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Disposal

Title text: We were disappointed that the rocket didn't make a THOOOONK noise when it went into the tube, but we're setting up big loudspeakers for future launches to add the sound effect.

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This comic is about humorous solutions to problems. Instead of trying to make a rocket that doesn’t explode upon impact, Randall’s team has decided to make a rocket disposal hole, hence the comic name.

SpaceX initially had many instances of explosion on impact, as illustrated in montage.

This comic came out about 2 weeks after SpaceX successfully caught the returning Super Heavy booster rocket using giant arms on the launch tower.

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[A two-stage rocket is ascending with a plume of exhaust behind it]

[The first stage falls off and the second stage ignites]

[The first stage begins to fall, turned off]

[The first stage reignites to control trajectory and attitude]

[The first stage falls toward a large hole with a lid. A Cueball is holding the lid open]

[Cueball pushes the lid closed]

Click

[The first stage, now out of sight, explodes, Cueball shielding his ears and flinching away from the loud noise]

BOOOOM

Caption below comic:

Our rockets were good at steering, but we couldn't get them to land without exploding, so we just dug a rocket disposal hole.

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