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Yesterday's Top Gear episode: Reliant Robin Space Shuttle

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  1. cecinestpasunjan

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    #1 cecinestpasunjan, Dec 17, 2007
    Hello Folks,

    Yesterday there was an exceptionally hilarious episode of Top Gear on BBC. The team turned a Reliant Robin (British bread-and-butter car with three wheels) into a Space Shuttle.
    These guys are unsurpassed and I am sooooooo glad that the show is back!


    Info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/show/production_notes/shuttle.shtml

    This movie only shows the last few minutes of the episode. I didn't find the complete version including the preparation of the launch which is damn funny.
    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/440819/top_gear_shuttle_launch_aka_the_new_car_bomb/
     
  2. SPEEDCORE

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    #2 SPEEDCORE, Dec 17, 2007
    yesterday???? this happened like 12mths ago. also no tg this week...


    (ohh wait u may not get the latest episodes).

    yeah was pretty funny :D
     
  3. Simon

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    #3 Simon, Dec 17, 2007
    What channel are you watching it on Jan?
    If it's BBC World then you're about 1-1.5 years behind.

    Still one of my favourite episodes though.
     
  4. cecinestpasunjan

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    #4 cecinestpasunjan, Dec 17, 2007
    Yep, I saw it on BBC world.
    Didn't know it was a replay but maybe other fellow-chatters are living behind the moon as well!
     
  5. Andy348

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    #5 Andy348, Dec 17, 2007
    This may be a stupid question, but was it real? For some reason I doubt it ;)
     
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    #6 DGS, Dec 17, 2007
    I saw it both times. (Recent re-run and original a while back.)

    Yes, it's "real". Sorta. It was intended to go up (no passenger) and be radio controlled after separating from the boosters.

    "How hard could it be?" :D

    These guys "are no rocket scientists". :p
     
  7. Andy348

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    #7 Andy348, Dec 17, 2007
    Haha. I've heard that for a space shuttle to take off it uses a couple thousand dollars in fuel alone. Now that's what I call a waste, but hey, they probably made more money from the TV show then they know what to do with.

    Does anyone know if we get Top Gear on Canadian television?
     
  8. Far Out

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    #8 Far Out, Dec 17, 2007
    The "shuttle" has been real. I remember reading that British papers reported it was the largest non-military rocket ever launched in Britain. But those guys didn't have one week for designing and building it, it was more like half a year...
     
  9. b-mak

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    #9 b-mak, Dec 17, 2007
    Just download it.
     
  10. SSNISTR

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    #10 SSNISTR, Dec 17, 2007
    Funny sh*t!
     
  11. Bullfighter

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    #11 Bullfighter, Dec 17, 2007
    That was classic. I wish we had a car show like that in the States.
     
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    #12 switchcars, Dec 17, 2007
    Working on it......
     
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    #13 4REphotographer, Dec 17, 2007
    I just read that Top Gear is one the most pirated TV shows in the world and for good reason. I just started watching it a few months ago and I love it.
     
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    #14 Bullfighter, Dec 17, 2007
    Seriously?

    Sign me up.
     
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    #15 Mule, Dec 17, 2007
    Then they should release some DVDs and profit from it. It is one of the few shows that is easy to watch more than once.
     
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    #16 PhilNotHill, Dec 17, 2007
    Just started watching TG and loving it.

    It's Monty Python does automobiles.

    The soccer (aka football) match with cars was hilarious. reminded me of when Monty Python had a match between the Druids and the Monks.

    Plus we get to see reviews of cars we never really get to see in the US. ;)
     
  17. RoWis

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    #17 RoWis, Dec 17, 2007
    BBC Canada
     
  18. robert_c

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    #18 robert_c, Dec 17, 2007
    That was freakin awesome!!!
     
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    #19 Giallo, Dec 19, 2007
    That's pretty ridiculously low. The fuel tank for the Shuttle holds 146,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and 395,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen.

    But 83% of the thrust comes from the rocket boosters. There are two, and each one has better than 1,100,000 pounds of rocket fuel at launch.

    Total average cost to launch = $450 million U.S.

    Oh, wait...were you being saracastic? I'm dumb...
     

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