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xkcd #2865: The Wrong Stuff

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The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his 'brick moon' proposal were dismissed as science fiction.

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So that's how we got the Weinermobile.
Why the Trojan horse? It was made out of what they had available.
- The Trojan horse wasn't made of Trojans, like the Spruce Goose wasn't made of Spruce. Nor was it made by Trojans nor filled with Trojans.
  The name is misleading.
- Usually horses aren't giant, nor are they made out of wood and Greeks.
https://explainxkcd.com/2865
- Does Randall also work on explainxkcd? Because the explanation for the Trojan Horse seems to be pretty far fetched. Although I can't think of a better explanation either.
  
  Trojan Horse - A mythological, giant wooden horse, supposedly used by the Greeks to invade the city of Troy. Actual horses are composed, like any other animal, out of meat, bone, and other tissues and bodily fluids.[citation needed] In addition, the interior of the Trojan Horse was composed of Greek warriors rather than horse innards.
  Lmao
  
  I think explainxkcd is unofficial and crowdsourced?
  
  I guess the idea is that if a competent engineer had been in charge of the Trojan Horse project, the ancient Greeks would've used an aluminum frame with a mylar fabric covering.
  
  That was the same explanation I came up with.
  
  What's wrong with it?
Edward Everett Hale has been taken by a fey mood!

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