3197: Cost Savings

Cost Savings

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Title text: Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.

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[Cueball is standing in front of a framed graph on a wall, pointing at it with a short stick. The graph is a bar graph with steadily decreasing bar heights. Hairy and Megan, seated, are looking on from behind a desk.]

Cueball: By lowering the planned satellite orbit we can reduce the size of the launch vehicle required.

Cueball: We can reduce costs further by eliminating the satellite entirely in favor of an aerial platform.

Cueball: Some equipment could be moved to a ground-based facility, reducing required aircraft time.

Cueball: Additional savings could be...

[Caption below the panel:]

I'm trying to get NASA to build a shed in my backyard.

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Anyone wanna store some items in my garage? They'll be there... forever! King Pando (talk) 22:41, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Anybody know why the random explanation button bias towards the 3000's heavily?

I first thought the joke that we could do anything StarLink does cheaper, simpler, more environmentally friendly and without risking Kessler syndrome by using terrestrial technology (i.e. cables and antennas) if we could just get our heads out of our asses. The shed punchline was a bit of a letdown. --Coconut Galaxy (talk) 07:40, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
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