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I don't think the two characters shown in the comic are necessarily junior astronomers. The title text seems more like a comment on how people new to a field would want to do big and exciting things, and groan when told they need to do boring but essential tasks. [[User:DrPumpkinz|DrPumpkinz]] ([[User talk:DrPumpkinz|talk]]) 04:35, 29 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone else going to make the Destiny reference? Just me? Cool. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.111|172.69.35.111]] 06:08, 29 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The two phrases, "still there" and "gone" are from the movie "before midnight 2013" when they were watching the sunset. --[[User:Eta|Eta]] ([[User talk:Eta|talk]]) 06:36, 29 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I was thinking that (as well as the obvious Big Rip of hard(-probably) science) there might be an oblique reference to the old (19thC?) Verne/Wells-ish tale I cannot remember the true title and author of, in which an amateur astronomer becomes aware (through being one of the few knowledgable people observing on a given night - somehow almost globally cloudy?) that the Moon is in the wrong position. Derived from this (and its later return to where it should have been, plus other observed effects from the stars to the tides) is developed a new theological science of a divine flaw (a bit like a misplaced stone in the desert of [[505]]) that can then be divinely corrected. (i.e. science effectively ''is'' 'the planets being pushed around by angels', with mystical and natural causes being the same). - Though the fact I have to explain all the differences from mere presence/absence (and Google-Fu failing me when I try to ID the story) makes this much less likely to even be involved in the conception. Still, mentioning it in case it interests, or someone can do the YASID for me. ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.38|141.101.98.38]] 11:05, 29 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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When seeing the comic the first thing that came into my head was http://www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com which gives a similar more or less obvious status report. [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 11:30, 29 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Luckily they don't have indicators for individual pulsars. Those would be way more effort to maintain. [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 12:26, 29 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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... they may want to add a couple moons to the list. ;-) https://www.project-apollo.net/mos/mos361.html [[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.57|162.158.89.57]] 13:35, 29 May 2021 (UTC)</div>162.158.89.57