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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1HA9LlFNM0 (Starship SN5 150m Hop, August 4th 2020)

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-raptor-engine-crushes-russi... (SpaceX crushes rocket engine world record during Raptor test)

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1295495834998513664 (@elonmusk: Raptor engine just reached 330 bar chamber pressure without exploding!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1HA9LlFNM0

Is a much better video :)

Thank God for that guy in the corner helping me to know how to feel.

Seriously though, this has been an incredibly annoying trend for a few years, everything has to be tagged with some pre-packaged emotional reaction. Such a dumbing down of public discourse.

Someone linked the official video and it's amazing: https://youtu.be/s1HA9LlFNM0

⬐ Cogito

I mean, feel free to be annoyed with the commentary, but there was no official live stream of the event.

There were 3-4 non-official live streams, I think all of them provided by people who have streamed every single one of these tests live.

Asking those people to not have a reaction when the thing actually flies is a little far-fetched, unreasonable, and contrary to what their audience wants and expects.

This isn't a reaction video with "some pre-packaged emotional reaction", it's sitting down to watch an historical event with friends - hardly a dumbing down of anything.

Even in the official streams of other events the hosts become emotional, and are often drowned out by the cheers of those around them. I really have no idea what it is you want or expect from these live streams.

⬐ martindbp

See also "Youtube face".

⬐ smusamashah

There is also a "Dreamworks Face"

⬐ db48x

Doesn't Japanese television have a lot of reaction shots too?

⬐ StevenWaterman

The people watching that livestream are there specifically for him, he's a well-known personality in that community.

If you don't want that, there's other streams without presenters, or with less obnoxious presenters.

⬐ w_t_payne

Is the engine supposed to be on fire like that?

Official video: https://youtu.be/s1HA9LlFNM0

⬐ DangerousPie

Can we change the link? This is much better.

⬐ Taniwha

So what's burning above the motor, I thought these were closed cycle engines?

Were they incredibly lucky

⬐ Tuna-Fish

There's a lot of speculation on that, it's probably either wiring/tubing insulation or paint that got ignited, or a small leak. It seems to put itself out at 0:51.

⬐ dmix

A significantly better version.

⬐ dvno42

Thank you.

⬐ handedness

Thank you. So much more enjoyable with pure audio than with commentary which only detracted from it, and the shot is spectacular.

Official video from SpaceX: https://youtu.be/s1HA9LlFNM0

⬐ zionic

This should be the link, it's way better!

They actually posted an official video of the hop just now: https://youtu.be/s1HA9LlFNM0