Titan IV A-20 explodes over Cape Canaveral (8-12-98)

[x2malandy]

obviously we have a major malfunction.

[paper000000]

Such a waste. The money spent on this could have paid for about 2 days of Obamacare.

[irish89055]

I was waiting for him to say something else..... every taxpaper should be grimacing...

[tomislavlac]

0:51 FUS RO DAH!

[gabikit]

that just simply sucks...I worked on those payload structures but nothing compared to the payload.

[misscoolastro]

0:55

oh no

classic

[alex3373]

I wonder if they put Mr. Bill in there? O.o ohhh noo!!

[snowhole87]

Why isn't there a boom sound?

[markjason2]

$1 billion gone in just a blink of an eye

[LfcGoddardENGCJG]

someones getting the sake in the morning

[cheepie23]

a very expensive fire works..

[BricktropolisStudios]

T+ 40 seconds, Oh no!

[DaBloxTrio]

At 0:08, I think the guy at the intercom lost count.

[DamianLeon123]

theres your acting phenominaly

[fkazuo24]

Nice fireworks!

[firekilller13]

@fkazuo24 Billion dollar bottle rocket.

[23for82bigs]

hey lets shit a billion bucks in one minute

[pewtoobe]

You had me at "Oh No!". :-P

[CHERIKUGAJEVIKUGA]

stupid americans !! How many time i told dont steer rockets so hard to left wen in flight..see it eXplode !!!!!

[zenoparodie]

I was worried it was a NASA rocket, then i heard USAF, and i was glad it exploded

[vh90278]

doh, US dont have right stuff anymore, might as well buy it from china like we buy everything else.

[inthetearoom]

@vh90278 actually the rate of failure used to be much higher. we have had 10 years of near 100 percent success in rocket launches. I'd say that as far as space technology, we naturally always getting better. That is one thing we won't be buying from the chinese, who are trying to hack into our system to steal our tech ip secrets 1000 times a day.

[turgeo2004]

So that is how you blow through a billion bucks in 1 minute. :)

[mattmonster93]

I hate when that happens :/

[pogularocky]

Now that is the best use of tax money I have seen to date!

[plastic410]

oops...

[mikrofoto]

fireworks:)

[CmdShepard]

linux ubutu inside!

[freakyflow]

Intell inside !

[dtiydr]

Gotta cost..

[TheJerryCurlzz]

t 10 24... OH NO!!!



[dave46563]

Homer Simpson was the launch director...."DOH!"

[PLERPTV]

0:55

*zonk*

- oh no.

[Crossroadsinc]

052 Explodes...

LIKE A BOSS!!!

[RyeOnHam]

"Oh no." Understatement, yes, but I think it sums it up. Not as elegant as the Delta II that showered the pad with solid fuel or as tragic as the Challenger explosion, but still an, "Oh no." kind of moment.

[stevenewyork]

"America's silent hero", "last flight of..." then explodes? Grade B movie scriptwriting.

[RoyalSatanas]

OOOOOhhhhhh!!!! my spunk explodes all over the ground.

[Acecombatgamertwo]

laser cannon deth sentance

[scottyphoto]

Rocket Engineer- "I knew I should have tightened that wing nut."

[ilovecamping04]

people were in that when that happned right!

[iSpeakstheTruth]

@ilovecamping04 nope

[QuantumChance]

Intercom: "Oh no."

Kool-Aid man: "OH YEAHHHHHH!"

[greendizerrr]

@QuantumChance ÓH NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[TheFr3sh1]

@QuantumChance Great comment

FAMILY GUY

Ron Paul

[vikaskarade]

Big Firecracker :)

[24xEBK]

i lold

[TeamFuMe]

And that, my friends, was the birth of a man named Chuck Norris.

[superman6327]

happy new made in china years!

[MrDenizen]

It didn't blow up, it was just the 2nd stage of the rockets starting.

[superman6327]

made in china?

[nuketothesky]

@superman6327

Yes, whole USA is made in China LOL

[wlmason73]

"We have ignition and liftoff of America's satellite hero, the Air Force Titan IV"

Huh, he wasn't kidding. It even failed like a hero.

[WakeUpWolfgang]

I will always wonder what the explosion sounded like

[Jerome123435]

Pefect Start but...... bad fly....

[saltydog45]

That million dollar roll of duct tape was faulty!

[Polybun]

good, one less spy sat in orbit.

