They might think about putting switch covers on those Cabin Depress and Deorbit Now buttons...

The meatball is sort of retro-futuristic and speaks to exploration, space, rockets, etc. There is no other government agency that could come close to pulling off something like the meatball.

Columbia was always so instantly, beautifully identifiable thanks to her unique markings and wing chines.

The RS 25 SSME, in the 135 flight history of the space shuttle, experienced only one engine failure during ascent. This occurred during STS 51-F in 1985, and was caused by multiple sensor failures in the affected engine. That launch performed a successful Abort to Orbit.

To be clear: the malfunction occurred with the TDRS satellite booster stage after deployment, leaving it in a too low orbit that was gradually corrected. There was nothing wrong with the SSME or SRB rocket motors during launch and Challenger herself was placed in a perfect orbit this mission.

Yeah no, you should perhaps reconsider all of this. I love SW, but a grown man complaining about not getting his toys crosses the line from humourous to distasteful.

tl,dr: “Just shut up and continue to pay our exorbitant tuition. Also, don’t gather together. Even accidentally. I AM THE LIZARD KING”

BUT WHAT IF Venus were to explode 6 months from now. The orbit of this planet would then be shifted outward and everything laid waste.

Mine: the fact that he wants it rung up a certain way even though he knows it’s going to be free.

All Apollo lunar missions were.

But it’s not just that you have to believe in aliens. It’s that you have to also believe they are capable of interstellar travel, which under our current understanding of the universe is seemingly impossible. You then also have to believe that once they bridge the interstellar void, they have chosen to act…

Wow. I’ve never seen seen Peanuts broken down to such a degree. I won’t dispute anything you said here - I will only contend that it is impossible for anything to stay funny and culturally relevant for 50 years. Nothing ages so quickly or poorly as old comedy, whatever the medium. All the things we think are so…

I still cannot believe do much effort has been spent by you and others debunking the feasibility of this. Of course Mars One isn’t going to Mars. It’s never been about going to Mars. It’s about getting a reality TV deal. That’s why the “crew” for this was chosen. The same way the cast for The Real World or Big Brother…

Excellent. However, as a long standing union member in the Factory of Sadness, I take exception to this quote:

One nitpick because it is going to drive me mad: Dave Scott was the commander of Apollo 15, and did all the driving if the Lunar Rover on the surface of the moon.

“Ohhhhh I see.” -sly wink and knowing half nod-”you want the non-shitty food. Of course we have this new way to put together ground beef and bread that’s never, ever been tried before. It’s so fantastic that we couldn’t possibly release it go the public at large. That would mean we would make billions and billions of…

#revengehack

“I’ll DIG my way out!!!!”

Just stunningly beautiful art that I will now ruin with two minor nitpicks:

The kicking animation is bad. What’s worse is the kicking team is at least 8 yards offsides on every kickoff.