Oolite Bulletins

http://xkcd.com/1133/

Plans for the US Space Team's Up Goer Five: the only flying space car that's taken anyone to another world, explained using only the ten hundred words people use the most often.

Ah, so that's how it works!

Smivs wrote:

Ah, so that's how it works!

Yes, it's not rocket science ... or is it?

Dang, I don't feel very bright today, I had to see the picture before I got the clues in your post D...

I think Neil, Mike & Buzz liked the ride

Bill: “We are having a bad problem. The up goer part of our space car is pointing toward space.”
Bob: “Argh!”
Jeb: “Woohoo!”

JensAyton wrote:

Bill: “We are having a bad problem. The up goer part of our space car is pointing toward space.”

Why would this be a problem?

Zieman wrote:

Why would this be a problem? :P

See the bottom of the reference diagram. :-)

Completely unrelated, there is also this.

Zieman wrote:

JensAyton wrote:

Bill: “We are having a bad problem. The up goer part of our space car is pointing toward space.”

Why would this be a problem?

You will not go to space today.

Well, I thought the whole structure is "Up Goer".

If the phrasing had been something like: "We are having a bad problem. The part of our space car where lots of fire comes out is pointing toward space.", I'd concur with the assessment that there might be a wee problem...

Subtle... http://xkcd.com/1125/

xkcd is the bomb diggity, my all time fave was the diagram of all known exoplanets to date... to scale!