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The comic plays on the fact that if there is only one of something in a set, that one thing is the most/least in that set by lack of comparison. As there is only one full speed video of a Mars landing, that makes the video the best one as well as the worst one. [[Randall]], who has often been [[:Category:Banned from conferences|banned from conferences]], has apparently also been banned from NASA's press briefings. So he decided to crash the conference (literally, see below) solely to ask the question, "Is this then not also the worst video ever", flouting his ban and embarrassing NASA (a prior case of the latter is possibly why the former is currently active). | The comic plays on the fact that if there is only one of something in a set, that one thing is the most/least in that set by lack of comparison. As there is only one full speed video of a Mars landing, that makes the video the best one as well as the worst one. [[Randall]], who has often been [[:Category:Banned from conferences|banned from conferences]], has apparently also been banned from NASA's press briefings. So he decided to crash the conference (literally, see below) solely to ask the question, "Is this then not also the worst video ever", flouting his ban and embarrassing NASA (a prior case of the latter is possibly why the former is currently active). | ||
| β | He follows up with the question of whether NASA is planning to make a worse Mars landing video, which is silly because people generally don't intend to make something worse. | + | He follows up with the question of whether NASA is planning to make a worse Mars landing video, which is silly because people generally don't intend to make something worse. However, because this video is the worst full-speed video of a Martian landing by virtue of being the ''only'' full-speed video of a Martian landing, it is likely that if enough full-speed videos of Martian landings are made in the future, this video will not be the worst forever. Although this is merely a consequence of the fact that it is the only full-speed video of a Martian landing so far, the fact that it is technically true, as well as the way that Randall phrases it, makes it look embarrassing for NASA. The tendency of Randall (the character, not the real-life person) to make rude, embarrassing, and otherwise unwelcome comments is probably why he has been banned from NASA's press briefings, as well as all those conferences. |
Judging by the sound effects, Randall has chosen to literally crash his way through the roof, using a "skycrane" — a general term for aerial vehicles that can lower or raise objects similarly to standard cranes. Specifically, one of these was used to land the Perseverance rover three days before. On Earth one might use the {{w|Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane}} helicopter, while NASA used a custom-built skycrane delivery system for the ''Perseverance'' rover. Randall deems using a skycrane to crash a conference about a skycrane ironic, especially since NASA's security was totally unprepared to stop him from using this method - a method NASA developed - to crash the press-briefing. | Judging by the sound effects, Randall has chosen to literally crash his way through the roof, using a "skycrane" — a general term for aerial vehicles that can lower or raise objects similarly to standard cranes. Specifically, one of these was used to land the Perseverance rover three days before. On Earth one might use the {{w|Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane}} helicopter, while NASA used a custom-built skycrane delivery system for the ''Perseverance'' rover. Randall deems using a skycrane to crash a conference about a skycrane ironic, especially since NASA's security was totally unprepared to stop him from using this method - a method NASA developed - to crash the press-briefing. | ||
