Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 11th September 1990

Dilbert//514, first published 36 years ago on Tuesday 11th September 1990

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dilbert nasa shuttle specific duties video risky experiment ideas

Open source transcript

YOU WILL BE WITH ONE OTHER ...UH... ASTRONAUT IN A A PRIVATE ROOM.

SHUTTLE NASI YOU TWO WILL HAVE NO SPECIFIC DUTIES ON THIS MISSION. I'LL BE MONITORING YOU ON VIDEO.

A NERD, A MONKEY, AND ONE NINTENDO AT ZERO GRAVITY...

PRETTY RISKY EXPERIMENT.

TO BE HONEST, WE WERE RUNNING LOW ON GOOD IDEAS.

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AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Astronauts' Low-Impact Mission"

This 'Dilbert' comic strip, originally published in 1990, follows two astronauts who are assigned a low-impact mission. The first panel shows them being briefed on their mission, which involves a private room and a shuttle. However, the second panel reveals that they will have no specific duties during the mission and will be monitoring each other on video.

The third panel introduces a monkey, a nerd, and a Nintendo character at zero gravity, which the astronauts are tasked with monitoring. The punchline of the comic strip is that the astronauts are running low on good ideas, implying that the mission is not as exciting or challenging as they had hoped.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the idea of astronauts being assigned mundane tasks and the lack of excitement in space exploration. It also highlights the absurdity of having a monkey, a nerd, and a Nintendo character as part of a space mission.

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