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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a NOISY CARD. Explanation needs to be expanded. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | [[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] are organizers of a space mission going over their upcoming presentation to a hearing that will approve the mission's funding. Megan recites the grown-up, professional, scientific justification for the mission, but soon her enthusiastic attitude toward space breaks through, and she exclaims "space" and "pew pew pew" (An internet meme for the sound of lasers, inspired as a typical sound that media space weapons make, and now an onomatopoeia often used in gaming speak for ray weapons and spells as a joke) with childish abandon. Ponytail wants her to rein in her enthusiasm during the actual hearing. | ||
− | + | The joke is that most of the motivation for spending billions of dollars and other resources on interplanetary exploration is not really for all the stuffy reasons listed, but simply because we believe space is cool. Ironically, due to the vacuum in space, you would actually not hear shooting sounds unless you are in a ship with an atmosphere. | |
− | The | + | The title text refers to a repurposable piece of electronics contained within specific {{w|greeting card}}s, which plays a prerecorded song when the card is opened. Usually, these cards play a song, like "Happy Birthday", when they are opened. Apparently, their grant application has incorporated speakers which play "spaceship noises", in order to stimulate excitement about the coolness of space in the receiver. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
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:[Megan and Ponytail are standing and talking.] | :[Megan and Ponytail are standing and talking.] | ||
:Ponytail: All ready for the hearing? Let's go over things one more time. | :Ponytail: All ready for the hearing? Let's go over things one more time. | ||
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:[Megan and Ponytail are standing and talking. Megan's arms are raised.] | :[Megan and Ponytail are standing and talking. Megan's arms are raised.] | ||
− | :Megan: And because it's | + | :Megan: And because it's ''space!'' |
:Megan: Spaaaaaace. | :Megan: Spaaaaaace. | ||
:Megan: Pew pew pew! | :Megan: Pew pew pew! | ||
− | :Megan: | + | :Megan: ''Space!'' |
:Ponytail: Dial it back. | :Ponytail: Dial it back. | ||