Lander: "I was supposed to build it eighteen inches high."
Crowd: "This is insane. This isn't a piece of scenery."
Lander: "Look, look, look. This is what I was asked to build. Eighteen inches. Right here, it specified eighteen inches. I was given this napkin, I mean..."
Well if it's a one-way trip the monolith better damn well be bigger than the lander.