xkcd #2950: Situation
xkcd #2950: Situation
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We're right under the flight path for the scheduled orbital launch, but don't worry--it's too cold out for the rockets to operate safely, so I'm sure they'll postpone.
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Explanation: https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2950:_Situation
tl;dr references
These are all infamous disasters now used as case studies for how NOT to do things
- Ocean liner: Titanic
- Airship: Hindenburg
- Reactor: Chernobyl
- Bridge: Tacoma Narrows
- Rocket (alt text): Challenger
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34 0 ReplyThe cold weather is a reference to Challenger, not Columbia.
23 0 ReplyD'oh! I always get those two mixed up... Too many "Space Shuttle C_____ Disaster"s...
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There should have been a submarine that is also Titanic, somewhere underneath
5 0 ReplyThat won't be till decades later
2 0 ReplyThe other events are already decades apart, aren't they?
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