Man Built Space Rocket From 1 Million Matches And It Actually Flew

If you are here looking for an awe-inspiring video, you have come to the right place.

This YouTuber spent 750 hours (an equivalence of more than 30 days straight) of his life to build a space rocket from nothing more than matches, one million of them. And his rocket did actually take off, kind of.

And when he ignited the rocket, he also burnt through that 750 hours of labor-intensive work just to watch the rocket flew. However, the slow-motion is quite a show as it gives you a clearer look at the fire.

Watching his video and you can see for yourself the craziness in making a rocket with a million matches just to burn it in a few seconds. Some may ask how the man managed to get a million matches and the way he kept track of the number he had used all while designing and building the rocket himself.

As you may have guessed, this space rocket is far from taking us to the Moon; it could not even escape the Earth’s atmosphere, and it is definitely not reusable. However, it is still fun to watch it burnt and think about someone actually spent 750 hours to build it.

Phosphorus is not used in real-life’s rockets but it can power a homemade one made out of matches like this. The hollow core of the rocket was filled with this aspirated powder and then a base was attached.

In the video, you can see how burning phosphorus powder created thrust to launch the rocket to the sky.

The man deserves praise for the alignments and thrusters of the match rocket. After finishing the flight, the rocket, or what was left of it, looks exactly like a burnt chicken.

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