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XKCD Mentions KSP


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Hehe, this morning the ritual check of the xkcd website got even more awesome than usual! :) Although when you think about it, it isn't that surprising that Randall Munroe plays KS; who knows, he may even be lurking on the forums?...

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I'm on a phone, would anyone care to transcribe what it says? Cheers

You can go to http://m.xkcd.com then; the alt-text can be read there.

In any case, it says: "20 balloons float away while I'm busy permanently tying one to a tree to deal with it for good. Unfortunately, that one balloon was 'land a rocket on the moon in Kerbal Space Program.'"

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This is on a level of awesomeness right up there with the Curiosity team shout-out. Or even more so actually, I've been following xkcd for far longer than Curiosity.

Randall Munroe is one of my idols. I can't describe how awesome this feels! :)

Thanks for posting this!

Cheers

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Curiously, while attempting to demonstrate this remarkable development of affairs to my wife i discovered...

It seems you cannot read alt-texts on the ipad :P

Or at least, it aint much straightforard...

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