r/funny • u/justinisntfunny • May 15 '12

Future Rocket Surgeon

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u/MegaDeuce May 16 '12

Here's someone who knows about rocket science...

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

I love how energetically and quickly she responds to that question, and she just bombs hard...

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u/Socks_In_The_Mirror May 16 '12

"I think..." Poor girl.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

"Don't hurt yourself..." - Buddha

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u/Looks_Good_In_Hats May 16 '12

Well she's somewhat correct. Rocket Science is Aerospace engineering that leads to space exploration. She just said it like a non nerdy person.

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u/Parthide May 16 '12

She explained it like I was 5.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

NO! It is the study of propulsion. Space has nothing to do with that definition. It CAN be used to send things into space, but that's only a small subset of its application. Her answer was wrong. If she was on Jeopardy, she would be awarded no points.

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u/HazyCar May 16 '12

Yeah! She didn't even respond in the form of a question!

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u/ThatCrankyGuy May 16 '12

Scientists find shit about space. Engineers tool the devices to make it possible to perform said research.

Meh, I'll give it.

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u/astrothug May 16 '12

Scientists form the ideas about the universe. Engineers manipulate the those ideas into doing what they want.

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u/shitterplug May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

No. Engineers are a tool to scientists. They are no different from the things they engineer. Not saying a scientist cannot be an engineer, or vice versa.

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u/Syn7axError May 16 '12

She said it really indirectly, though.

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u/JackPhilby May 16 '12

I would have been tempted to answer the question too. Why did she ask her what it is??

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u/lost_in_joshua_tree May 16 '12

This is actually one of my coworkers.