Comic #1479: 2009-05-20

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Title: Science Funding Explained:

Panel 1: Character 1: "Mister Senator, I think we can send a man to Mars." Character 2: yawn

Panel 2: Character 1: "Mister Senator, I think we can explode Mars." Character 2: "Go on." Character 1: "We can explode Mars… before the Chinese?" Character 2: "Sold!"

Panel 3: Character 1 (holding a rocket): "Bad news, sir. The rocket accidentally landed, which caused the scientists inside to get out and take data samples." Character 2: "Blast!"

Panel 4: Character 1: "However, with more money, we could carry a bigger payload, shaped like a scientific colony." Character 2: "I don’t know…"

Panel 5: Character 1: "It'd look like this." Character 2 (holding a poster): "I'm gonna need that for the photo op." Character 2: "Boom!"

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