Talk:2876: Range Safety

The 'standard' and '2x' sized images had unexpected sizes, so a Trivia section has been automatically generated, and an imagesize parameter has been added (at half size) to render the image consistently with other comics on this website. --TheusafBOT (talk) 14:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, so, today we learned modern xkcd comics are drawn entirely with the pencil tool, with the brush size for the text averaging 22 pixels, and then downscaled to 1/15th of the size before final publication. 162.158.103.91 15:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The text is a font...

ProphetZarquon (talk) 17:03, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Why is the tower missing in the second panel?

If the other buildings weren't in the same place, and the tower weren't back in panel 3, I'd have guessed that the rocket was moved back to the VAB to wait for the next launch window. Maybe this was more activity of the Range Mischief Officer? Barmar (talk) 17:05, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Seems to be back. RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 19:54, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Is it worth adding a guess of what kind of rocket it is to the explanation? The phallic design seems like one of Blue Origin's. Barmar (talk) 17:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

The thin "neck" makes it look like somewhat like a Long March 4 when carrying a large fairing, but it's a bit exaggerated in how much thicker the lower stages are. The ratio looks more like a Vega-C, but then the neck is way too short.172.69.247.40 17:37, 3 January 2024 (UTC)