A Rocket Nerd Reacts to SpaceX Starship SN8's 12.5km Test Flight! 

This video needs to be attached to ‘Nerdgasm’ in urban dictionary. Can’t say I reacted any differently, such an fulfilling splosion.

Mate, this is exactly how I felt watching it. I wish I'd had the presence of mind to record it.

So I learned something, 30 seconds before launch is longer than the whole flight.

Pretty sure he is a future engineer.

This video captured exactly what I felt as I watched. I’m so glad space x is reigning the passion of space in are generation. :) AD ASTRA! 🚀 💫

I *loved* your remark - "Do not go gentle..." Perfect!!!!!

Haha great reaction!! Thats how i felt to but everyones sleeping!

"this is already a success." that's EXACTLY what I said when it lifted off. This exceeded my expectations, we're on to Mars!

Best starship Landing reaction ever

6:20 "this is already a success, no matter what happens now" *Engine stops "But they are an order of magnitude better-" *Skirt catches fire Me: for the love of god mate, STOP😂😂😂😂😂

so many people watched it in the news worldwide and so many of them thought it failed, when the thing went into flames in the end. but only a very small percentage of people realize that SpaceX just made history.

"It's not theory anymore. They can do this. They're going to do this!" Best summation I've heard yet! 👍👍

I made my 13 year old son watch this and he was really excited about it.

I love watching these Nerdgasm sn8 reactions. I was lucky enough to Watch SN8 In person It was amazing The facility is only an hour from my house

9:52 man sounds like mickey mouse

That was exactly my reaction: anticipation, excitement, wait is this normal? That looks bad, wait was this the plan all along?! No way?!? Awesome! Go go go! Kaboom!

Fantastic video. Please do these for all the future tests. 🚀

Bro, I swear, you were doing and saying everything I was when I watched it. The heavy breathing, the goosebumps, the increasing anticipation and the joy of reaching apogee, the the excitement of the bellyflop after raptor shutdown and the stand up and jump about celebration on such a close landing. Thank you sooo much for sharing this, because I was able to relive those moments watching you, and it’s amazing to see the love of this endeavour is shared by so many. This gives me a renewed faith in humanity. Shame about the mishap with SN9 but Elon’s got a habit of bouncing back and quickly.

Hahaha! Best reaction I've seen yet. Well done mate, I pretty much reacted the same. "Re-light something... re-LIGHT SOMETHING!" Love it. Cheers from Kentucky, USA.

You couldn’t have stated it better. All starship needed was to clear the launch pad as it did and it made history. Now to see how SN9 performs under 3 vacuum raptor and full simulation cargo loads. I wonder if the 3 sea level raptors could land under fully loaded conditions? Ascent looked very slow but the aero surfaces performed as expected and the belly flop was awesome! Great Reaction!

This was my best birthday present ever, PLUS!!! i am going to pick up cyberpunk 2077 from gamestop today, best day ever!!!!

Still going through all the videos and this is one of my favorites so far. Fan reactions really bring back the moment we witnessed history. You said it bro.... They are really going to do it. no longer just a farfetched theory!

This was genuinely the best and most honest reaction of the flight I have seen so far. Thank you!

These reactions are so wholesome, just love it.

After seeing the first integrated flight test earlier today it’s crazy to think how far starship has come.

First time I have watched any of your videos, not even sure if you have more than this, lol, but you made me feel and remember what it is like to be young again.....thanks....

The only time we can watch a rocket blow up and scream "YES! BRAVO!", it was given a 30% chance of success and got this far! It was the first every prototype of this rocket to do a full flight, with the first ever full flight of a Raptor engine, with the first ever flight with more than 1 engine, and, to top it off, the first ever belly flop of a vehicle of this size. It got SO close! Awesome job SpaceX!

12:06 That was FUCKING AWESOME! YES!!! **typing intensifies** lmao

I totally like your enthusiasm. Subscribed. Thanks for letting us enjoy this amazing test again, with you.

BROOO this is exactly how i felt when it reached APOGEE, and to see SN8 come down and bellyflop and actually do the flip and the landing burn, my god when i tell you i was on the floor crying, mate. XD

That's basically me watching the live :D Frenetically grabbing my head, wondering if the 2 raptors shutdowns were planned, and yelling YES at the bellyflop into explosion, realizing the massive success that it was :p

Your recation reflects exactly how l felt watching SN8 . Love your video

This was fun to watch from another British nerd who went (almost) as crazy. Massive shame to see the way this was reported by British media, BBC didn’t mention the flop or flip at all and just showed the explosion

I fell off the couch watching this in my living room. Thought my mind had broken. Crazy stuff.

Had the same reaction. Was truly an awesome moment

i had to record mine and share as well, just did not expect this at all!!

There's excitement and hope all around!

You have a keen mind. Loved watching you reasoning out what was going on with the engine shutdowns. One of the first streamers to do so. Congrats! Keep up the studies and you may end up in some control center one day.

