"Flusherville, Kegel - she sure looks beautiful down there - bright and glittery, like a bunch of casinos in a desert."
"Roger Kegel. You're GO for powered descent to the Moonar surface. Over."
"Thrust translation - four jets - Balance couple - ON. Tray table stowed and locked. TTCA throttle - MINIMUM."
"Kegel, Flusherville, copy you on the tray table lock. Looking good."
"Throttle - AUTO CDR. Prop button - RESET. Prop button. Okay. Seat in the upright position. AGS is reading 400 plus 1. Standing by for ... what the fuck is that????"
"Kegel?"
"I've got a 1202 program alarm on my iPhone. It stopped playing my Moon Vegas playlist."
"Roger Kegel, stand by."
"Flusherville, give me a reading on the 1202 program alarm."
"Roger - we're go on that alarm. Go for landing. Select shuffle, and turn the volume up."
Now things got really dicey as I piloted the Kegel just over the moonar landscape, close enough to see all the details on the surface.
"Flusherville, Kegel - throttle down. Flaps down. Gear down. Get down tonight."
"Kegel - 60 seconds of fuel left."
"Flusherville, Kegel - 100 feet, 3 1/2 down, 9 forward... 40 feet, down 2 1/2. Kicking up some dust."
"Thirty seconds of fuel left."
"Thirty seconds of fuel left."
"Jetway contact light... engine stop..."
Finally, a human being had landed on Moon Vegas. I told the world.
"Flusherville, Futility Base here... The Kegel has Landed!!!"
I see four rockets in your future. I hope they come with a kicker.
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