P: l_"h,11-clo_., from day to night, right? running. CONFIDENTIAL 283 do about it. Ready? CAENARVON circuit breaker, please. in the NIGHT position the reticle sta_s GREEN regardless of what you do and in the DAY position, it stays RED regardless of what you do. GB_N and in the DAY position it sta_s RED. Is that affirm? regardless of what you have it pointed at. have nothing else for you. We'il be standing by if you need us. the DCS circuit breakers to the CLOSED position, they finished A11 the c...... ,_d work with Spacecraft VI. They're continuing on with the tests, and everything is going real well. HANATI you need not acknowledge. GUA/MAS gro't.mcl.. Flight said to pass along that he had same of your friends watching this afternoon. CONFIDENTIAL 285 circuit breaker. Flight suggests you say smnething pleasant. We have a couple of girl friends of yours here. TEXAS She was not here last night. This is her first visit. everything looks beautiful from up here. test to try to troubleshoot the inst_m_nt. Att_?t an NSC-12 ground-observation type run on the water. Spacecraft pointing away fram the sun. See if instrument will calibrate. Record number of turns of gain wheel frum calibration point to ma_iml_n: Do you copy? didn't you? one. At Time 1OO:48:OO: flight plan report of the RKV. well convinced that we 'ye got a defective instru- ment. I hate to keep wasting fuel on it. do not understand it _nletely because they are still asking for these tests, bu_ I'11 pass that c_mmpnt One had any lu_k with any of the tests so far, and we don't have a lot of fuel to waste. CONFIDENTIAL 287 pellant quantity reading? flights, making the Cam check_. Everything is looking real good. them, and I read you both very well. And I understand that you read them; this Test Number 3. them in orbit? Jim, and we're going to tRlk this thing over t_morrow around noon regarding the sim flight both on the spacecraft and the launch vehicle, and try to m_ke a decision at that ttm_. You have to m_ke a burn approx_tely 3:41 Central Stan_rd Time_ so that will give us plenty of time to get you "ginned up". We're also thinking about having you bring up the platfom at that time, because we want to take a look at a higher amperage reading on the fuel cell to get a little better look at the EI curve. for the eighth day and go for the ninth, the maneuver cames out in the middle of your sleep period. We're probably going to reshape that thing so we do two sets of m_ueuvers; one before you go to sleep, and one after you wake up. two maneuvers. We'11 bring up perigee and then bring down apogee within the fuel b-aget we have. a minute. update? don't circularize tamorrow - if we go for a Monda_ launch - we will be circularizing you on Sund_y. for the Test Number 3? get no c_lfbration, here are the instructions. If reticle stays GB_N, put a hand over the objective lens and see if the color changes. If the reticle stays B_n, rp_,nvethe day filter leav- ing the photnm_ter in the DAY position, and try to c-11brate on the water. Do you copy? CONFIDENTIAL 289 I think this test should certainly wind it up. Aldebaran on the horizon. Two factors sort of force this operation. One of them is the fact that Aldebaran, due to the moon being full, is in the vicinity of Orion and it just about blanks out any stars. We did m_aage to pick up Aldebaran, but it is so high and so faint that we never could get a really good shot at it. of a11, Aldebaran is, as we previously stated, too close to the moon and we used Mira_ and AlmA_. Almak was fairly high but we could just ... to a degree, because it was farther away fram the moon. We went back again - and the moon's light was so bright that as we tried to bring it down to the horizon, it just faded into the airglow on the horizon. You couldn't get a definite horizon at all on it. The star itself was too _m with the bright full- moon background to get a good shot. Instead, we plan to use stars away - at least 90 degrees frcm the moon, and the full moon is due in seconds ... moon is full ... two things it does. Number i is it ruins any vision to pick up ... stars near it; and Nl_ber 2 is that reflection smudge on the window is such that it just blurs anything that's out there. It's just a big smudge. CARNARVON Switch position on the ECS 02. _.T. _..T.T.I,-_, looking good here on the ground. This is our last pass of the evening, so we'11 be seeing you to,morrow. 1. 4, 5 ... le ®®e 1. Gemini VII. ... TEXAS We have a good oral temp. Give us the blood pressure,and stand by for Surgeon. 1. Gemini VII .... i 0 - 20. This is Gemini VII .... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. GET i 50. This is Gemini VII. l, 2, 3, 4, 5 - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Gemini VII. ... This is G_miui VII. ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... GET 25:31. We have a good oral temp. Give us blood pressure and stand by for Surgeon. We have a good oral temp. Give us blood pressure and stand by for Surgeon. How do you read? and UHF throughout the pre-status report pass. is full-scale. Standing by for your exercise. ... exercise. H off - HF off at this tim_? It's very difficult to read you. We'11 go b_k to HF after the pass. ing by for your food, water and sleep report. have a good blood pressure and are standing by for your food and water and sleep report. water. ... Da_ 4, Meal B and ... excuse me, Day 4, Meal B. Surgeon out. CONFIDENTIAL 293 transmitting on HF. I'd like you to go Number 2 Audio to EF - not to HF/VF but just the HF. We're getting the tone and we can't seem to get through. cannot read you now. casting HF. How do you read? HF not reading you. How do you read? Over. loud and clear. We're reading you clear but pretty wes_k,more like you're in a big barrel. Over. you confirm the position of your Antenna Select switch to ADAI_R at this time? Over. How do you read? Over. How do you read? Over. ing UHF. Now how do you read? How do you read? Over. broadcasting U}[Fin the blind. We understand that your Antenna Select position is P_R_I_ and has been since lifft-off. Roger? t_l_ug but it's very, very garbled in the back- ground. off - then you can read us. When the radio's on, you can't read us. UHF. reading us loud and clear and I can read noise in background. the Sort of like you're in a big barrel.