Introduction

Transcript

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Welcome to the Lunar Landing Museum.

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Apollo 14, February 1971. (transl: a short heading that sets the time, like a date line. Keep it this short.) A few hours before the landing, a fault turns up in the lander, (transl: "turns up" means it appears unexpectedly. The present tense sets the scene; keep it if it sounds natural, otherwise use the past throughout. "The lander" is the lunar module, the spacecraft that takes two astronauts down to the Moon. It comes back below as "the lander, Antares"; use the same term both times.) and it has to be fixed remotely, from Houston, by radio. (transl: "Houston" here is Mission Control, on the ground. Nobody can reach the spacecraft; the fix can only be read to the crew over the radio.)

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You'll hear the story from two other visitors. (transl: "other" means visitors like the listener, in the same gallery.) Marion was there that night, on a headset in a back room in Houston. Theo, her grandson, is training to be an air traffic controller.

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They won't talk to you. (transl: reassuring: the listener does not have to answer or do anything.) Just stay close and listen in. (transl: "listen in" means overhear, in a friendly way, not spying. A gentle invitation, not an instruction.) Headphones work best. (transl: a light practical tip: listening is best with headphones. Keep it short.)

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Marion and Theo are made up. (transl: "made up" means invented. Say it plainly.) The flight, the fault and every word on the radio are real.

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There are three stops. Each one has its own page, with about two minutes of audio. (transl: "page" is a page of this guide on the phone screen, not a sheet of paper, and not stop 2, "The page". "Audio" is the recording that plays on that page.) To move on, tap the next stop at the bottom of the page, (transl: the button at the bottom of the screen, labelled with the next stop's name.) or pick any stop from the menu at the top. Start with the first one, "The Button". (transl: the first stop is named after the lander's ABORT button; a replica of it stands at that stop in the gallery.)