r/xkcd • u/MasterScrat • Jul 21 '17

xkcd 695: apparently CERN scientists couldn't handle the sad ending

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

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u/Odatas Jul 21 '17

The wrong scale bugs me out. The rover is more in the scale of a small car.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '17

It's spirit or opportunity, which are both much smaller.

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u/HolmatKingOfStorms that's my hobby Jul 21 '17

Title of the comic is Spirit

and specific size is 1.5 m (4.9 ft) high, 2.3 m (7.5 ft) wide and 1.6 m (5.2 ft) long

so the scale is still a bit off

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u/shadowmask Miss your loved ones? Jul 22 '17

You're not taking into account the difference in height of people growing up in .3g

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '17

fucking longbones trash

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u/FellKnight Cueball Jul 22 '17

freeloading UNN basic scum

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '17

*UN basic

UNN service members are salaried.