Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a satirical, retro-futuristic comic strip that chronicles the (mis)adventures of the lantern-jawed, lunkheaded, and sometimes childlike Brewster Rockit, captain of the space station R.U. Sirius, and his crew of misfits. Under Brewster’s brave and eternally-optimistic leadership, Pam is the tough and pragmatic second-in-command, Cliff is the completely unqualified engineer, Dr. Mel is the scheming science officer, Agent X is the mysterious government agent who gives them their orders and hides their existence from the world, and Winky is the cute, luckless kid who manages to get hurt a lot.
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margueritem
said, about 2 years ago
Whew, I’m glad you added that non recommendation, Dr. Mel!
INGSOC
said, about 2 years ago
That is ceratinly alot of information…. I’ll follow up on that later….
Lewreader said, about 2 years ago
As a Postal retiree, I know Mercury was the first mailman with wings on his feet, a logo stolen by FTD. Sorry, no delivey on Roman Holidays
Jo Jo said, about 2 years ago
Interesting that “messengers” were so important to the ancients that the profession had a deified representative. Hermes/Mercury was one of the 12 Olympians, and ranked right up there with primal forces like the weather, the sea, love, etc.
Bilan said, about 2 years ago
Dr Mel didn’t tell us how many Starbucks it has.
Chris Robinson said, about 2 years ago
I guess Doctor Mel isn’t counting Pluto as a planet either…
3hourtour
said, about 2 years ago
..though Pluto is now a Kuiper belt object,I say it should be granfathered in as a planet…I mean,come on…Disney World isn’t a world,but we still call it one…
What-D-Hey said, about 2 years ago
I thought the planet Mercury was named after the ancient god of 4 wheeled chariots. Come to think of it, that god recently got demoted too, just like Pluto.
Varnes said, about 2 years ago
The planets first name was Freddy, wasn’t it?
margueritem
said, about 2 years ago
Varnes, yes. You just can’t see the moustache in these views.
To me Pluto will always be a planet. It’s a sentimental thing.
puddleglum1066 said, about 2 years ago
Mercury was not just the flower-delivery guy to the gods; he was a god in his own right: the god of boundaries and borders, and the “trickster” god. The planet also turned out to be something of a trickster–I am old enough to remember when astronomers were absolutely certain that Mercury was like the moon, presenting only one face to the sun. They were quite surprised, and had to do a lot of scrambling to explain when it was discovered that the planet actually does revolve on its axis at a rate different from its rotation around the sun. “Fool me once, shame on you… fool me twice… uh… won’t get fooled again!”
Trebor39 said, about 2 years ago
Mercury is a dangerous substance. Just ask Mr. Quicksilver.
Night-Gaunt49 said, about 2 years ago
Well I am now enlightened to know it orbits the sun just a bit faster than it rotates so there is some movement of the sun line on its surface but not by much.
SherlockWatson said, about 2 years ago
Didn’t the Beatles sing a song about Mercury, called “Five Years a Week”? Or did I take the wrong pills again?
Sandor_at_the_Zoo
said, about 2 years ago
I talked to a college professor who’s a member of the International Astronomy Union (the people who demoted Pluto), and he said the arguments for considering Pluto a planet were emotional rather than scientific.
And don’t forget the other dwarf planets: Makemake, Sedna, and Quaoar. They started the whole demotion move.