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Answer: MOONRISE Step 1: - You look dazed. Something wrong with the oxygen tank? - Nope, not so much as an audible echo. Even an x-ray couldn't disturb this little tango. - Not another wordage rendition - it's like the time you called your car a Romeo Alpha. - You're acting discordant like Charlie. We've always used "tango" to refer to the tank. = Delta India Six to Apollo, Delta India Six to Apollo, do you copy my delta. - Alpha One Three to Houston, I read you in excellent condition. = Delta India Six to Apollo, please dampen the oxygen tango and give it a uniform stir. - Roger that, Sierra. I shall not disdain this oddity; this job which even Daedalus would ditch. - Hey, we've got a problem here. - Whoa! Hey! The tank is emitting an echo. What did you do, pour whiskey into it? - Nothin'. I stirred the tank, but there seemed to be a dangerous alpha particle leak. - Bravo! Your so-called uniform stir will get you fired before the first day of November. = Uh, this is Houston. Uh, wasn't sure if that was a mayday call. Please ditto. - Houston, we have a problem. NATO phonetic alphabet spells out EXTRACTDIDIDADITUSEWABUN. This becomes "extract DI DI DA DIT use Wabun".
- You look dazed. Something wrong with the oxygen tank? - Nope, not so much as an audible echo. Even an x-ray couldn't disturb this little tango. - Not another wordage rendition - it's like the time you called your car a Romeo Alpha. - You're acting discordant like Charlie. We've always used "tango" to refer to the tank. = Delta India Six to Apollo, Delta India Six to Apollo, do you copy my delta. - Alpha One Three to Houston, I read you in excellent condition. = Delta India Six to Apollo, please dampen the oxygen tango and give it a uniform stir. - Roger that, Sierra. I shall not disdain this oddity; this job which even Daedalus would ditch. - Hey, we've got a problem here. - Whoa! Hey! The tank is emitting an echo. What did you do, pour whiskey into it? - Nothin'. I stirred the tank, but there seemed to be a dangerous alpha particle leak. - Bravo! Your so-called uniform stir will get you fired before the first day of November. = Uh, this is Houston. Uh, wasn't sure if that was a mayday call. Please ditto. - Houston, we have a problem. Morse code signals give -..-. / .-... / .-.-. / --. / .---. which when looked up against Wabun Code gives MO-O-N-RI-SE. |