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Rocket Cat: a tabby cat sitting on a rocket flame in open space

Application status: rejected.

Rocket Cat

NASA said no. So he became the rocket.

Application: denied◆Launch: anyway◆Fuel: tuna◆Helmet: no◆Return: unlikely◆Application: denied◆Launch: anyway◆Fuel: tuna◆Helmet: no◆Return: unlikely◆

Dear applicant

Rejected

Thank you for your interest in the astronaut programme. After careful review, we regret to inform you that applicants must be human, at least five feet tall and able to hold a pen. You signed the form with a paw print and a small amount of tuna. We wish you luck in your future endeavours. He read it once. Then he lit his tail.

Rocket Cat flying past the Moon towards a planet of dogs, smoke spelling his name
Flight path · day three

Next stop: the dog planet

Nobody told them he was coming. He signed the sky on the way in.

Flight rules

  1. The tail is the engine

    Do not touch it. It is very hot.

  2. No countdown

    He left at four. Nobody got to three.

  3. Tuna is fuel

    Best thrust per can on the market.

  4. Keep the letter

    Framed. Taped to the rocket. Which is him.

Two rockets

Their rocket

Ten years, nine billion dollars, still waiting for better weather.

His rocket

One cat, one bad mood. Left on a Tuesday.

No helmet◆No countdown◆No refunds◆Still climbing◆No helmet◆No countdown◆No refunds◆Still climbing◆No helmet◆No countdown◆No refunds◆Still climbing◆No helmet◆No countdown◆No refunds◆Still climbing◆

He's not coming back. Wave anyway.

Rocket Cat leaving