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"Houston wee have a problem": Nasa mission control's language is baffling to most people, says the writer.
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Pilita Clark
During the anxious final countdown before the four Artemis II astronauts were blasted into space recently, something unsettling happened.
“Hold requested,” said a member of the launch team. “I have an LCC violation.”
