xkcd #3291: Launchpad

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It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but that all comes out of the facility's budget.

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It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but that all comes out of the facility's budget.
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[–] 117 points 2 months ago (13 children)

From the "Futurama solves global warming" school of thought.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    I thought of Futurama too, but instead how the Ships engines move the Universe around IT

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  • [–] 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It came to me in a dream, and then I forgot it in another dream.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I thought that was a silly joke but that's actually more or less how an alcubierre drive would work.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Is it though?

    Giant chemical engines to push a planet away is like bending space around a spacecraft?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    The giant chemical engines were not being compared to the alcubierre drive. The commenter was discussing how the engine of the ship in futurama, which "moves the universe around it" would fairly neatly describe the function of an alcubierre drive in layman's terms. This is why you were downvoted.

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