when we were working a malfunction. You sometimes had to work quickly but never hastily. For example, should a satellite suffer an attitude control malfunction and lose Earth lock, it'll automatically start shutting down systems to preserve battery life. As the systems shut down, the satellite starts to cool so emergency heaters turn on to keep propellant lines from freezing and to protect sensitive components. The end result is a race to execute the Quick Reaction Plan (QRP) and get the satellite into sun-hold mode before the batteries are drained. If you lost the batteries, you probably just lost the satellite. However, rushing the QRP could well lead to a mistake that makes things worse so we had to "make haste slowly."