is an educated word for the act of changing places or position. We recommend that you secure cabin pressurization. In this case, to "secure" something is to make sure it is safe or reliable. "Cabin pressurization" refers to the air pressure inside the spaceship. Frank Borman was upchucking most of the way to the moon on Apollo 8. "To upchuck" is a slangy and dated way to say vomit or throw up. If Swigert can’t dock this thing, we don’t have a mission. Jim’s way of noting that if the command module and the lunar module cannot be connected together, they won’t be able to continue. How is the alignment? "Alignment" refers to the way two or more objects are lined up, or fit together. Don’t worry guys, I’m on top of it. To be "on top of" a situation is to be in control of it. Come on rookie, park that thing. A "rookie" is a person who is doing something for the first time, or who has little experience. Houston, we have hard dock. Jim’s way of saying that the two parts of the spaceship (the lunar and command modules) have been successfully put together. OK Houston, we have LEM extraction. :: We copy that, 13. "To extract" one object from another is to remove it. In this case, "to copy" a message means to hear and understand it. I could eat the ass out of a dead rhinoceros. A very colorful way for Fred to say that he is very hungry! (A rhinoceros is a large animal found mostly in Africa). We got a smooth one. :: By the numbers, so far. If an operation is going "smoothly," this means that all is going well. Here it comes, the constellation ‘urion.’ A "constellation" is a group of stars that form the shape of an object, such as an animal. "Urion" sounds like a constellation, but is simply Fred joking with the word ‘urine,’ which is the official word for piss. She’s still going on about the stupid Beatles breaking up. To "go on" about something is to continue to talk about it, usually in an emotional manner (The Beatles broke up in 1970). Barbara, I know you’re in mourning. When a person is "in mourning," they are experiencing and showing great sadness, usually over the death of a person. We’re broadcasting to you tonight form an altitude of almost 200,000 miles away from the face of the earth. "To broadcast" is to send out either TV or radio signals. The vast expanse out of outer space. "Vast" means huge, and an "expanse" is a wide open space. We’d like to provide you….with the appropriate background music. "Appropriate" is a useful adjective meaning suitable, correct or proper for a given situation. "Background music" is that music which nobody pays attention to, but people hear because it is playing softly nearby. Do hit it there, Freddo. "Hit it" is often used to mean turn on the radio (TV, computer, e
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