A deep dive into a legendary rocket engine test that took all the best elements of Kerbal Space Program, Portal and Doom. The Rocketdyne tripropellant engine, tested for NASA in the late 1960's may very well be the most dangerous chemical engine ever tested.

Patreon:   / alexandertheok  

3D animation by Artem Tatarchenko:
  / artem.iskustvo  

Intro sequence inspired by:
   • DARPA: Science is Fun [epilepsy warning]  

Sources:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rzsbq4...

Playlist of all the public domain video sources used:
   • Tripropellant - Sources  

Channel showing videos of relevant reactions:
   / @fluorineisgreat  

Source for the Rocketdyne VHS clips:
   / @dutchsteammachine  

Tutorial I used to make the nice looking bar chart:
   • BAR CHART ANIMATION IN BLENDER  

00:00 Intro
01:46 Overview and Background
05:58 Reaction Chemistry
14:12 Engine Configuration
18:50 Testing
31:00 Environmental Impacts
36:14 Spaceflight Applications
41:54 Real Life Applications
50:30 Extremely '90s Outro