Talk:1291: Shoot for the Moon - Revision history

FaviFake at 14:21, 29 July 2025

2025-07-29T14:21:20Z

108.71.212.208 at 14:01, 25 July 2025

2025-07-25T14:01:22Z

Dgbrt: Please do not insert your comment into an other one.

2018-11-03T19:50:40Z

Please do not insert your comment into an other one.

141.101.77.212 at 16:12, 3 November 2018

2018-11-03T16:12:59Z

108.162.250.162 at 03:12, 3 March 2016

2016-03-03T03:12:23Z

Davidy22 at 17:34, 8 September 2014

2014-09-08T17:34:54Z

108.162.217.11 at 15:27, 8 September 2014

2014-09-08T15:27:57Z

Valepert: +What If reference

2014-08-21T19:53:11Z

+What If reference

108.162.219.58 at 01:48, 5 February 2014

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Dgbrt at 23:35, 15 November 2013

2013-11-15T23:35:55Z

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	: You could make a point that What If 81 (Catch!) also references this, what with a woman with identical hair pointing a gun upwards and the image having the hover text "Goodnight, Moon". Also, 13 wasn't about destroying the moon with lasers, just illuminating it. It just ended up turning up the power so much it did. Which, y'know, happens. -Pennpenn[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 03:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)		: You could make a point that What If 81 (Catch!) also references this, what with a woman with identical hair pointing a gun upwards and the image having the hover text "Goodnight, Moon". Also, 13 wasn't about destroying the moon with lasers, just illuminating it. It just ended up turning up the power so much it did. Which, y'know, happens. -Pennpenn[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 03:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

−	It's tempting to view this comic as a prelude to the [[Category:Stargazing]] series, which also consists of Megan giving a strangely opinionated lecture about celestial objects. [[Special:Contributions/108.71.212.208\|108.71.212.208]] 14:01, 25 July 2025 (UTC)	+	It's tempting to view this comic as a prelude to the [[:Category:Stargazing]] series, which also consists of Megan giving a strangely opinionated lecture about celestial objects. [[Special:Contributions/108.71.212.208\|108.71.212.208]] 14:01, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

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	With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.217.11}}		With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.217.11}}
	: You could make a point that What If 81 (Catch!) also references this, what with a woman with identical hair pointing a gun upwards and the image having the hover text "Goodnight, Moon". Also, 13 wasn't about destroying the moon with lasers, just illuminating it. It just ended up turning up the power so much it did. Which, y'know, happens. -Pennpenn[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 03:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)		: You could make a point that What If 81 (Catch!) also references this, what with a woman with identical hair pointing a gun upwards and the image having the hover text "Goodnight, Moon". Also, 13 wasn't about destroying the moon with lasers, just illuminating it. It just ended up turning up the power so much it did. Which, y'know, happens. -Pennpenn[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 03:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)
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		+	It's tempting to view this comic as a prelude to the [[Category:Stargazing]] series, which also consists of Megan giving a strangely opinionated lecture about celestial objects. [[Special:Contributions/108.71.212.208\|108.71.212.208]] 14:01, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

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 Simple observation tells us that a an object sent on a moon flyby will enter solar orbit. The escape velocity of the earth is 11km/s but the escape velocity of the solar system is like four times that.  Therefore, unless we accidentally accelarate the probe to over 40km/s, it will certainly remain in solar orbit.
 There are only four comics listed in the JFK category and in two of them, the mention is incidental. I don't see any evidence that Randall "does not like that JFK", nor would I expect to.
 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58|108.162.219.58]] 01:48, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 the comic was mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/109/ What If #109]. --[[User:Valepert|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert|talk]]) 19:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

