{"id":103,"date":"2012-11-13T22:17:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2019-05-15T18:21:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:21:20","slug":"gtoc-humor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/?page_id=103","title":{"rendered":"GTOC humor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0Some silly jokes for GTOC nerds:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h5>1. Waiting for GTOCX<\/h5>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/310l8p.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-955 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/310l8p-364x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/310l8p-364x1024.jpg 364w, https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/310l8p-107x300.jpg 107w, https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/310l8p.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<h5>2. A GTOC meme:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gtoc_meme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-181 aligncenter\" title=\"A GTOC meme\" src=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/gtoc_meme.jpg\" alt=\"a gtoc meme\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a>Up to GTOC9, when the automated verification of trajectories was introduced, after the competition ended, before the final results were officially released, many waited with impatience for that e-mail<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h5>3. Another GTOC meme:<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/259055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-181 aligncenter\" title=\"A GTOC meme\" src=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/259055.jpg\" alt=\"a gtoc meme\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>While highly enjoyable, GTOCs are also very demanding and when the news is out of the new new competition schedule, it may have an impact on people morale.<\/div>\n<h5>4. The GTOC conjecture:<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-14-at-20.48.05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-181\" title=\"The GTOC conjecture\" src=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-14-at-20.48.05-300x229.png\" alt=\"... using xkcdfy python toolbox\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-14-at-20.48.05-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Screen-Shot-2012-11-14-at-20.48.05.png 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8230; using xkcdfy python toolbox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Theorem<\/strong>: a team health and the objective function lie on a circle with center at the origin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Corollary<\/strong>: the winning GTOC team is either the healthiest at the beginning of the competition or there will be a healthier team at the end of the competition.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. Kepler<\/h5>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104\" style=\"width: 213px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/kepler.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104\" title=\"kepler (xkcd.com)\" src=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/kepler-213x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/kepler-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/kepler.jpeg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from xkcd.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5>6. Gravity Wells<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/681_large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107\" title=\"681_large\" src=\"http:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/681_large-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/681_large-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/681_large.png 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">from xkcd.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Some silly jokes for GTOC nerds: 1. Waiting for GTOCX 2. A GTOC meme: Up to GTOC9, when the automated verification of trajectories was introduced, after the competition ended, before the final results were officially released, many waited with impatience for that e-mail 3. Another GTOC meme: While highly enjoyable, GTOCs are also very demanding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/?page_id=103\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GTOC humor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-103","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sophia.estec.esa.int\/gtoc_portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}