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ZacJW: Comment about double meaning of glance in title text

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Comment about double meaning of glance in title text

172.70.85.8 at 00:24, 7 November 2023

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172.70.90.7 at 13:47, 2 November 2023

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141.101.98.238 at 12:05, 2 November 2023

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162.158.91.125 at 10:04, 4 January 2019

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162.158.63.232 at 16:22, 25 December 2018

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172.69.22.224 at 18:46, 24 December 2018

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108.162.246.203 at 18:24, 21 December 2018

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162.158.34.178 at 15:09, 21 December 2018

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	: Protip: cut that link down. Or even template it. Write <code><nowiki>{{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)}}</nowiki></code> to get {{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)}}, at the simplest. Or <code><nowiki>{{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)#Rolling scissors\|points to where you want}}</nowiki></code> that {{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)#Rolling scissors\|points to where you want}}...		: Protip: cut that link down. Or even template it. Write <code><nowiki>{{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)}}</nowiki></code> to get {{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)}}, at the simplest. Or <code><nowiki>{{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)#Rolling scissors\|points to where you want}}</nowiki></code> that {{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)#Rolling scissors\|points to where you want}}...
	: All the best in your future editing! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.8\|172.70.85.8]] 00:24, 7 November 2023 (UTC)		: All the best in your future editing! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.8\|172.70.85.8]] 00:24, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Isn't the joke in the title text that the impact would not be a care bear stare, but a care bear glance? It seems like it was intended to have a double meaning. [[User:ZacJW\|ZacJW]] ([[User talk:ZacJW\|talk]]) 22:16, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

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	:If it had been less than six years prior, perhaps, and no other comparable incidents (like the Germanwings Flight 9525 one, that didn't turn out so well) betweentime. I think it's just a trope, at this point. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.7\|172.70.90.7]] 13:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)		:If it had been less than six years prior, perhaps, and no other comparable incidents (like the Germanwings Flight 9525 one, that didn't turn out so well) betweentime. I think it's just a trope, at this point. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.7\|172.70.90.7]] 13:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

−	The "Inter-stage dogfight" appears to be a rolling scissors dogfight. The two craft would have engaged at fairly high speed and are doing a "scissor" movement to try to get on the other craft's tail and destroy it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors_(aeronautics)#:~:text=Whereas%20the%20flat%20scissors%20typically,attack%20at%20a%20higher%20speed.	+	The "Inter-stage dogfight" appears to be a rolling scissors dogfight. The two craft would have engaged at fairly high speed and are doing a "scissor" movement to try to get on the other craft's tail and destroy it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors_(aeronautics)#:~:text=Whereas%20the%20flat%20scissors%20typically,attack%20at%20a%20higher%20speed. {{unsigned ip\|172.71.26.192\|18:00, 6 November 2023}}
		+	: Protip: cut that link down. Or even template it. Write <code><nowiki>{{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)}}</nowiki></code> to get {{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)}}, at the simplest. Or <code><nowiki>{{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)#Rolling scissors\|points to where you want}}</nowiki></code> that {{w\|Scissors (aeronautics)#Rolling scissors\|points to where you want}}...
		+	: All the best in your future editing! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.8\|172.70.85.8]] 00:24, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

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	Could the 'pilot panics' stage be a reference to JetBlue Flight 191, an incident where the pilot had an apparent mental breakdown and was locked out of the cockpit and restrained by passengers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_Flight_191 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.238\|141.101.98.238]] 12:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)		Could the 'pilot panics' stage be a reference to JetBlue Flight 191, an incident where the pilot had an apparent mental breakdown and was locked out of the cockpit and restrained by passengers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_Flight_191 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.238\|141.101.98.238]] 12:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
	:If it had been less than six years prior, perhaps, and no other comparable incidents (like the Germanwings Flight 9525 one, that didn't turn out so well) betweentime. I think it's just a trope, at this point. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.7\|172.70.90.7]] 13:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)		:If it had been less than six years prior, perhaps, and no other comparable incidents (like the Germanwings Flight 9525 one, that didn't turn out so well) betweentime. I think it's just a trope, at this point. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.7\|172.70.90.7]] 13:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	The "Inter-stage dogfight" appears to be a rolling scissors dogfight. The two craft would have engaged at fairly high speed and are doing a "scissor" movement to try to get on the other craft's tail and destroy it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors_(aeronautics)#:~:text=Whereas%20the%20flat%20scissors%20typically,attack%20at%20a%20higher%20speed.

