I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
Cape Canaveral: "GEN MEDARIS SAID HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE -- SMOKE A CIGARETT SWEAT IT OUT WITH US"
JPL: "WE ARE BEING NONCHALANT AND LIGHTING UP A MARAJUANA HA "
Just kicking back and waiting to see whether the mission was a success. The author describes this as characteristic of JPL's "laid-back California attitude" (they are not actually laid-back in this instance - more like sweating bullets and worrying).