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"etymology_text": "A misquotation of the phrases “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” and “Houston, we’ve had a problem” said by the American astronauts Jim Lovell (born 1928) and Jack Swigert (1931–1982), who were crew members of the Apollo 13 moon flight, to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, on April 13, 1970, after an oxygen tank triggered an explosion which led to the mission being aborted.\nThe phrase in the form “Houston, we have a problem” was popularized by the film Apollo 13 (1995). The American screenwriter William Broyles Jr. (born 1944) altered the original phrases as he felt that “[t]he past perfect tense wasn’t as dramatic”. However, the phrase has been used earlier, for example, as the title of a 1974 television movie about the Apollo 13 mission.",
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"ref": "2002, Dan Ramsey, Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home (Complete Idiot’s Guide), Indianapolis, Ind.: Alpha Books, page xvii",
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
"word": "Houston, meillä on ongelma"
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
"word": "Houston, nous avons un problème"
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
"word": "Houston, wir haben ein Problem"
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"sense": "used to report that a (major) problem has occurred",
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"word": "Houston, tenemos un problema"
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