Frazz by Jef Mallett for May 20, 2013
May 19, 2013
May 21, 2013
Transcript:
Girl: It's not my fault! I blame wars and pork and cheapo taxpayers and anyone else who's kept the space program from getting the funding it ought to have! Mr. burke: You're fine, Kendra. Take your seat. Girl: I wouldn't be tardy if I had a jet pack, is what I'm saying.
My father came back from WW2 and went to Oak Ridge to work on nuclear propulsion for aircraft in 1945. Back then they scrapped the idea because the design requirement weighed too much – or so I was told.