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There's a HAL9000 joke <s>in there</s> all over it. [[User:Aasasd|Aasasd]] ([[User talk:Aasasd|talk]]) 16:26, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
 
There's a HAL9000 joke <s>in there</s> all over it. [[User:Aasasd|Aasasd]] ([[User talk:Aasasd|talk]]) 16:26, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
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The line is indicating linear growth, not exponential. Exponential growth would be parabolic, not straight. Tinny 17:20, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

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Huh. Just noticed I missed a sentence at the beginning, but I'm too lazy to fix it. Could someone else rewrite my horrible draft? 173.245.50.85 06:19, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

I have done that now. ;-) And added a "few" extra details. --Kynde (talk) 14:52, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

The dotted line may also mean that the mission could possibly be extended, as happened to many NASA missions, in which case the destruction would occur later than currently planned. Zetfr 15:22, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

There's a HAL9000 joke in there all over it. Aasasd (talk) 16:26, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

The line is indicating linear growth, not exponential. Exponential growth would be parabolic, not straight. Tinny 17:20, 31 August 2016 (UTC)