"Greg D. Moore (Strider)" wrote in message
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
In his defence, that was an off the cuff immediate reaction. Remember, he
was 1000+ miles away and not looking at it, only the numbers coming across
in telemetry.

I used to think what he said was a bit strange until I found out that he was
in another state, making announcements based on six-second-old data.
Actually I don't think there was anything else he could have said, given the
situation. Maybe he could have used a better word than "malfunction" but
what the hell do I know...

It's comments like above and the comment on the Arianne 5 launch ("failed
to
meet objectives" I think was the term) that are written/said long AFTER
the
event that I think are funnier.

I've found that "nominal" and "off-nominal" have crept into my general
vocabulary. Same with "copy that" or even saying that something is "in
work."