2204: Ksp 2 - Revision history

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2024-11-07T08:51:48Z

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PDesbeginner at 21:40, 25 October 2024

2024-10-25T21:40:49Z

PDesbeginner at 21:36, 25 October 2024

2024-10-25T21:36:48Z

172.71.30.198: reference to despicable me unlikely, removed for brevity, sorry!

2024-10-10T19:06:56Z

reference to despicable me unlikely, removed for brevity, sorry!

172.71.178.50: /* Explanation */ ...in, not on. Unless you have the exact date it was on.

2024-02-23T08:55:43Z

‎Explanation: ...in, not on. Unless you have the exact date it was on.

Lettherebedarklight: /* Explanation */ update

2024-02-23T01:02:26Z

‎Explanation: update

172.70.178.95: switched "Spring 2022" to Early 2023

2022-05-28T06:17:49Z

switched "Spring 2022" to Early 2023

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 20:43, 4 May 2022

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Davidy22: Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 162.158.146.177

2022-05-04T02:01:06Z

Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 162.158.146.177

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 ''Kerbal Space Program'' (KSP for short) is a space flight simulation video game with a Keplerian orbital physics engine, allowing for semi-realistic orbital maneuvers. KSP is a [[:Category:Kerbal Space Program|recurring theme]] in xkcd. A sequel, abbreviated here as {{w|Kerbal Space Program 2|KSP 2}}, was planned at the time of the comic's publication to be released in 2020, although it was delayed and released in February 2023.
-Also planned for 2020 is the {{w|Mars 2020|Perseverance}} mission, a [[:Category:Mars rovers|mars rover]] originally named {{w|Mars 2020}}, which successfully landed. The joke in the comic comes as engineers are likely to want to extensively play with KSP 2 to the exclusion of other things, and NASA is worried about the Mars 2020 mission being delayed or failing because the engineers are too focused on playing KSP 2, including taking an extended vacation and "sick" days off.
+Also planned for 2020 is the {{w|Mars 2020|Perseverance}} mission, a [[:Category:Mars rovers|Mars rover]] originally named {{w|Mars 2020}}, which successfully landed. The joke in the comic comes as engineers are likely to want to extensively play with KSP 2 to the exclusion of other things, and NASA is worried about the Mars 2020 mission being delayed or failing because the engineers are too focused on playing KSP 2, including taking an extended vacation and "sick" days off.
 Cueball, sitting at a desk in front of a computer, is represented here as being in charge of KSP 2, and the other characters standing around him are pleading with him to delay the release of KSP 2 until the Mars rover program is complete, even being willing to "give [him] a moon". (In [[2655: Asking Scientists Questions]], Hairbun again promises an oversized (for its task) reward, the task being filling out grant applications, the reward being coauthor credit, powerful magnets, or plutonium.)
-Offering to give somebody the moon occurs occasionally in songs and poetry, as an idiom meaning desire to offer something of great value, or expressing great desire to please.  Literally giving a moon to Cueball is impossible,{{Citation needed}} but it is possible to {{w|Naming of moons|name a moon}} after Cueball, so that may be what is implied instead.
+Offering to give somebody the moon occurs occasionally in songs and poetry, as an idiom meaning desire to offer something of great value, or expressing great desire to please.  Literally giving a moon to Cueball is impossible,{{cn}} but it is possible to {{w|Naming of moons|name a moon}} after Cueball, so that may be what is implied instead.
 The title text is a sentence said by someone from a committee in NASA that oversees the progress and budget of the Mars 2020 mission. They are satisfied that the launch in 2020 is still on track, but has a question regarding the 'human capital/personnel retention' budget, which has several unmarked cash payments, more than they would expect. As they begin to ask what they are, someone from the Mars 2020 project interrupts, having probably foreseen this question, stating that it is Public outreach.

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 Also planned for 2020 is the {{w|Mars 2020|Perseverance}} mission, a [[:Category:Mars rovers|mars rover]] originally named {{w|Mars 2020}}, which successfully landed. The joke in the comic comes as engineers are likely to want to extensively play with KSP 2 to the exclusion of other things, and NASA is worried about the Mars 2020 mission being delayed or failing because the engineers are too focused on playing KSP 2, including taking an extended vacation and "sick" days off.
-Cueball, sitting at a desk in front of a computer, is represented here as being in charge of KSP 2, and the other characters standing around him are pleading with him to delay the release of KSP 2 until the Mars rover program is complete, even being willing to "give [him] a moon". (In [[2655: Asking Scientists Questions]], Hairbun again promises an oversized (for its task) reward, the task being filling out grant applications, the reward being plutonium.)
+Cueball, sitting at a desk in front of a computer, is represented here as being in charge of KSP 2, and the other characters standing around him are pleading with him to delay the release of KSP 2 until the Mars rover program is complete, even being willing to "give [him] a moon". (In [[2655: Asking Scientists Questions]], Hairbun again promises an oversized (for its task) reward, the task being filling out grant applications, the reward being coauthor credit, powerful magnets, or plutonium.)
 Offering to give somebody the moon occurs occasionally in songs and poetry, as an idiom meaning desire to offer something of great value, or expressing great desire to please.  Literally giving a moon to Cueball is impossible,{{Citation needed}} but it is possible to {{w|Naming of moons|name a moon}} after Cueball, so that may be what is implied instead.

