Preed: My scanners are showing a veritable cornucopia of nothing.
Cale: Everyday I wake up and it's still the present. The same grimy, boring present. I don't think this "future" thing of yours exists.
Korso: You back-stabbing.
Preed: Well, I learned from the best.
Cale: Maybe I've been wrong all these years, and it's taken your inspiring speech to make me see it. You've really changed me. It's beautiful. I think we've gotta hug.
Akima: You can't call a planet "Bob."
Cale: So now you're the boss. You're the King of Bob.
Akima: Can't we just call it "Earth"?
Cale: No one said you have to live on Bob.
Akima: I'm never calling it that.
Cale: Do you hear a crackling sound?
Preed: Fight the good fight, precious.
Stith: Preed, I'll kill you! Okay? I will kill you!
Answer: This is what is called communication by hyperbole (or exageration). Obviously they didn't launch yet, so they couldn't have launched yesterday. He is just saying that they will launch as soon as possible.
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