11 Lines of Dialogue

"Houston, Trailblazer, we have a mixture balance warning on number one."

"Roger that Trailblazer, we see it. Apply procedure 81A and report diagnostics on completion."

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"Houston, Trailblazer, we've flushed the valves and reset the system, but it looks like we have a leak on the primary containment vessel. Please advise."

"Understood Trailblazer, please standby while our technicians work up a solution."

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"Trailblazer, Houston. Transfer what you can to the reserve tank and the remote probes. We're plotting slingshot return vectors with your remaining fuel."

"Roger that Houston. We're all disappointed that we won't get to walk on Mars, but on the up-side I guess we'll home for Christmas."

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"Trailblazer, Houston. It's time to come home boys and girls! Initiate the launch sequence for the remote probes and prepare for your slingshot burn!

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"Houston, Trailblazer. Can you please verify your last instruction? By our calculations, we need the fuel from the probes for our deceleration burn."


"Trailblazer, Houston. The instruction is correct. Please check your telemetry and confirm. We don't want to lose this window."


"Houston, Trailblazer. With all due respect, the instruments are wrong! Please double-check your calculations, we don't want to be stuck out here!"

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"Trailblazer... this is Mission Control. We're truly sorry. We recalibrated your instruments.... You couldn't have made it anyway."