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 Also planned for 2020 is the {{w|Mars 2020|Perseverance}} mission, a [[:Category:Mars rovers|mars rover]] originally named {{w|Mars 2020}}, which successfully landed. The joke in the comic comes as engineers are likely to want to extensively play with KSP 2 to the exclusion of other things, and NASA is worried about the Mars 2020 mission being delayed or failing because the engineers are too focused on playing KSP 2, including taking an extended vacation and "sick" days off.
-Cueball, sitting at a desk in front of a computer, is represented here as being in charge of KSP 2, and the other characters standing around him are pleading with him to delay the release of KSP 2 until the Mars rover program is complete, even being willing to "give [him] a moon".
+Cueball, sitting at a desk in front of a computer, is represented here as being in charge of KSP 2, and the other characters standing around him are pleading with him to delay the release of KSP 2 until the Mars rover program is complete, even being willing to "give [him] a moon". (In [[2655: Asking Scientists Questions]], Hairbun again promises an oversized (for its task) reward, the task being filling out grant applications, the reward being plutonium.)
 Offering to give somebody the moon occurs occasionally in songs and poetry, as an idiom meaning desire to offer something of great value, or expressing great desire to please.  Literally giving a moon to Cueball is impossible,{{Citation needed}} but it is possible to {{w|Naming of moons|name a moon}} after Cueball, so that may be what is implied instead.

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 Cueball, sitting at a desk in front of a computer, is represented here as being in charge of KSP 2, and the other characters standing around him are pleading with him to delay the release of KSP 2 until the Mars rover program is complete, even being willing to "give [him] a moon".
-Offering to give somebody the moon occurs occasionally in songs and poetry, as an idiom meaning desire to offer something of great value, or expressing great desire to please.  Literally giving a moon to Cueball is impossible,{{Citation needed}} but it is possible to {{w|Naming of moons|name a moon}} after Cueball, so that may be what is implied instead.  This could also be a reference to the film {{w|Despicable Me}}, which revolves around Gru and his {{w|Minions (Despicable Me)|Minions}} trying to steal the Moon.  The Kerbals (mascots of Kerbal Space Program) resemble the Minions from the film.
+Offering to give somebody the moon occurs occasionally in songs and poetry, as an idiom meaning desire to offer something of great value, or expressing great desire to please.  Literally giving a moon to Cueball is impossible,{{Citation needed}} but it is possible to {{w|Naming of moons|name a moon}} after Cueball, so that may be what is implied instead.
 The title text is a sentence said by someone from a committee in NASA that oversees the progress and budget of the Mars 2020 mission. They are satisfied that the launch in 2020 is still on track, but has a question regarding the 'human capital/personnel retention' budget, which has several unmarked cash payments, more than they would expect. As they begin to ask what they are, someone from the Mars 2020 project interrupts, having probably foreseen this question, stating that it is Public outreach.

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 [[Cueball]], a programmer, is sitting at his computer while four other persons from {{w|NASA}}, [[Hairy]], [[Ponytail]], [[Hairbun]] and another Cueball-like person try to convince him to delay the release of a sequel to ''{{w|Kerbal Space Program}}'' (KSP 2).
-''Kerbal Space Program'' (KSP for short) is a space flight simulation video game with a Keplerian orbital physics engine, allowing for semi-realistic orbital maneuvers. KSP is a [[:Category:Kerbal Space Program|recurring theme]] in xkcd. A sequel, abbreviated here as {{w|Kerbal Space Program 2|KSP 2}}, was planned at the time of the comic's publication to be released in 2020, although it was delayed and released on February 2023.
+''Kerbal Space Program'' (KSP for short) is a space flight simulation video game with a Keplerian orbital physics engine, allowing for semi-realistic orbital maneuvers. KSP is a [[:Category:Kerbal Space Program|recurring theme]] in xkcd. A sequel, abbreviated here as {{w|Kerbal Space Program 2|KSP 2}}, was planned at the time of the comic's publication to be released in 2020, although it was delayed and released in February 2023.
 Also planned for 2020 is the {{w|Mars 2020|Perseverance}} mission, a [[:Category:Mars rovers|mars rover]] originally named {{w|Mars 2020}}, which successfully landed. The joke in the comic comes as engineers are likely to want to extensively play with KSP 2 to the exclusion of other things, and NASA is worried about the Mars 2020 mission being delayed or failing because the engineers are too focused on playing KSP 2, including taking an extended vacation and "sick" days off.