balon and it would fly longer and touch space, maybe land.
Cost: balon 10$
Car: idk 1$
NerexisPL 1 month ago
Top Gear is jaw dropping incredible split your pants funny and a boys own adventure in one great programme. Turning a Del Boy car into a space shuttle is genius. Plus El Hammond is divinely cute:-)
Jasminebeautyfairy 1 month ago
lolol
AJ06 1 month ago
By far, the best thing to ever appear on british television
treejoe4 1 month ago
:D thats why only NASA got Shuttle workable - great cars = great space ships, terrible cars = bad space ships....
elmurcis1 1 month ago
Bet the 'Brits can't shoot it through a house, off the roof of another house, across 4 lanes of traffic and into a mini van window without hurting anyone like the U.S. did!! (e.g. Mythbusters!)
planktonite 1 month ago
cannonball mythbusters . LOL
noslenmars 1 month ago
@planktonite
Except no one was hurt...
AcornMachinima 1 month ago
If there was an onboard flight camera before that massive explosion, how did they recover it ?
BaddaBigBoom 1 month ago
@BaddaBigBoom They would have known it may explode and used a live wireless data transfer.
tg72211 1 month ago
@BaddaBigBoom It was probably live streaming and recording at the same time
RaGEofTHemONKey 1 month ago
this is small space shuttle the zoom of the camera and the tnt make a good movie
mejawmeyaw 1 month ago
well, that was a good 500 million pounds spent.
Alcsaurous 2 months ago
is it just me or does anyone else think this is epic?
bencolecumbria1995 2 months ago 38
@bencolecumbria1995 Oh it's epic marra, even though the car didn't separate it still fills you with awe, lol.
woogle23 1 week ago
who cares its just a good bit of telly
raveyDavey74 2 months ago
the best part is at 9:13
primevel2 2 months ago
Lol top gear has a huge budget
Trulytrollin 2 months ago
It exploded because the robin had fuel on board to power the thrusters the pilot could use when landing. Plus the rocket wouldn't have been totally empty.
jewtubevideowatcher 2 months ago
In all fairness it looked really impressive at the beginning of the launch, and it really did look like a carbon copy of the real thing NASA would do. Just because of one stupid bolt :/
ghostmonkeys 2 months ago
for just a little more money they could have built an actual manned rocket and gone into space. that makes this officially the craziest and best thing i\ve ever seen.
straka88 2 months ago
Thats some thing you dont see in every motorshow I just Luv topgear osum as always
PisToLeRo5551 2 months ago
LMFAO 4:20 Thank fully 2 eggheads arrived hahahahhahaha
PisToLeRo5551 2 months ago
Classic Top Gear
13sfaustino 2 months ago
@irocz0r and notick how their standing next to it before it lunches
I think i is real
Mrmichaelmcginley 2 months ago
@Mrmichaelmcginley This full sized rocket is a dummy. When the rocket is actually launching, this is a much smaller model rocket.
irocz0r 2 months ago
Now that's how you speand your budget!!!
vonsmith 2 months ago
Something that Top Gear US couldn't do....or make... or buy..... or plan.... or decide.......
orihalchon 2 months ago 29
@orihalchon yeah, instead of making a fake space shuttle, we built a real one
LamboK28992 4 weeks ago 2
@LamboK28992 err... I think you will find he said Top Gear US couldn't do, or make, or buy.. not your heavily indebted government which is now solely reliant (pun intended!) on the Russian Soyez!
ChaseWilliams 3 weeks ago
@LamboK28992 really, i dont remember seeing that episode of top gear US, because he was talking about the TV SHOW not our countries, you moron. obviously yours is richer and more powerful but our top gear has much higher viewing figures worldwide and a much higher budget
MrGeorgFTW 3 weeks ago
@LamboK28992 Yeah, but it was just a very expensive toy toy. At least Concorde, the harrier and the hovercraft actually had a use.
Photobyke 2 weeks ago
@Photobyke congratulations, you just won dumbest comment of the week. the concorde crashes, killing civilians, and was never a true commercial plane. the harrier is ok, and did you just say a hovercraft was useful?
the space shuttle is arguably the greatest accomplishment in all of human history. we flew to the fucking moon. it has been a massive boost for scientific knowledge and the US economy. tell you what, when your country's flag flies on the moon, you can respond. already 40+ years late.
LamboK28992 1 week ago
@LamboK28992
Of course it was a tru commercial plane - it made thousands and thousands of commercial flights and was a profitable venture. How many 747's, 737's, MD 11's, MD 80's and any other US made plane have crashed around the world? Hundreds. And let's not forget that Concorde crashed because a piece of metal fell off a US made plane and ruptured the fuel tank.