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	Simple observation tells us that a an object sent on a moon flyby will enter solar orbit. The escape velocity of the earth is 11km/s but the escape velocity of the solar system is like four times that. Therefore, unless we accidentally accelarate the probe to over 40km/s, it will certainly remain in solar orbit.		Simple observation tells us that a an object sent on a moon flyby will enter solar orbit. The escape velocity of the earth is 11km/s but the escape velocity of the solar system is like four times that. Therefore, unless we accidentally accelarate the probe to over 40km/s, it will certainly remain in solar orbit.
		+	:Randall may have been imagining an earth orbit, which would explain being able to see it. 'Co-orbiting the Sun' is just the pedantic idea that the earth and moon orbit a common centre of mass.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.212\|141.101.77.212]] 16:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

	There are only four comics listed in the JFK category and in two of them, the mention is incidental. I don't see any evidence that Randall "does not like that JFK", nor would I expect to.		There are only four comics listed in the JFK category and in two of them, the mention is incidental. I don't see any evidence that Randall "does not like that JFK", nor would I expect to.

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	With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.217.11}}		With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.217.11}}
		+	: You could make a point that What If 81 (Catch!) also references this, what with a woman with identical hair pointing a gun upwards and the image having the hover text "Goodnight, Moon". Also, 13 wasn't about destroying the moon with lasers, just illuminating it. It just ended up turning up the power so much it did. Which, y'know, happens. -Pennpenn[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162\|108.162.250.162]] 03:12, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

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	the comic was mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/109/ What If #109]. --[[User:Valepert\|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert\|talk]]) 19:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)		the comic was mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/109/ What If #109]. --[[User:Valepert\|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert\|talk]]) 19:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

−	With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers.	+	With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.217.11}}

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	the comic was mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/109/ What If #109]. --[[User:Valepert\|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert\|talk]]) 19:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)		the comic was mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/109/ What If #109]. --[[User:Valepert\|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert\|talk]]) 19:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)
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		+	With this comic being referenced in what if 109, and the possibility of it becoming a recurring joke, I wonder it what if 13 is also relevant here, an attempt to destroy the Moon with lasers.

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	There are only four comics listed in the JFK category and in two of them, the mention is incidental. I don't see any evidence that Randall "does not like that JFK", nor would I expect to.		There are only four comics listed in the JFK category and in two of them, the mention is incidental. I don't see any evidence that Randall "does not like that JFK", nor would I expect to.
	[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58\|108.162.219.58]] 01:48, 5 February 2014 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58\|108.162.219.58]] 01:48, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
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		+	the comic was mentioned in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/109/ What If #109]. --[[User:Valepert\|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert\|talk]]) 19:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

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	: Help me for more		: Help me for more
	--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 23:35, 15 November 2013 (UTC)		--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 23:35, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Megan is clearly not quoting JFK.
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		+	Simple observation tells us that a an object sent on a moon flyby will enter solar orbit. The escape velocity of the earth is 11km/s but the escape velocity of the solar system is like four times that. Therefore, unless we accidentally accelarate the probe to over 40km/s, it will certainly remain in solar orbit.
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		+	There are only four comics listed in the JFK category and in two of them, the mention is incidental. I don't see any evidence that Randall "does not like that JFK", nor would I expect to.
		+	[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58\|108.162.219.58]] 01:48, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

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	Title text of course only applies to prograde approach. Retrograde would put you on a free return trajectory if you miss. (This is why Apollo used a retrograde approach, in case something went wrong on the far side, they wouldn't be stranded in a solar orbit.) --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.149\|199.27.128.149]] 20:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)		Title text of course only applies to prograde approach. Retrograde would put you on a free return trajectory if you miss. (This is why Apollo used a retrograde approach, in case something went wrong on the far side, they wouldn't be stranded in a solar orbit.) --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.149\|199.27.128.149]] 20:05, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
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		+	No time for more investigations (I will do soon):
		+	: Megan does act like JFK in 1962
		+	: The first Moon probes did not reach the Moon but entered a solar orbit as the title text does mention
		+	: There are many statements by Randall: hH does not like that JFK (propaganda).
		+	: Help me for more
		+	--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 23:35, 15 November 2013 (UTC)