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| date = June 27, 2012 | | date = June 27, 2012 | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{w|Neil deGrasse Tyson}} is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. He has appeared on many different shows, ranging from The Discovery Channel to The Big Bang Theory. | |
− | There are a number of {{w|moon landing conspiracy theories|conspiracy theories}} claiming that the moon landing was a hoax. Tyson offers a pretty compelling argument against them, but [[Megan]] presents an even more convincing refutation, | + | There are a number of {{w|moon landing conspiracy theories|conspiracy theories}} claiming that the moon landing was a hoax. Tyson offers a pretty compelling argument against them, but [[Megan]] presents an even more convincing refutation, snarkilly implying that NASA really hasn't done anything spectacular since 1969. |
− | And Cueball responds with a pun on the word "burn". Burn can mean a particularly effective insult, or it can mean the consumption of fuel for propulsion. In this case, the "burn" was so effective it pushed the spaceship out of orbit (which usually takes a very large amount of burning, depending on the gravity of the planet or moon). | + | And [[Cueball]] responds with a pun on the word "burn". Burn can mean a particularly effective insult, or it can mean the consumption of fuel for propulsion. In this case, the "burn" was so effective it pushed the spaceship out of orbit (which usually takes a very large amount of burning, depending on the gravity of the planet or moon). |
− | + | ===The NASA missions mentioned at the title text=== | |
− | + | Spirit and Opportunity are {{w|Mars Exploration Rover}} missions (MER) and {{w|Opportunity (rover)|Opportunity}} is an ongoing robotic space mission exploring the planet Mars. The fate of Spirit is here: [[695: Spirit]]. | |
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− | + | {{w|Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler}} is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. | |
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+ | {{w|New Horizons}} is a robotic spacecraft mission currently en route to the dwarf planet {{w|Pluto}}. It is expected to be the first spacecraft to flyby and study Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra and more, with an estimated arrival date at the Pluto-Charon system of July 14, 2015. | ||
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+ | {{w|Cassini–Huygens}} is a flagship-class NASA-ESA-ASI spacecraft orbiting to the Saturn system. It studies the planet and its many natural satellites since arriving there in 2004. | ||
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+ | {{w|Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity}} is a Mars rover launched on November 26, 2011. Currently operating at the planet's surface as planned, landed in Gale Crater at about 05:31 UTC on August 6, 2012. The rover's objectives include searching for the evidence of past life, studying the Martian climate, studying the Martian geology, and collecting data for a future manned mission to Mars. | ||
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+ | {{w|Titan Mare Explorer|TiME}} or Titan Mare Explorer is a proposed spacecraft lander that would explore Saturn moon Titan oceans, the largest moon of the planet Saturn, and would perform the first exploration of an extraterrestrial sea. | ||
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+ | Project M was a proposed NASA project headed by Stephen J. Altemus, to send a Robonaut to the Moon. | ||
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+ | The final sentence of title text notes that all manned missions since the Moon landings have taken place in low-earth orbit, which is barely far off of the Earth's surface. If the Earth were scaled to the size of a regulation basketball, approximately 24 cm (9-1/4 inches) in diameter, those manned missions would have all taken place within 1.25 cm (1/2 inch) of the ball's surface. At this scale the Moon would be at a distance of 7.7 m (25.3 ft). Unmanned missions, such as those named above or the Voyager and Mariner probes of the 1960s and 1970s, have travelled much further. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball is sitting at a table with a laptop open. His hands are on the keys.] | :[Cueball is sitting at a table with a laptop open. His hands are on the keys.] | ||
− | :Cueball: Hah- Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a great reply to people who doubt astronauts went to the moon. | + | :Cueball: Hah-- Neil DeGrasse Tyson has a great reply to people who doubt astronauts went to the moon. |
:Voice off-screen: Oh? | :Voice off-screen: Oh? | ||
:Cueball: "Atop 3,000 tons of rocket fuel, where ''else'' do you think they were headed?" | :Cueball: "Atop 3,000 tons of rocket fuel, where ''else'' do you think they were headed?" | ||
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:Megan: ...Too mean? | :Megan: ...Too mean? | ||
:Cueball: That burn was so harsh I think you deorbited. | :Cueball: That burn was so harsh I think you deorbited. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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