Dr. Mel is sending Brewster to fix something? Either he’s not as smart as his bald head belies or he has some serious dislike for the makers of this Trubble telescope.
This strip has the same punchline as a Dilbert strip I once read; Catbert said that the company would no longer pay for eyeglasses, but would support a certain corrective procedure (and it wasn’t radial keratotomy).
Squinting at the stars works just fine, if I remember my constellations and wear my driving glasses. It works best of all in the hot tub after a couple of glasses of a nice Zinfandel.
I like the idea of attaching a tiny line to the Hubble leading to a tractor craft above it to slowly lift it to a higher orbit. Some consider letting magnetic fields do the lifting.
margueritem almost 15 years ago
By golly Brewster, that works real fine!
ejcapulet almost 15 years ago
Oh mercy.
pschearer Premium Member almost 15 years ago
What a wonderful strip that can have me laughing out loud already in the first panel. The Trubble telescope. That’s rich.
BillTidler almost 15 years ago
Oh say, can you see…
dcguys almost 15 years ago
It makes it easier to see the fun stuff w/o having to worry about what you’re really looking at…or at least what the technical name is.
Ray_C almost 15 years ago
Squinting like this, I can see the rings on Uranus, Doc!
wicky almost 15 years ago
More creeping meatballism, go fix it, it’s not exctly rocket surgury.
pibfan868 almost 15 years ago
Nobody knows the Trubble I’ve seen~~~~
MommaMadeMe almost 15 years ago
Hey Dr Mel, ask Cliff, he’s the engineer after all.
Benedick almost 15 years ago
Dr. Mel is sending Brewster to fix something? Either he’s not as smart as his bald head belies or he has some serious dislike for the makers of this Trubble telescope.
Sherlock Watson almost 15 years ago
This strip has the same punchline as a Dilbert strip I once read; Catbert said that the company would no longer pay for eyeglasses, but would support a certain corrective procedure (and it wasn’t radial keratotomy).
ChiehHsia almost 15 years ago
Squinting at the stars works just fine, if I remember my constellations and wear my driving glasses. It works best of all in the hot tub after a couple of glasses of a nice Zinfandel.
Rakkav almost 15 years ago
It hasn’t turned out good already. :)
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 5 years ago
Reduces the number of photons entering but improves inherent focus. Interesting to imagine a pinhole telescope.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 5 years ago
I like the idea of attaching a tiny line to the Hubble leading to a tractor craft above it to slowly lift it to a higher orbit. Some consider letting magnetic fields do the lifting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrically_powered_spacecraft_propulsion
and even stranger
https://www.space.com/26713-impossible-space-engine-nasa-test.html