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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a MUSICAL ROVER. An explanation of the title text is missing. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | This comic is a play on dual meanings of the word "sample". The day before this comic was published, NASA successfully landed a new rover, {{w|Perseverance (rover)|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars; part of its mission is to drill and scoop Martian rock and dust from the surface, store it in tubes, and leave them on the surface for collection by a future mission which will return them to | + | This comic is a play on dual meanings of the word "sample". The day before this comic was published, NASA successfully landed a new rover, {{w|Perseverance (rover)|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars; part of its mission is to drill and scoop Martian rock and dust from the surface, store it in tubes, and leave them on the surface for collection by a future mission which will return them to earth. If successful, this would be the "first Mars sample return" in history. |
− | “{{w|Sampling (music)|Samples}}” can also refer to short snippets of recorded sound used in music. ''Perseverance'' is the first Mars mission to land on | + | “{{w|Sampling (music)|Samples}}” can also refer to short snippets of recorded sound used in music. ''Perseverance'' is the first Mars mission to land on mars with microphones to, so it would be possible to use audio ''samples'' from those microphones musically, e.g. using a {{w|Loop (music)#Modern looping|looper pedal}}, which lets a musician play short samples of music and then repeats them back live as if it were another musician. Using a loop pedal would make sense if the sample includes a tune that repeats throughout the song—or that could repeat throughout the song. This is similar to [[411: Techno]]. |
− | The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." | + | The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." |
The title text {{w|Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphises}} the rover, suggesting that the drop to the surface was so frightening for it that it was screaming as it descends. | The title text {{w|Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphises}} the rover, suggesting that the drop to the surface was so frightening for it that it was screaming as it descends. | ||
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You can view the landing [https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-sends-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing/ here]. | You can view the landing [https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-sends-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing/ here]. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
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− | :[Caption below the panel:] | + | : [Megan is sitting at a desk, typing on her laptop, which is connected to an audio mixer on the floor.] |
− | :The first Mars sample return | + | : Megan: Perseverance's microphones are active! Downlinking audio! |
+ | : [Cueball is standing on the other side of the box, holding an electric guitar, which is plugged into the box, and standing with one foot on a small box on the floor, which is also connected.] | ||
+ | : Cueball: I'm ready with the looper pedal. | ||
+ | : [Caption below the panel:] | ||
+ | : The first Mars sample return | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Mars rovers]] | [[Category:Mars rovers]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Music]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Puns]] | [[Category:Puns]] |