No, of course we don't microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately.

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Making Tea

Hmm, they won't do in-flight delivery, so let's order a new first and second stage to our emergency landing site and then try to touch down on top of them to save time.

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Second Stage

The real key was inventing the windmill-powered winch.

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Kedging Cannon

Dinosaur Cosmics

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The Future of Orion

They had BETTER make this a sample return mission.

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Europa Clipper

These rocks are from a time before eyes, brains, and bones, pieces of a land warmed by an unseen sun.

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Proterozoic Rocks

We were disappointed that the rocket didn't make a THOOOONK noise when it went into the tube, but we're setting up big loudspeakers for future launches to add the sound effect.

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Disposal

Our experiment will be expensive, but we believe it will produce important spin-offs, especially if we manage to hit the sun from the right angle.

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Experimental Astrophysics

If any of you want to meet some cool local oxygen atoms, I can introduce you!

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Solar Protons

I see white shores, and beyond it, a far green country under a tequila sunrise.

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Númenor Margaritaville