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− | {{comic
| + | #REDIRECT [[1243: Snare]] |
− | | number = 1243
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− | | date = July 26, 2013
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− | | title = Snare
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− | | image = snare.png
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− | | titletext = It's going in A collection of satellites skewered with pins and mounted in display boxes. Not necessarily MY collection.
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− | ==Explanation==
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− | This comic satirises the art of {{w|Insect_collecting|butterfly catching}}, which is typically done with a net on a long pole called a {{w|Butterfly_net|butterfly net}}. In this comic, Black Hat's contraption to catch an {{w|List_of_space_stations|International Space Station}} has just been discovered and is all over the news.
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− | The giant ring from the first panel is the {{w|Tevatron}}, a former circular particle accelerator at the {{w|Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory}} (Fermilab), east of Batavia, near Chicago, Illinois
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− | Although Black Hat does not specify the exact space station he wants to catch, it is probable that he plans to catch the ISS which has a mean orbital height of 260 miles. The other currently operational space station is Tiangong-1 with a mean orbital height of 223 miles, which would make it harder to catch for reasons explained later. Even if this comic occurs in the past, Mir is an unlikely target (~230 mi) or the Salyuts (~150 mi) and Skylab is too high up (~273 mi). While he could possibly catch the space stations orbiting at a lower height, the effective aperture that the space station would need to pass through to be captured would be smaller as the net would have to be held at a lower angle, unless there is a mechanism for lowering the shaft into the mantle or shortening it while being operated. This would greatly complicate operations.
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− | Also, it is unlikely that the ISS could survive such an impact as it would be disintegrated on impact. The mechanics of retrieving and/or reassembling and storing the captured space station remain unexplained.
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− | ==Transcript==
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− | :[Cueball is talking to Black Hat. Black Hat is using a laptop.]
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− | :Cueball: They said on the news that they found a giant ring lying in a field outside Chicago. Strung with some kind of superstrong mesh.
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− | :Black Hat: Mhm?
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− | :Cueball: Then they found a 260 mile long shaft connected to the ring, running from Chicago to St. Louis. In St. Louis they found a gigantic winch.
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− | :Black Hat: Did they.
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− | :Cueball: It sounds kind of like...
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− | :Cueball: ...a butterfly net.
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− | :Cueball: ...are you planning on catching the International Space Station?
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− | :Black Hat: I'm planning to catch an International Space Station. Not sayin' which.
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− | {{comic discussion}}
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
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