Hovercrafts cut channel journeytimes down by 3.5 hours, carrying cars and people for over 30 years.
Photobyke 1 week ago
@LamboK28992
The US space program required an input of scientists from around the world - have a look at the makeup of NASA - the scientific minds come from all over the world - to deny this just shows your blatant ignorance and dis-respect for the countries that have helped the US technologically over the years, and continue to do so.
Photobyke 1 week ago
@Photobyke That would be the Nazi scientists who gave America their rocket / space /atomic program, the 80+% of the technology the British have put forward.......in fact, were there any Americans involved in it? Other than those in charge sitting at their desks trying to understand that new fangled sciency stuff being imported?
woogle23 1 week ago
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@Photobyke That would be the Nazi scientists who gave America their rocket / space /atomic program, the 80+% of the technology the British have put forward.......in fact, were there any Americans involved in it? Other than those in charge sitting at their desks trying to understand that new fangled sciency stuff being imported?
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@Photobyke That would be the Nazi scientists who gave America their rocket, space, atomic program, the 80+% of the technology the British have put forward.......in fact, were there any Americans involved in it? Other than those in charge sitting at their desks trying to understand that new fangled sciency stuff being imported?
woogle23 1 week ago
@orihalchon not b/c they don't want to or can't, but b/c they don't have the funding. do you realize how much money that skit cost? it was an astronomical amount (no pun intended). the bbc has bottomless pockets and unlimited funding, the history channel, not so much. i think top gear america does just fine for what they have to work with.
RGraw 2 weeks ago
@RGraw And that's why i said it's something that they can't buy.
Even if they can, it doesn't matter; they're not humorously-stupid-idiot-and-crazy enough. All i can see is, they're trying to be like them; being an idiotically-funny, but turning out like a cocky little kid who fancies them and tries to be like them...
orihalchon 2 weeks ago
@orihalchon i wouldn't say they're trying to be like them. they're trying to be similar in ways but still create their own chemistry for the show. while the first season wasn't terrible, it lacked its own identity. when the second season came, it finaly began develpoing one. as time goes on, the show will get better and better, just like top gear uk. don't forget that the british version wasn't anywhere near as good as it is now when it started.
RGraw 2 weeks ago
@RGraw Couldn't agree with u more. Even though, i should say that Top Gear UK have a lot more knowledge about cars, because they live since classic cars era. Even though Top Gear US will sometime later developing their own knowledge about cars as time passes by, they wouldn't understand anything about cars from the 90's, because they hadn't got the chance to feel one and will know more since modern times, and became not knowing of how a true "driver's car" is and look like ;)
orihalchon 2 weeks ago
ambitious but rubbish.
you gotta love topgear!
WhatThePresidentSays 2 months ago
@WhatThePresidentSays "Ambitiously Rubbish" that's how i want to call it hahahah XD
orihalchon 2 months ago
Troll!
DarthCrumbie 2 months ago
People, this was all fake. The life-size rocket was a dummy, not a real rocket, the launch was a scale model. Notice how we have no sense of how close or far the presenters are from the rocket. It is camera trickery. There are no instant replays or slow-mo shots like in Mythbusters. Most damningly and undeniably, the final explosion shot was faked. Search Youtube for "Top Gear Explosion", or download the episode for yourself and go frame by frame. Incontrovertible evidence of fakery.
irocz0r 2 months ago
@irocz0r I think you're missing the point of the program, champ.
SuperKabana 2 months ago 3
@irocz0r Clearly you aren't a physicist, or a chemist. They were shooting for realistic, meaning they probably used liquid hydrogen and oxygen if they used liquid fuel. This is one of the most explosive combinations we've developed. For solid fuel, they would have used potassium nitrate, carbon and sulfur; another highly explosive combination. With fuel still in the main tank, fuel in the car's rockets, and gasoline in the car's tank to drive away after, this explosion is very life-like.
thenewpunkrockkid 2 months ago
@irocz0r Also, when it launches you can scale it to the grass on initial ignition, as well as buildings in the background upon take off; and mountains and clouds during flight. Any "fakeness" you may pick up is probably your brain playing tricks on you and/or bad video quality. This isn't a full sized shuttle, it's not going to be a giant hunk of equipment. With the main tank, it probably didn't reach more than 50-75 ft. It's only going up ~5,000 ft max after all, and the Robinson is small.
thenewpunkrockkid 2 months ago
@thenewpunkrockkid Robin* not Robinson.
