▲ 674 ▼ xkcd #3291: Launchpad (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 weeks ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments xkcd #3291: Launchpad Title text: It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but that all comes out of the facility's budget. Transcript: Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com Source: https://xkcd.com/3291/ explainxkcd for #3291
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 123 points 4 weeks ago (15 children) From the "Futurama solves global warming" school of thought. permalink fedilink source hideshow 15 child comments replies: [–] MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 56 points 4 weeks ago (11 children) I thought of Futurama too, but instead how the Ships engines move the Universe around IT permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] ergonomic_importer@piefed.ca 40 points 4 weeks ago (5 children) It came to me in a dream, and then I forgot it in another dream. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago (4 children) That's a complete load! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Nothing’s a complete load! Not if you can imagine it; that’s what being a scientist is all about! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Don’t dream it, be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago rip permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago no, it's only a third of the load. i left the other two thirds with a friendly laotian couple. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ceenote@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago I was thinking of the robots all firing their exhaust upward to push earth away from the sun. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children) I thought that was a silly joke but that's actually more or less how an alcubierre drive would work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Is it though? Giant chemical engines to push a planet away is like bending space around a spacecraft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago The giant chemical engines were not being compared to the alcubierre drive. The commenter was discussing how the engine of the ship in futurama, which "moves the universe around it" would fairly neatly describe the function of an alcubierre drive in layman's terms. This is why you were downvoted. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago I don’t know why you got downvoted for what seems like a reasonable question. I think it might be the lateral nature of the solution that is comparable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ksigley@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia theme plays permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago The Gang Launches a Spacecraft permalink fedilink source parent [–] crazyslinkz@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Also a Phineas and Ferb episode. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 56 points 4 weeks ago (11 children) I thought of Futurama too, but instead how the Ships engines move the Universe around IT permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] ergonomic_importer@piefed.ca 40 points 4 weeks ago (5 children) It came to me in a dream, and then I forgot it in another dream. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago (4 children) That's a complete load! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Nothing’s a complete load! Not if you can imagine it; that’s what being a scientist is all about! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Don’t dream it, be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago rip permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago no, it's only a third of the load. i left the other two thirds with a friendly laotian couple. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ceenote@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago I was thinking of the robots all firing their exhaust upward to push earth away from the sun. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children) I thought that was a silly joke but that's actually more or less how an alcubierre drive would work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Is it though? Giant chemical engines to push a planet away is like bending space around a spacecraft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago The giant chemical engines were not being compared to the alcubierre drive. The commenter was discussing how the engine of the ship in futurama, which "moves the universe around it" would fairly neatly describe the function of an alcubierre drive in layman's terms. This is why you were downvoted. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago I don’t know why you got downvoted for what seems like a reasonable question. I think it might be the lateral nature of the solution that is comparable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ergonomic_importer@piefed.ca 40 points 4 weeks ago (5 children) It came to me in a dream, and then I forgot it in another dream. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago (4 children) That's a complete load! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Nothing’s a complete load! Not if you can imagine it; that’s what being a scientist is all about! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Don’t dream it, be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago rip permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago no, it's only a third of the load. i left the other two thirds with a friendly laotian couple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago (4 children) That's a complete load! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Nothing’s a complete load! Not if you can imagine it; that’s what being a scientist is all about! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Don’t dream it, be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago rip permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago no, it's only a third of the load. i left the other two thirds with a friendly laotian couple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Nothing’s a complete load! Not if you can imagine it; that’s what being a scientist is all about! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Don’t dream it, be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago rip permalink fedilink source parent
[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Don’t dream it, be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago rip permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago no, it's only a third of the load. i left the other two thirds with a friendly laotian couple. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago I was thinking of the robots all firing their exhaust upward to push earth away from the sun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (3 children) I thought that was a silly joke but that's actually more or less how an alcubierre drive would work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Is it though? Giant chemical engines to push a planet away is like bending space around a spacecraft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago The giant chemical engines were not being compared to the alcubierre drive. The commenter was discussing how the engine of the ship in futurama, which "moves the universe around it" would fairly neatly describe the function of an alcubierre drive in layman's terms. This is why you were downvoted. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago I don’t know why you got downvoted for what seems like a reasonable question. I think it might be the lateral nature of the solution that is comparable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) Is it though? Giant chemical engines to push a planet away is like bending space around a spacecraft? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago The giant chemical engines were not being compared to the alcubierre drive. The commenter was discussing how the engine of the ship in futurama, which "moves the universe around it" would fairly neatly describe the function of an alcubierre drive in layman's terms. This is why you were downvoted. permalink fedilink source parent [–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago I don’t know why you got downvoted for what seems like a reasonable question. I think it might be the lateral nature of the solution that is comparable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago The giant chemical engines were not being compared to the alcubierre drive. The commenter was discussing how the engine of the ship in futurama, which "moves the universe around it" would fairly neatly describe the function of an alcubierre drive in layman's terms. This is why you were downvoted. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago I don’t know why you got downvoted for what seems like a reasonable question. I think it might be the lateral nature of the solution that is comparable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia theme plays permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago The Gang Launches a Spacecraft permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago The Gang Launches a Spacecraft permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crazyslinkz@lemmy.zip 1 point 3 weeks ago Also a Phineas and Ferb episode. permalink fedilink source parent