USS Letsdothis Barren Mind Captain at the helm the Oops Factor hard at work Not known for being the brightest star in the universe Captain Barren has sloppily piloted away from Earths orbit and notices ID: 639000
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Now Listen Slowly…
The saga of a very long trip on the spacecraft USS Letsdothis Slide2
Barren Mind, Captain at the helm
(the “Oops Factor”
hard at work)
Not known for being the brightest star in
the
universe, Captain Barren has
sloppily piloted
away from Earth’s orbit and notices
that it
is
quickly shrinking
from
their sight…Slide3
Lois Carmen Denominator,
Co-pilot without a clue
(all
“Beauty”
no
“Brains”)
Lois is easy
on the eyes... yet… not so good with the “
sciencey
”
stuff. She too, notices the
changing situation
.Slide4
Lois takes action
(this should work out well)
Thinking the problem must be outside the ship, she
gets inspired and decides to put on her
foil-lined
spacesuit for
an EVA
and
a quick
“
look-see”.
She climbs out the airlock down the really long ladder. Meanwhile the moon and satellites are speeding by…Slide5
Trajectory for disaster?
(not promising odds)
Once
outside the ship Lois comes to some important conclusions.
The “good news”
seems to be that they
are moving along nicely. The “bad news” seems
to be that they are moving
nicely… away
from the moon…
deeper into
the solar system. And
what’s that
sloshing liquid sound?! Some kind of fuel
problem
?Slide6
Lois has seen enough
(and she’s pretty sure things are unraveling)
Finishing her EVA, Lois
keeps trying (but can’t seem)
to get
the airlock door
closed
. After repeatedly slamming it she e
ventually
succeeds
.
Is that Venus going by? “Shouldn’t we turn around?”, she says.Slide7
New neighbors?
(welcome to the neighborhood)
“Better
get
comfortable… we’re
in for
a
long ride
.”,
responds Barren
. Lois then hears a new garbled transmission
and asks, “Oh, great! Now who’s calling? It’s not Earth...”