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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by an ORBITAL INJECTION. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | [[ | + | This comic is another in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|2020 pandemic}} of the {{w|coronavirus}} {{w|SARS-CoV-2}}, which causes {{w|COVID-19}}, specifically regarding the [[:Category:COVID-19 vaccine|COVID-19 vaccine]]. |
− | + | The comic is a pun on "orbital injection", also called {{w|orbital insertion}}, which is the adjustment of a spacecraft’s momentum that makes it enter into a stable orbit around a planet, moon, or other celestial body. Space agencies like {{w|NASA}} do this routinely on spaceflight missions. Getting an injection of a COVID-19 vaccine while in orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) could also be called orbital injection, hence the pun. | |
− | + | The title text refers to the fact that, because the ISS orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, the people aboard it experience a day in that time, seeing a sunrise and sunset and crossing the International Date Line on the ground. If one were to take this fact in the most ruthlessly literal sense, it would mean 90 minutes on the ISS are equal to a day on the ground, making the people on board due for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine (normally 21 days) or the Moderna vaccine (normally 28 days) after 31.5 or 42 hours, respectively, which Randall rounds to 30 or 40 hours. Incidentally, ISS clocks operate on {{w|UTC}}, the successor to {{w|GMT}}. | |
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− | The title text refers to the fact that, because the ISS orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, the people aboard it experience a day in that time, seeing a sunrise and sunset and crossing the International Date Line on the ground. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan and Cueball are standing | + | :[Megan and Cueball are standing in conversation.] |
:Megan: I just realized— | :Megan: I just realized— | ||
:Megan: The astronauts on the ISS probably can't get the vaccine until they land. | :Megan: The astronauts on the ISS probably can't get the vaccine until they land. | ||
:Cueball: Sure they can. | :Cueball: Sure they can. | ||
:Cueball: NASA's good at orbital injections. | :Cueball: NASA's good at orbital injections. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | [[Category:COVID-19]] | + | [[Category:Space]] [[Category:COVID-19]] [[Category:COVID-19 vaccine]] [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] |
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