https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Thatguywholikespi explain xkcd - User contributions [en] 2026-05-23T17:25:10Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1244:_Six_Words&diff=45282 1244: Six Words 2013-07-29T06:16:51Z <p>Thatguywholikespi: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1244<br /> | date = July 29, 2013<br /> | title = Six Words<br /> | image = six words.png<br /> | titletext = Ahem. We are STRICTLY an Orbiter shop.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> Kerbal space program is a cartoon-like space simulator/ game. (https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/) In this comic cueball and megan appear to be giving a proposal to NASA about an orbiter, with their only evidence on its efficacy being that it worked in Kerbal. This is an obvious absurdity.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :The six words you ''never'' say at NASA:<br /> :Cueball: And besides-<br /> :Cueball: It works in Kerbal Space Program.<br /> :[Cueball pointing at a diagram labelled &quot;Proposal:&quot;, with a sun in the middle and arrows showing the paths of various celestial bodies. The label below the diagram reads &quot;Oberth Kuiper Maneuver&quot;.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div> Thatguywholikespi https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1244:_Six_Words&diff=45281 1244: Six Words 2013-07-29T06:12:18Z <p>Thatguywholikespi: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1244<br /> | date = July 29, 2013<br /> | title = Six Words<br /> | image = six words.png<br /> | titletext = Ahem. We are STRICTLY an Orbiter shop.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> Kerbal space program is a simulator<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :The six words you ''never'' say at NASA:<br /> :Cueball: And besides-<br /> :Cueball: It works in Kerbal Space Program.<br /> :[Cueball pointing at a diagram labelled &quot;Proposal:&quot;, with a sun in the middle and arrows showing the paths of various celestial bodies. The label below the diagram reads &quot;Oberth Kuiper Maneuver&quot;.]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div> Thatguywholikespi