Awesome reaction! Awesome flight! Just about the same reaction from this guy that was born not too long before we landed on the moon! Love to see the younger generation this excited about this history in the making and can't wait to see what SpaceX has planned for SN9! Congrats SpaceX!!!!

This is gonna go viral! Great reaction great passion man!

I love how emotionally attached you are to rocket science. You're definitely my next subscription! I'm also really interested in how SpaceX is progressing over time and love watching test flights like these.

I was on the edge of my seat the entire flight. It was awesome!!!! It was great to watch your reactions...:)

My feelings exactly! If only my wife didn't go, "what's the point in watching that?", I would have been jumping around like a maniac!

Fantastic reaction!!!!! Loved it. Just how I felt! You recreated it for me!

Never, in the history of rocketry, have so many people been so delighted with a test fight which ended in a RUD.

You embodied the worlds excitement in that moment. Thanks for this!

Wonderful commentary and I feel your enthusiasm! 😊🙏

Great video!!! I love your reactions... that's exactly what I thought when I saw it myself... Great Job!!!

LOVE your reaction!

I hope elon watches this reaction

You have a beautiful watch! Love it.

this is the best reaction ever, well done

Most amazing proof-of-concept I think I've ever seen!

SN9 next, hooping on a reaction video like this. Great jobb.

Love your enthusiasm!! To the stars!

LMAO one of my favorite SN8 reactions, I'm just as excited as you

Last shot----Nosecone all that remains---But RIGHT in CENTER of landing pad!---Great first time results!

This guy reaction is worth it. Good luck on your future working for SpaceX

SN9 here we come

SN8, did not go gently into the night…. Brilliant 🤩

As I was watching the livestream(s) of this event I punched the air in delight and inadvertently made contact with one of the synthesizers in my studio, breaking my pinkie.

great reaction!

If it wasn't for nerds like us your all still be living in caves

I actually got my mum n dad watching as well. I thought the same when the first Raptor cut out, but as we all know now it was planned. 😅 The flight definitely went on longer then we all thought, and the Raptors never gave up.

I am honestly so glad that Elon/SpaceX didn’t spill the beans on what the exact engine use/flight profile would be. It was all an edge-of-your-seat exciting experience. Such an amazing time and thing! Nice reaction vid 😄

Awesome reaction bro.gday from Australia,just wait till the huge Starship with 29? raptors attached to it!!!! Will be awesome!

every time he says "phenomenal" the engine goes out

I was jumping and screaming in my JOBS BREAK ROOM!!! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

Haha I was screaming 😂

Man, I was crying with you and I am not embarrassed!

awesome! Great reaction !

Ur an amazing person to watch. Here’s a sub for u lol

for those who didn't see the original video and postmortem (and why haven't you?) the raptor shutdowns up to apogee were intentional. SpaceX's way of throttling down as SSN 8 burned through propellant.

i reacted the same way my man, i was freaking out the whole time.

Isn't it great - everyone who got it, loved and understood exactly what happened and the implications. Those who didn't only had "the rocket exploded" to say. For my part - its like watching childhood dreams slowly unfolding into reality. Thanks, Elon

loved your reaction :D

My heart was racing right before the launch like never before on anything like this. It was important. We have proof the concept works, Mars is in sight.

I was grinning like a maniac watching this!

nice reaction mate

am i the only one who subbed to you because of starship and just ignores all the london tube videos? xD

i feel the same !!

What a time to be alive.

Love the video! To mars and beyond!

I felt the same way when I saw it. I'm just glad that someone who knows more about space flight than I do made the same assumptions I did. Am glad to know that everthing we saw was planned, excuse the URD. I agree. So close. So many firsts. Amazing.

By far the best reaction video.. knowledgeable and excited the way people should be while watching the beginning to the most important next chapter of humanity! I’m subscribing.. please do some more Tesla and space x analysis!!

Hahaha. Brilliant final reaction. 🚀

It seems like the raptors went out when it had to do more extreme gimbleing. Im not sure if that is related

It “landed” on the pad! And Starhopper survives! Next up: SN9.

That was fucking awesome enough to make one of science free themselves from the bonds of social language boundaries and add colour to one's language

Gave me smiles!! :D

Awesome ! 😀🚀

We all feel it! I'm like that for 6 hours! lol I need more videos!!!

I believe he demonstrated correctly how the entire world felt watching this amazing test launch.

Very much my reaction too. Had Mum next to me and she complained I hurt her ears when it touched down!

Lol your reaction was the same as mine!

Nice reaction!

this is all of us!! 😂😎😎

👍👍 i was shaking too! 😂

Thanks for sharing. I got the chance to witness a rocket launch in 2018. Incredible experience. I uploaded a pretty fun montage of the journey to my channel.

I'm most surprised how resilient Starship was. It did not want to go out, Even with the engine failures, Right until the very end.