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	Could the 'pilot panics' stage be a reference to JetBlue Flight 191, an incident where the pilot had an apparent mental breakdown and was locked out of the cockpit and restrained by passengers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_Flight_191 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.238\|141.101.98.238]] 12:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)		Could the 'pilot panics' stage be a reference to JetBlue Flight 191, an incident where the pilot had an apparent mental breakdown and was locked out of the cockpit and restrained by passengers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_Flight_191 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.238\|141.101.98.238]] 12:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)
		+	:If it had been less than six years prior, perhaps, and no other comparable incidents (like the Germanwings Flight 9525 one, that didn't turn out so well) betweentime. I think it's just a trope, at this point. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.7\|172.70.90.7]] 13:47, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

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	This comic can be solved by simply deleting a white space and replacing "a typical" with "atypical" [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.125\|162.158.91.125]] 10:04, 4 January 2019 (UTC)		This comic can be solved by simply deleting a white space and replacing "a typical" with "atypical" [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.125\|162.158.91.125]] 10:04, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
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		+	Could the 'pilot panics' stage be a reference to JetBlue Flight 191, an incident where the pilot had an apparent mental breakdown and was locked out of the cockpit and restrained by passengers? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBlue_Flight_191 [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.238\|141.101.98.238]] 12:05, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

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	The GPS disabled may also be a reference to the COCOM altitude/speed limits placed on commercial GPS units. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.232\|162.158.63.232]] 16:22, 25 December 2018 (UTC)		The GPS disabled may also be a reference to the COCOM altitude/speed limits placed on commercial GPS units. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.232\|162.158.63.232]] 16:22, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
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		+	This comic can be solved by simply deleting a white space and replacing "a typical" with "atypical" [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.125\|162.158.91.125]] 10:04, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

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	Also not changing it, but linking Wikipedia's article on 'pursuit guidance' as a 'possible reference' is a helluva stretch, don't you think? Cool article, but I don't think it's referenced any more than 'CB Radio' or 'Q-tips' would be		Also not changing it, but linking Wikipedia's article on 'pursuit guidance' as a 'possible reference' is a helluva stretch, don't you think? Cool article, but I don't think it's referenced any more than 'CB Radio' or 'Q-tips' would be
	¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.224\|172.69.22.224]] 18:46, 24 December 2018 (UTC)		¯\_(ツ)_/¯ --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.224\|172.69.22.224]] 18:46, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
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		+	The GPS disabled may also be a reference to the COCOM altitude/speed limits placed on commercial GPS units. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.232\|162.158.63.232]] 16:22, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

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	I feel a reference to [[1133: Up Goer Five]] and 'will not go to space today' is needed, but not sure where - after dogfight? Possibly Kerbal (Care Bear?) Space Program too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.178\|162.158.34.178]] 15:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)		I feel a reference to [[1133: Up Goer Five]] and 'will not go to space today' is needed, but not sure where - after dogfight? Possibly Kerbal (Care Bear?) Space Program too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.178\|162.158.34.178]] 15:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
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		+	I think there's some kind of a theme going on with the reunified stages & a traditional narrative arc of rise, fall & redemption (or something like that..). Like it's rising from its fall to try to regain a throne or something? I'm not sure where to put it but edit it in if you agree.
		+	Also not changing it, but linking Wikipedia's article on 'pursuit guidance' as a 'possible reference' is a helluva stretch, don't you think? Cool article, but I don't think it's referenced any more than 'CB Radio' or 'Q-tips' would be
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 I believe "pursuit phase" refers to the Domestic Violence Cycle.  There are just too many correlations. [[User:iraytrace|iraytrace]] ([[User talk:iraytrace|talk]])  (02:38 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 :I see no reason what so ever that Randall was thinking of domestic violence, just because he called a pursuit of one rocket of another a "pursuit phase". Guess someone has this on their mind and see it everywhere. I would delete it but I don't have the time. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:01, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
 I feel a reference to [[1133: Up Goer Five]] and 'will not go to space today' is needed, but not sure where - after dogfight? Possibly Kerbal (Care Bear?) Space Program too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.178|162.158.34.178]] 15:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

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	:I see no reason what so ever that Randall was thinking of domestic violence, just because he called a pursuit of one rocket of another a "pursuit phase". Guess someone has this on their mind and see it everywhere. I would delete it but I don't have the time. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:01, 21 December 2018 (UTC)		:I see no reason what so ever that Randall was thinking of domestic violence, just because he called a pursuit of one rocket of another a "pursuit phase". Guess someone has this on their mind and see it everywhere. I would delete it but I don't have the time. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:01, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

−	I feel a reference to [[1133: Up Goer Five]] and 'will not go to space today' is needed, but not sure where - after dogfight? Possibly Kerbal (Care Bear?) Space Program too.	+	I feel a reference to [[1133: Up Goer Five]] and 'will not go to space today' is needed, but not sure where - after dogfight? Possibly Kerbal (Care Bear?) Space Program too. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.178\|162.158.34.178]] 15:09, 21 December 2018 (UTC)