Gallagher: Aw, man, I saw Elvis.
Gallagher: Kill him. That's my kind of girl.
Commander Kate Bowman: Let's go home, Lucille.
Commander Kate Bowman: A big ice storm's coming straight for you. It's the size of Montana, and it's moving fast. I'm going into comm blackout. You need to find shelter immediately, now.
Chip Pettengill: It's weird. There's nothing here.
Gallagher: It's Mars.
Gallagher: God works in mysterious ways.
Gallagher: We walk 100 km. To a 30 year old Russian rock probe that failed to launch and try to jump start it. Gee, why couldn't you make it tough.
Dr. Quinn Burchenal: We just disappointed 10 billion people. Not counting the ex-wives.
Commander Kate Bowman: On Earth, they're calling you a hero, Gallagher.
Gallagher: Fuck this planet.
Answer: The ship is not hit by a solar flare, it is hit by a gamma ray burst. It is a completely different, much more violent phenomena.
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