“Captain, one of our engines has failed to fire properly, and we will not be able to slow down enough to align our ship with Earth's orbit.

We have to make an important decision: We still have plenty of food and water to survive, but our fuel won't be enough to correct this trajectory.

We can conserve enough fuel to continue our trajectory and orbit or land on the Moon, Mars, or in the asteroid belt where we can join Ceres or other small asteroids. Alternatively, we can stabilize our orbit around the Earth, and organize our survival until we get enough resources to travel again.

We cannot hope for any help from Earth, our mission has failed because of us and we will now have to strive to survive in space.”