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[[White Hat]] and [[Cueball]] are having a conversation. In the first panel, Cueball is telling White Hat about his gardening experiences. White Hat tunes out for the middle two panels, and when he starts paying attention again, Cueball is discussing {{w|Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)|Project Orion}}. | [[White Hat]] and [[Cueball]] are having a conversation. In the first panel, Cueball is telling White Hat about his gardening experiences. White Hat tunes out for the middle two panels, and when he starts paying attention again, Cueball is discussing {{w|Project Orion (nuclear propulsion)|Project Orion}}. | ||
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The fact that physicists' conversations tend to converge towards Project Orion is similar to how Randall's conversations tend to converge towards carcinization in [[2418: Metacarcinization]]. Cueball turned into a crab (i.e., he carcinized) when Megan first told him about carcinization in [[2314: Carcinization]]; hopefully physicists don't do something analogous when discussing Project Orion. | The fact that physicists' conversations tend to converge towards Project Orion is similar to how Randall's conversations tend to converge towards carcinization in [[2418: Metacarcinization]]. Cueball turned into a crab (i.e., he carcinized) when Megan first told him about carcinization in [[2314: Carcinization]]; hopefully physicists don't do something analogous when discussing Project Orion. | ||
β | The title text transitions to another cool nuclear rocket technology, [http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php#fissionfragment dusty plasma fission fragment rockets], which | + | The title text transitions to another cool nuclear rocket technology, [http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php#fissionfragment dusty plasma fission fragment rockets], which would fit well in the [[2326: Five Word Jargon]] collection. |
Project Orion has been mentioned before, in [[786: Exoplanets]], where Beret Guy sums it up as "nuke-riding city ships", and on [https://what-if.xkcd.com/7/ what if?]. | Project Orion has been mentioned before, in [[786: Exoplanets]], where Beret Guy sums it up as "nuke-riding city ships", and on [https://what-if.xkcd.com/7/ what if?]. | ||
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[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
[[Category:Space]] | [[Category:Space]] | ||
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