Comic #5078: by-jove

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Panel 1: Person 1: "HERE'S THE IDEA. YOU HAVE A SPACESHIP FLY THROUGH JUPITER'S ATMOSPHERE, WHICH CONTAINS BOTH HELIUM-3 AND DEUTERIUM. YOU EXTRACT THEM, THEN USE THEM TO RUN A FUSION DRIVE THAT POWERS YOU TO THE NEAREST STAR AT HIGH VELOCITY."

Panel 2: Person 2: "THIS IS INSANE! NO ONE CAN MAKE ANY FUSION DRIVE WORK, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE THAT'S PARTICULARLY HOT AND DIFFICULT!"

Panel 3: Person 1: "THEN YOU EXPECT US TO BUILD IT IN SPACE, HOOK IT TO A GIGANTIC SPACESHIP, DIP IT INTO THE BIGGEST PLANETARY GRAVITY WELL AROUND, THEN ZOOM OFF TO ANOTHER STAR AT A SPEED SO HIGH THAT A SINGLE PEBBLE IN OUR PATH WILL BE EQUIVALENT TO A DIRECT HIT BY A NUCLEAR MISSILE!"

Panel 4: Person 3: "AHEM."

Panel 5: Person 1: "THE PROPOSAL IS CALLED 'THE JUPITER SCOOPITER.'"

Panel 6: Person 1: "I WILL DEVOTE MY LIFE TO IT."