[drbackjack]

@Polybun

Use more tin foil

[thejordanmoore1]

t minus 40 seconds............oh no

[thejordanmoore1]

t minus 40 seconds ........oh no

[USAmerican100]

"Oh no" - then silence. Come on guy tell us how the Titan team screwed up!!

[bluefreefall]

Ahem, hand me that insurance form will you?

[xoio]

That camera must have been some way away.. As you still hear the engines running long after the explosion, with the film finishing before the explosion was heard...

[cichy1970]

3

2

1

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

[CmdShepard]

1:09 "get tha fuckaouta here" lol

[killapyro1]

llooks light a giant shell an expensive one :D

[jort996]

o no

[trainman071]

what a cheap ass rocket. lol i could by a better one at a supermarket in the fireworks section for about 5 bucks! at least would save the tx payers money and would of worked well too

[USApetriotGUY]

Fucking rushians! THEY did it! Rusians and jews! Fucking scumbags!

[acepilotrjv]

We have had an anomally...no kidding!



[spacecowboy5000]

@100silverpizza Oh no! Another human overreacting. Let's kill all hope for mankind! Weeee!

[CrazyCoolDude100]

i know i shouldn't laugh but i did when he said a straight face 'oh no'

[ArabAstronomy]

well them some expensive fireworks!

[GMYitzhak]

well everything WAS performing nominally until...

[PaperbatVGFAN67]

*kid* DADDY LOOK IT"S FIREWORKS!

*dad*son,it's a rocket..

*kid*DAD I KNOW DAT ALL FIREWORKS ARE ROCKETS!

*dad* *sigh*

[spikerdude111]

Bobsmit From Kerbal Space Program forums brought me here...

[Yonkage]

"Okay, let's get outta here!"

[DreadTRex]

"Oh no" The most straight forward thing NASA has ever said immediately after a failure.

[elswick15422]

Is it me or did this prick forget what number came after 3

[Pitchplus8]

very expensive firework

[ETECHJOEs]

change your oil

[phambo101]

...Oh, so beautiful to the eyes, don't y'all think so?!!!

[6V92TA]

Kerbal Space Program........

[mcmmilo]

very expensive fireworks

[mcmmilo]

very expensive fireworks

[jamie101911]

That sucks ass through a straw

[walleyrt69]

I just exploded all over my Ol Ladies ass!

[EVAUnit4A]

Well, at least he didn't say there has been some kind of "malfunction"...

[Treblaine]

That's what you get for launching a satellite on July 4th

[BurningSoul76]

O_o

[jonnykkkkkkkkk]

One expensive firework...:-)

[BurningSoul76]

@jonnykkkkkkkkk  Thumbs up

[kylian272]

it ended

*puts on sunglasses *

with a bang :)

[kingofinferno100]

@kylian272 Im guess the sunglasses/shades thing is popular on youtube now :/

[willsco76]

Happy 4th of July. LOL

[Parkankiller]

Press 7..........

[Mycterizian]

Buddy fucks up on the count down. There's that great American education showing itself once again. He didn't even say "We have experienced an anomaly of the Titan IV-A" LOL!!!

[malamagr]

$1.1 billion firework. Almost watched this one live, just didn't feel like driving 3 hours to watch it that day. Too bad, one of the biggest blow-ups ever! This looked a LOT cooler from the overhead view.

At the time, they said the range safety officer manually destroyed the rocket after it had deviated too much from the flight path. From the overhead view, you could see it start pitching down and after a few degrees it blows, probably at that point it was about to break up anyway.

[PROCOMER84]

"Let's get outta here!!"

[parothek]

At 0:56 i Understand "Oh lol" ...

[Kauwhaka]

0:58 Cameraman! Zoom out! Zoom out!!

[bamsb90]

I like how the announcer says "4, 3...2,1". 

[gregarious24]

Well, that ain't good.

[worldofwarcraft1107]

lololol U.S.A U.S.A !

[MelkorHimself]

Somebody got fired.

[kocka9192]

a new type of firework has been invented there

[PrUnEJuIcEtHeThIrD]

OK so here's where I'm supposed to press the red button...

"Oh no."

[hrdknox2000]

What caused it to explode?



[xSKULLGRINDERx]

Now THAT'S a firework worth waiting for xD

[freeadplanet]

Better to go out with a BANG than with a whimper. In this case. :)

[Stephaniee961]

Tat waz epic...... i wounder if usama bin laden waz behind thiz? Hum...

[liana6677]

Ka-boom! Good to go out with a bang, don't you think?

