This is high-speed camera footage of a separation test conducted for the Ares I-X rocket. The test simulated the separation event that will take place following the first stage of flight. The test needed to show that the linear-shaped charge used to separate the forward skirt extension severed cleanly.
More info is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/index...
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