thenewpunkrockkid 2 months ago
@thenewpunkrockkid Clearly, you don't have any common sense. "Probably"? You are describing fuels used in real rockets. Congrats. You can't prove any of that was actually used here. Why don't you download a torrent in 1080p and watch it frame for frame. Watch the last few frames before the explosion. Watch some of the shots where the SRBs are still attached, and notice how the source of the flame is from the center of the rocket.
irocz0r 2 months ago
@irocz0r You can't disprove it wasn't and you can't prove this was fake either. All you have is speculation. Have you ever seen the NASA launches? Oh, and I'll disprove your theory about only the main engine working. If you look closely, even in 240p, you can see the two SRBs throwing out fire, 8:16. There is a point when they are no longer producing flame. I think you're mentioning this. Logical, or the common sense, answer: it ran out of fuel, then they jettisoned it off within 8 seconds.
thenewpunkrockkid 2 months ago
@irocz0r Further, I don't see anything wrong with the explosion. Mate, I think you need to get your head checked. I saw nothing wrong with it. Listen bro, I'm a Redditor. If anyone can spot a "fake" anything, it's a Redditor. I see nothing shopped, CGI'd, scaled down rockets, no trickery. It's all real. If you can bring me some real evidence, like a real confession by May or Hammond or one of the scientists saying that this was faked, I'll believe you. Until then, case closed, this is real.
thenewpunkrockkid 2 months ago
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TheTrueHaddock 1 month ago
@thenewpunkrockkid
Associating yourself with a website does not make you a credible source, furthermore trying to support your claim by falling on an internet group does not make you an authority on deciding what you believe to be true or otherwise. You don't get to say case closed and I think it's probably you who should get your head examined if you think visiting a website anyone can access gives you any ground in this argument.
Grow up, kid.
TheTrueHaddock 1 month ago
@TheTrueHaddock The fact that you are attacking me rather than arguing the point makes your comment useless and unreliable. While I can't say Reddit makes me an expert on everything, and would be ignorant to do so, the fact of the matter is that there is no proof, not even circumstantial, to say that this clip was faked. So, indeed, for the time being, the case is closed.
Now, as for your comment, attacking someone with a valid point? Who really needs to grow up here? Have a good day.
thenewpunkrockkid 1 month ago
@thenewpunkrockkid 'Listen bro, I'm a Redditor. If anyone can spot a "fake" anything, it's a Redditor.' Hahahaha oh god laughing so much hurts so bad.
Nyaldee 1 month ago
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thenewpunkrockkid 1 month ago
@thenewpunkrockkid Rage more little one, the internet requires more quality comedy.
Nyaldee 1 month ago
@Nyaldee Now that I've a good nights rest, I've realized how hard you're trolling. So go back to the bridge from which you came.
Unless any replies to my comments have to deal with the actual debate, I will no longer respond. It's a waste of my time to try to defend my credibility to people.
thenewpunkrockkid 1 month ago
@thenewpunkrockkid Yes, I imagine that defending something you do not have can be quite the challenge indeed.
Nyaldee 1 month ago
@thenewpunkrockkid It is real, but i only half support your argument. GROW A PAIR YOU IDIOT! Not trying to defend your credibility is practically dismissing your dignity!
RaGEofTHemONKey 1 month ago
@irocz0r They built it that way. In fact, if you paid any attention at all through your remarkably thick veil of smugness, you would have caught that they included rocket nozzles on even the fuel tank to give it more lift. Consider that they might have well been trying to lift a stack of breezeblocks into the air, and when you're talking rockets, that's no easy feat.
TacComControl 1 month ago
What piece of music is it at 9:00???
chando19 2 months ago
@chando19 The music used when the shuttle falls: Michael Kamen - Snowmobiles (Die Hard 2 Soundtrack). xD
laurigun1 4 weeks ago
This has been flagged as spam show
anyone know the music @ 5:09
josshaw2005 2 months ago
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josshaw2005 2 months ago
One of my favourite Top Gear challenges!
ChrisUK027 3 months ago
that what i call DIY
DnoizeOriginal 3 months ago
8:20 the happiest grown men in the world
beallhigh26 3 months ago
love how they put the stickers upside down
mishafy 3 months ago
Paid for by the British government.
stopthebox 3 months ago
What fun!!. Easy come easy go. :D
Steelaworkn 3 months ago
wow!!!!
jbk123456jbk 3 months ago
@jbk123456jbk Pointy at the end!
Heavensrun 3 months ago
I love how it genuinly looks like a reall shuttle (from a distance). But yes as others have said, the British space program should have their budget increased by 10X, at the expense of giving benefits to tossers.
