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Building The Infamous Confederate Rocket! | MythBusters | Season 3 Episode 1 | Full Episode

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MythBusters investigates a theory that during the American Civil War, the Confederate Army, amidst using bayonets and muskets, could have potentially built the world's first long-range missile.

Using science as a tool, Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk rumours, urban legends and popular myths that have captivated the minds of many individuals.

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20 Comments

@TheApple90 1 year ago (edited)

"Yeah let's fire a rocket indoors, what could possibly go wrong"

@hid400 11 months ago

These old seasons had realisic feelings, like actually hanging out with the crew through their process, screw ups and successes. Late seasons, it became too clean and scripted.

@unfollowedgames5293 1 year ago

The fact grant actually made laughing gas still amazes me, it's also funny 😂

@Hadfield15 1 year ago

Ah yes, Cow, Cat, and Klaxon Alarm. The ingredients for NOX 😂

@kazekamiha 1 year ago

Wasp Nest: *Exists*
Tori: Peace was never an option.

@glynwelshkarelian3489 2 months ago

Did anyone else feel sad for the wasps?

@kriswheeler5686 11 months ago

This was the peak format

@someguydan 11 months ago

Lol I'm totally that guy moroning in the back ground.... 😂 47:40

"Hey is the launch tube hot? " 🤔

@davep7176 4 weeks ago

I love Grant's enthusiasm and obvious love for doing the experiments.

@VladTheImpale 11 months ago

guys...it's been years since Grant died, years since the group went bust yet still here we are...i meese these guys. them and Top Gear 🫡

@kongrufus1 2 months ago

There seems to be a video about rockets or something interrupting the ads every couple of minutes..

@hankrhill324 10 months ago

And now we know that all the gun cotton for the final test was actually made in a hotel bathroom 😂

@davep7176 4 weeks ago

It must have felt insane launching these in 1800s

@airlag 11 months ago

I made guncotton as a teenager, back in the 1970s. The recipe was basically in our chemistry text book. I used it for some magic tricks. You can burn that stuff on your hand, it burns really fast without your hand even getting warm.

@RemainUnknown522 1 year ago

25:10 Adam's reaction to sniffing the gas had me in stitches...

@davep7176 4 weeks ago

Moonshine rockets. Now I know what I'll be doing when the apocalypse comes.

@georgemulford2910 4 months ago

this is my favourite episode of Mythbusters

@beoriginaldude 2 months ago

They could fill blackpowder to make a hwacha with 200 rockets but couldnt do it with this one?

@baronurgenvonstnbrg 3 months ago (edited)

Hale Rocket launchers had tubes in American designs. Also the boxer, seems closer to a Congreve rocket, the predecessor to the Hale. Based on Indian rockets

@soylentgreenb 11 months ago

18:50 No. Liquid oxygen and ethanol burns cooler which requires less exotic materials. They even added 25% water to keep the rocket engine from melting.