[Alexander19851]

"Did you hit that Red Button?"

[leakingpencil]

"Oh no." 0:53

[phuturephunk]

I watched this live on TV and was only around 40 miles from where it happened.

[FantasticBob7000]

kablooey!

[Mysticalseacreature]

Free fireworks.

[MyNevermindme]

@Mysticalseacreature Lol not free 1 billion worth of fireworks

[Mysticalseacreature]

@MyNevermindme

I meant for the viewers. :p

[jetfreak4]

Wow...that's a big explosion

[boltjet135]

best firework ever

[CUNTservativesRDung]

Happy 4th of July everyone!!! XDDD

[grooveclubhouse]

the last Titan IV huh? well it went out with a bang.

[ChaosPinkBean]

Now thats what I call expensive fireworks.

[AccessDenied55]

Made in China

[kissmygrittsyall]

@AccessDenied55

Clearly made in the US of A.

[Yurielkafa]

awesom

[TeknikAlity34]

That was a hella sick explosion but, was there anybody onboard?

[greenseaships]

@TeknikAlity34 No these are unmanned rockets.

[ASSHOLELA]

launch fail

[JuicYouS]

best firework ever!!!

[fsxflyer253]

Oh no, the only words that would be sayable here on national tv

[g3org33r3]

That was a rather big explosion

[poodlehead92]

LOL he just so calmly goes " oh no"

I would've been like "HOLY SHIT MOTHERFUCKER AHHHHHHHHHHH SHIT FUCK YEWWWWW!!!!"

[TheDylanJoyce]

Teen Titans...Go!

[008basher]

that must have been a heckofa 4 of july

[FantasticBob7000]

@008basher WTF dude you took my line!  :)

[Yurielkafa]

Just use Soyuz and Proton

[ExploreDestination]

Apparently the last Titan IV wanted to celebrate with a bang!

[USApetriotGUY]

@ExploreDestination Theirs NOTHING to laugh about you moron! People died ther're! You shoul feel ashamed for being such a reterd!

[StinkyGreenBud]

@USApetriotGUY Dude the Titan IV A-20 is a unmanned space booster. UNMANNED. No one died. So whose the moron? Think before you insult someone.

[deimos2k6]

very expensive firework

[NeverIsSummah]

Huston... We have a problem

[AvoinTarina]

Nice fireworks... A tad expensive, but nice none the less.

[beetle450]

Mission Control guy 1: What is this rocket carrying again?

Mission Control guy 2: A billion dollar top secret sattelite

Mission Control guy 1: THERE IS A NON EXISTENT PROBLEM SELF DESTRUCT

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

Oh No!!

LMFAO!!!

That would make a spectacular 4th of July show!!! LOL

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

Oh no!

LMFAO!! Oops!

[respektjaeperfekt]

I'm getting one of these for New year's eve!

[philglassfan]

More American junk!

[Lemau]

@philglassfan I read this with a Russian accent and now I am ashamed. ._.

[McChuugy]

was this going to like bomb the russians??

[evinado1]

@McChuugy

naw it was putting up a satellite in space

[leonelp51]

u all dumb ! it goes hyperspaceeee :P

[gojewla]

lol. I love this guy. He is so enthusiastic at the beginning and then at the end, he's like ".....oh no..."

[futas1991]

beautiful fireworks ^^

[bweazel]

Hmmm, this guy didn't seem to notice the rocket going off course like the other video states. Nor does he seem to notice any self destruct commands being given. Actually, he sounds quite shocked. Odd that the launch controller (if that's what he is) would not realize any of that stuff.

[PwnerPwnz]

R u talking about the "Titan IV Explosion at Cape Canaveral 8-20-98 (High Definition)"?

Because one of the highest voted comments of that vid states that the facts were all wrong.

A short circuit caused an outage of the guidance computer, which made it lose it's orientation relative to the earth. When it came back up it issued a pitch down command, which put it in an angle it wasn't built for. Causing a SRB to separate, rocket initiates self destruct. Flight control sent one 2 seconds afterwards

[Radqq]

@bweazel Who said it was a launch controller. I think it was more of a spectator.

[blablubb12345]

It was the last Titan 4A, Titan 4B flew until 2005.

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

"This is the final Titan 4 to be flown...."

You got that right!!! LOLOLOL!!

DAMN!!!

[SkyyCaptainn]

Now that's what I call a spectacular firework. The last Titan IV went with a BANG

[Mo0z3d]

expensive fireworks.. :')