N1GASynagogueClan 3 months ago
It's impressive until you realise the BBC probably has a bigger budget the Britain's actual space program.
nikanj 3 months ago 154
@nikanj True. I think the Big Brother house mates have a bigger budget than the British Space program. I believe it consists of filming Patrick Moore in his study once a month.
Wish they'd have another go at this, I can see a use for relient robin transcontinental transport now the Space shuttle's decommissioned.
jocksstrap 3 months ago
@nikanj Seriously? I thought NASA's funding was bad...
100littlecurses 2 months ago
@nikanj Shame that they can't afford putting HD video on youtube :(
Biohazard1999 1 month ago
what's the song at 6:15? sounds familiar
JheakrynaKyAlur 3 months ago
The bearded bloke in the wind tunnel is currently teaching me Engineering Design as part of an Aerospace Engineering course at UWE and believe me, that beard is far more impressive in person. Rumour has it the beard itself has a degree in mechanical engineering...
CorporalCaleb 3 months ago 26
retry please
DeuceInBloodyHell 4 months ago
damn adverts p*ss me off!
crazyc2004 4 months ago 3
me gusta ese coche
pataslocas2001 4 months ago
This is the episode that started it all for me. This episode is the reason i fell in love with this show. First episode i ever saw.
FKNhostile187 4 months ago 4
Why don't u show full films
TheKashif1998 4 months ago
Ecellent, but will it blend? That is the question.
I hope Richard didn't crash off camera. What about a test on thier test lap lol!
GTAIVFan17 4 months ago
That... was nucking futs.
HonshuSquid 4 months ago 3
so much for secret base xD
RasGas90 4 months ago
ok . . . it lifted , then the boosters seperated , the robin didn't detouch , all fuel was depleded , the constraction started falling , it plumbed on solid ground AND EXPLODED ???? just what caused the explosion ? the nonexisting fuel ?
xifomahos1 4 months ago
@xifomahos1 the fuel tank was that huge tank attached to the robin
JosephBr0seph 4 months ago
@xifomahos1 Theres still fuel, its burning on the way down. If youve ever stomped on a burning petrol container you would know whats going on.
Most of that is just dust and stuff anyway.
greencheapsk8 4 months ago
@greencheapsk8 The huge tank attached to the robin could not explode because the rocket was in its final phase of ascend and was about to detouch . (meening that the tank was empty )Second yes maybe some fuel was burning the way down but take a look at the explosion . it was huge. it couldn't be caused by some litle remaining fuel ..something last (forgot to mention before) all the rockets where solid state if you watch carefully meaning if they stop burning they're done and NO LIQUID FUEL!
xifomahos1 4 months ago
@xifomahos1 Okay the first two might still be enough to cause an explosion, but the third got me. Nope, definitely movie magic going on here, i had forgotten about the solid fuel.
greencheapsk8 4 months ago
240p so we meet again...
LemurZombie 5 months ago
wow, revolutionary. my ad actually skipped itself o.o
shcnoozlebop 5 months ago in playlist top gear hotel
That's is the most amazing thing I've seen in my bloodeh life!
210peanutswaye 5 months ago 2
"How are we going to use it again?" :D
nfaifa 5 months ago
Take that nasa
IceaSmith 5 months ago
What the fuck kind of budget does top gear have?
AmorphicS 5 months ago 186
@AmorphicS Well I heard it had one of the highest budgets for a show in the world. Whatever that may be.
7heAre7s 5 months ago
@AmorphicS More than all similar shows in the world together
EchtInnviertler1996 4 months ago
@AmorphicS go to 3:27 for your answer.
Winstonz0r 3 months ago
@AmorphicS i guess thats the reason why all the new series are not longer than 6 episodes
hapazaz 3 months ago
@AmorphicS well, a huge budget, but not enough to cover the insurance of the most expensive car in the world (i forgot which one)
wildwilco 3 months ago
@AmorphicS I seem to remeber that it used to be £100000 per show, but it is now a lot less....
fergfergferg123 2 months ago
@AmorphicS
I've been wondering this for some time. Given the kinds of things they do on each show, and the list of cars owned by Jeremy Clarkson, it must be quite large.
zagnut48219 2 months ago
@AmorphicS no need to swear, but roughly infinity billion pounds!
CTTV101 1 month ago
@AmorphicS Chips n' larger
CyclonicTuna023 1 month ago
makes you proud to be british! :D
Britishdude9 5 months ago 4
I've seen the real thing at the World of Top Gear near Bournemouth.
