Titan
Explanation
This comic presents a satirical "mission proposal" to set Saturn's moon Titan on fire.
The setup uses real science: Titan has a thick hydrocarbon atmosphere and surface lakes of liquid methane and ethane, but no free oxygen, so it can't burn. The proposal lays out steps: (1) crack water (which exists beneath Titan's surface as a subsurface ocean) via nuclear-powered electrolysis to produce oxygen, (2) release the oxygen to mix with the hydrocarbon atmosphere, and (3) ignite it. The comic frames this as a legitimate space mission proposal.
The middle panels escalate the absurdity. Step 2 involves getting Elon Musk to fund it by telling him a bad word for "women" in Latin is embedded in the analysis -- a jab at Musk's personality and the kinds of provocations that get his attention. The proposal committee responds with "ALL HANDS ON DECK!" showing how easily they're motivated.
The lower panels push further into meta-humor: someone objects that NASA shouldn't pursue a mission just because it's cool, and another character invokes the Wright Brothers, asking whether they asked "will this advance science?" or just wanted to fly -- implying that doing awesome things is its own justification. The comic ends with the mission succeeding -- Titan is shown engulfed in flames while someone laughs maniacally.
The joke satirizes the tension between scientific rigor and the childlike impulse to do spectacular things just because they'd be cool, while also poking fun at tech billionaire culture and the way grandiose space proposals actually get funded.