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β | [[Randall]] is showing the number of still living humans who have walked on another world for the 65 | + | [[Randall]] is showing the number of still living humans who have walked on another world for the 65 year period that begins in 1969 (when a human first walked on the moon). Up to 2011 (when the comic was drawn), he has drawn a single line for the actual figures. |
For the subsequent years, he has drawn three lines using {{w|actuarial table}}s or life tables (such tables show, for each age, the probability that a certain person will die within the next year). | For the subsequent years, he has drawn three lines using {{w|actuarial table}}s or life tables (such tables show, for each age, the probability that a certain person will die within the next year). |