Video: The moon and a penny for her exploration: American cartoonists on funding space programs
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Space exploration has always been costly. And if the budget is lame, and the external debt of the state is growing by leaps and bounds, then the government has to abandon heavenly affairs and focus on earthly ones. American cartoonists, as always, are aware of all the problems and are ready to offer humorous ways to solve them.
1. A giant leap into the unknown
"The last mission of our most famous shuttle is the first leap into the unknown …" - "What kind of leap is this?" - "Scrapping". The words "a small step for a person, but a giant leap for all mankind" are now quoted in an ironic manner. The space program is winding down, complains cartoonist Jeff Parker. Soon all the surviving shuttles, including the famous Discovery, which made 39 flights in 27 years, will become museum pieces.
2. Shuttle with walkers
"Spacewalk" in translation from English is a spacewalk, and "walker" in medical jargon is a walker. According to cartoonist Mike Lester (Mike Lester), "Discovery" in retirement will look something like this. The renowned, and in addition, the oldest shuttle will move with the help of a space walker. However, won't the entire US space program look so sorry after its budget cuts?
3. Ode to the ATM
"Wow! A wonderful device! Nothing of the kind is available to us. I can already see how, working with you Chinese people, we can do great things. " - “This is an ATM. And the spaceship is there. " Why have we not seen spaceships? Money for research is another matter, sighs Jeff Parker.
4. Astropult
If the government cuts the budget for astronauts, the belt will have to be tightened. This is where the experience of bygone years comes in handy. Combining tradition and innovation, a wonderful astropult is a witty invention by Mike Keefe. Greetings to the ancients from the XXI century! “At least we have at least a cabin,” say the would-be space explorers.
The second option - Jeff Parker's proposal - is even less expensive. But how much fun! Luna Park will fully justify its name: all studies of the Earth's satellite will be carried out on a soft springy trampoline. They would have arranged something like this back in 1969 - and there would definitely be no doubt whether the video from the Moon was real, or whether these shots were filmed under the guise of Hollywood.
5. Everything will be covered in mothballs!
Chocolate is not our method. Cartoonist Bob Englehart knows for sure that from now on, the American space program will have everything in mothballs. Maybe then it will at least last longer.
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