Houston, we have a problem...

"Flight, EECOM..."

"Yeah, Go EECOM."

"Flight, I am reading a quadruple failure on the O2 tank iso-valves."

"EECOM, there are no iso-valves on model rockets, not to mention O2 tanks."

"Flight, that's affirm, was just engaging in a little Mission-Control tom-foolery.
SERIOUSLY, though, Flight, it would appear we need to scrub the Friday May 2 1845 launch..."

"EECOM, would you mind telling me WHY we need to scrub?"

"Flight, it's because there will be no one at the pad site to execute the launch."

"EECOM, if we scrub, that means we'll have to wait until NEXT WEEK for another possible launch. Do you REALIZE what you are telling me here?"

[EECOM remove his headset and turns rearward, and fixes his gaze on the eyes of the flight commander over the console.]

"Gene, from my chair here, this is the last option..."

The Flight Commander fixes his steely-eyed-missile-man gaze back to the nervous EECOM. He furrows his brow.

"That's the deal? We are talking the whole smash?"

"That's the deal. The whole smash."

"CAPCOM, let's get them to close the iso-valve to O2 tanks numbers 2 and 3. Oh, No! Now I am caught up in the tom-foolery. We don't even HAVE a CAPCOM..."

The Flight Commander fixes his steely gaze toward the camera and addresses the audience. "Folks, all tom-foolery aside, the z-rocketman model rocket launch scheduled for this Friday, May 2 at M Walter, is scrubbed. Hope to see you at another launch soon."

- posted by z-man's old man...