Strip 477 -- First Seen: 2010-07-06
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
The brothers continue their work assembling the equipment.

Bert: We have no downside and some really amazing upsides.

Ernie: How amazing?

Panel 2
Bert pauses in his work, holding his wrench in one hand and ticking off items on his fingers of the other hand.

Bert: The scans tell us the mascon weighs about 200 kilos, and has a specific gravity of at least 18.

Bert: That means it must be a fairly pure chunk of osmium, iridium, platinum, plutonium, gold, or tungsten.

Panel 3
Bert continues attaching an exterior panel to the mass driver, using his wrench.
Bert: If it's gold or platinum, we'll make more money than we ever have. Osmium or iridium would yield 20-33 percent of that, still a nice haul.

Panel 4
Medium shot of Ernie, attaching a different support leg. His eyes are widening in reaction to what Bert's saying.
Bert (OP): If it turns out to be plutonium, Katie bar the door! We could buy our own moon.