[Verse 1]
Flight dynamics on the ledger, tracking data feeds the range
Doppler shift and ranging tones, that's how we measure change
Radar pings from three stations, triangulate the arc
State vector in the mainframe, glowing green out the dark
Orbit determination — where the spacecraft's really at
Not where the plan said it'd be, we correct for that
Maneuver planning next up, burn duration, burn in time
Delta-v get calculated, pitch and yaw gotta align
Every ounce of propellant costed, budgeted to the gram
Miss the window by a whisper, you're recalculating plan
[Chorus]
Flight Dynamics, Systems Watch — two disciplines, lock the clock
FIDO tracks it, SysMon backs it, steady hands don't stop
Orbit math and burn commands, engine, power, heat and flow
Console lights in call and response — that's the way Control gotta go
[Verse 2]
Systems monitoring, four screens humming, eyes don't ever blink
PROP is watching tank pressures, chamber temps, don't let it sink
EECOM's on power and thermal, voltage curve and heat dispersed
Solar wings and battery cycles, balance that or systems burst
GNC holding guidance, navigation married to control
Gyros drifting, star trackers correcting off the pole
Every console got a callsign, every callsign got a role
Flight Director tying threads together, keeping mission whole
Anomaly whisper on a graph line, catch it 'fore it grows
That's the discipline of watching what the telemetry shows
[Chorus]
Flight Dynamics, Systems Watch — two disciplines, lock the clock
FIDO tracks it, SysMon backs it, steady hands don't stop
Orbit math and burn commands, engine, power, heat and flow
Console lights in call and response — that's the way Control gotta go
[Verse 3]
Comms scheduling's a relay race, station passing station's hand
Goldstone, Madrid, Canberra — the antenna belt of land
Acquisition of signal, loss of signal, mark the time precise
Handoff smooth as silence, no gap for static ice
Contingency for every phase, abort option on the shelf
Pad abort, mode one, mode two — plan for saving crew itself
Translunar injection scrubbed, we got a coast-phase fallback ready
Timeline printed, procedure locked, every callout kept steady
Flight rule book heavier than scripture, page for every mess
Execute the checklist calm — that's how Control earns its rest
[Bridge]
Abort's not failure, it's a promise written down in ink
Every phase has got an exit — that's the way disciplined thinkers think
Timeline's a heartbeat, procedures the pulse
Miss a callout, miss a comma — consequence results
[Chorus]
Flight Dynamics, Systems Watch — two disciplines, lock the clock
FIDO tracks it, SysMon backs it, steady hands don't stop
Orbit math and burn commands, engine, power, heat and flow
Console lights in call and response — that's the way Control gotta go
[Outro]
Headset off, the room stays lit, the moon still waiting patient
Tracking data, burn commands — the discipline's the payment