#2461: 90's Kid Space Program

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[A command and service module representing the tip of a spacecraft, is attached by four long trusses to four equidistant points on the edge of a giant light green popper (a green "hill" with a round raised edge around it). The popper is in its inverted configuration, ready to pop. There is a caption beneath the panel:]

The 90's Kid Space Program prepares for their first orbital launch


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

NASA may not want to admit it, but at this point they ARE the 90's Kid Space Program.

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