SR71ABCD 5 months ago
i like how they put a british flag on it with the nasa logo which has top gear written instead of nasa lolol
oJKBo 5 months ago 6
Mr. Bean made sure it didn't separate.
edtaylor06 5 months ago 4
Episode?
MrQud5 5 months ago
when the shuttle lifted off i was amazed, never expected to go so well. too bad the last rocket didn't separate.
garramiro 5 months ago
@garramiro t'was the fuel tank
winduistheman 5 months ago
@winduistheman sorry for that, my bad.
garramiro 5 months ago
This is a Reliant Rialto, not a Robin.
RichardBurnsRally 5 months ago
What season is this from?
CrazyCroat21 5 months ago
7:10 SONG???
RedSunCZE 5 months ago
That's the coolest thing I think I've ever seen. Hats off to the Top Gear crew.
Beerbo0711 5 months ago
8:26 That surprised look on Hamster is priceless.
foxontherails 5 months ago
@foxontherails i imagine that was my face when i first saw the lift off.
garramiro 5 months ago
How are we gonna use it again?!
MrNicotra 5 months ago
Commercial flight in Europe
ben9DB 5 months ago
Still amazes me how they did this. Biggest non commerce
ben9DB 5 months ago
top secret location my arse ! hehe it's Otterburn range in Northumberland ;)
M1ZXG 5 months ago
ambitious.. but rubbish
stevenlang93 6 months ago
"The Reliant is a problem aerodynamically"
"Well they didn't really design it with this in mind did they" loll
NottinghamForest22 6 months ago
and that's why we leave a note
realswitchit 6 months ago
Top gear is great! While so many singers and rappers and some well known fairly recent tv shows only focus on things like fame and getting rich quick, top gear talks about things that came about as a result of science and engineering. Two subjects too many deem boring that this show proves are actually incredible
officereagle 6 months ago 7
9:15 Explosion
frendrezz 6 months ago
7:55 Launch
frendrezz 6 months ago
I've seen a real shuttle launch, and this was just as exciting and more funny. I think they should try again! :)
json8tr 6 months ago 2
this by far is the most amazing bit you've done
rollypolly26 6 months ago 2
Every NASA crew turn on TV to watch this.
Chris58851 6 months ago 3
How do so many people not get the humour, charm and point in this?
jacklovesjesus 6 months ago
"Has anyone got a hammer?"
hondapilot04 6 months ago
May look sad for real @9:18 :(
MrGuillaume74 6 months ago
"The largest European non-governmental organisation rocket in history..."
HHGFHJGFHJGFJTYFJDGY 6 months ago
What series was this from?
ckkiser2323 6 months ago
did i hear some one saying "brake .!! brake.!!! "
LMbG3000 6 months ago
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LMbG3000 6 months ago
8.26 is epic .. ( the guy with the remote..!!! ha ha haa
LMbG3000 6 months ago
how do they get funding dor this???
thetobinator95 6 months ago in playlist a - July 21 - Best of shuttle
@thetobinator95 from our bloody licence fees! At first when they facelifted the show it was fun, but now it's gotten way too stupid. And when they DO actually road test a car, it's always a Bentley or an Aston Martin. I'm going back to watching a useful motoring show from now on & watching 5th Gear!
andeegreen 6 months ago in playlist a - July 21 - Best of shuttle
@andeegreen but i admit they can be pretty funny and you could a few laughs out of the show :P
thetobinator95 6 months ago
@andeegreen TopGear has evolved into an ENTERTAINMENT show. Don't complain becuase you don't like the show. 300million viewers worldwide per episode proves a point. The BBC can't please everybody, but TopGear pleases a damn-sight more people than your average show.
xAzZa1 6 months ago 4
Even NASA ones costing billions have exploded, they should do this again.
And again, and then go to the moon, a journey into voyage of space, paid for with the TV License. :-D
superhamzah85 6 months ago 3
hasn't some of it been cut? i thought james said more about thrust....
cazfenny 6 months ago
its so sad when the robin hits the ground.. but its a nice try.. the launch wasn't bad at all.. it might be the probs when the robin is been bolted to the larger tank.. that's why it not detached..
werewolfsya3 6 months ago
@werewolfsya3 I remember reading something a while back by one of the guys who built and launched the rocket for them. He said that they were aware before launch that there was a failure with the the separation of the tank (I think it was an electrical problem or something), but that they had to launch it knowing it wouldn't work instead of trying to fix it because of lack of time. Sad really, it would have been so amazing if it had worked.
dotzvbjnp 5 months ago