Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CMP: I'11 tell you, you can't wait too many years to make this worth it.
CDR: Gordy_ on that boost, that's-IC is a real freight train. I'11 tell you, boy. I can't get over that.
CMP: Could you folks see that thing on the TV up through staging?
CC: I didn't watch it all the way until it went out of sight. I'11 have to check here.
CC: Yeah, I guess we saw even tower jett.
LMP: Good show. John's in the middle of his suit doff.
CMP: And thanks to good old Stu Roosa's suggestion, we wrote in the Flight Plan to be sure and take a look at the fires out there in Africa as we went over, which is something we probably would have forgotten or never even thought about. And they are just as beautiful as everybody's ever said they could be. They're just all over the place. Ail these little - little yellowish-red dots down there. And there was some - looked like some low overcast in parts of the area, or maybe it was - from our altitude, maybe it was a high overcast. But it just gave - It looked like looking at the lights of a city through fog, and then there were others that were clear. Just something well worth remembering to look for.
CC: Roger. We'11 be sure to remind Ron to look for that one.
CMP: I tell you, God didn't equip us with enough eyes to see everything that there is to see in the first hour.
CMP: Gordy, it looks like this whole operation may take us longer than - than we had guessed. Is there any thermal constraint on getting a 52 attitude and going to those other attitudes? Looks like ...
CC: I'11 cheek on that, Ken. We're about - -
CMP: - - but I Just wondered if that's something we ought, to keep in mind.
CC: Okays. we're about to a handover here. I'11 check on that and come back to you through Hawaii.
CMP: Okay,. thank you.
CC: 16, we're - through Hawaii now. And you're scheduled in this attitude through 7 hours or - at least, so no problem thermally, and you're not even due to do the P52 for another half hour, so you're plenty ahead.
CMP: Okay, that P52 - We're going to come to a decision point; here pretty soon, whether to - you want us to do that and we'11 pick up the suit doffing after that,, or we - I'd Just as soon go ahead and do the -.get all the suits out of the way. And we can do the 52 on schedule, or we can do it after we get the suits off. Does it make any difference to you folks ?
CC: Let me check.
CC: If that's what you'd like to do, why don't you go ahead with the - finish up the suits. No problem slipping the 52 a little bit. And we'd like POO and ACCEPT for that up-link.
CDR: Okay, there's POO and ACCEPT. Is Fredo still around there?
CC: No, he went home about a half hour ago.
CC: 16, Houston. The computer is yours.
CC: Hello, Houston; 16. John and I are back up now.
CC: Roger° That up-link is complete. In case you didn't hear me some time ago, the computer is yours.
CDR: Okay, we're in BLOCK.
CDR: And it took us about an hour for me and Charlie to climb out of those suits and stow them. It's really something.
CDR: Go ahead, Gordon.
CC: I'm going to hand over to Pete here. He's coming on with a good boost there. He's got a bunch of - P37 pad and a bunch of Flight Plan updates for you when you get somebody free to do some stenographic work there. Enjoyed the first 6 hours. Hope the rest of it goes as well.
CDR: Gordon, that was beautiful. Tell Flight and the guys down in the trenches, "Man, that was super!"
CC: Okay, Houston; 16 here. We're ready to copy the Flight Plan updates.
CC: Roger, 16. At 11 hours in the flight plan.
CC: Rogez?. At 11 hours, we want to delete "WASTE STO_GE VENT valve, CLOSE;" and, at 12:15, we will add "WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve, CLOSE."
CDR: Okay; copy add at 12:15 "WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve, CLOSE."
CC: Roger. And delete it at 11.
CC: Roger. Then we've got the change to the CSM Experiments/EVA Checklist having to do with the ultraviolet filter. UV filter apparently did not meet the specs, and we're going to have to make some changes to the exposures at - on several different pages in the checklist.
CDR: We'11 wait on that; we don't have that checklist out yet, Pete.
CC: Okay; and I've got P37 block data.
CDR: Okay, Pete, go ahead with the P37 block data.
CC: Ok_; lift-off plus 15. It's 015:00; 5493; minus 165; 046:40.
CDR: Roger; copy. 015:00; 5493; minus 165; 046:40. Over.
CC: Roger. That's correct, Johnny.
CC: Yeah ... that's all.
CDR: Okay. How's the midcourse looking?
CC: Stand by 1. We're still looking at it; it looks pretty good right now.
CDR: Houston, now have NOUN 93; are you happy?
CC: In a minute, 16.
CC: Okay, 16. You can go ahead and program.
CC: Roger. Just wanted to remind you that, before you start the UV photography, we've got to change all the exposures.
LMP: Pete, 16 here. Go ahead with the update. Give me a page number for the UV, and we'11 update the filter settings.
CC: Okay; we've got a whole bunch of pages. We'11 start on 2-16.
CC: Under item 4, we want to change from "20 seconds - 2 frames" to "2 seconds - 2 frames."
LMP: Okay; keep going.
CC: Okay; on page 2-17. Item 4, "20 seconds - 2 frames," change to "1/15 second - 2 frames."
CC: Page 2 - -
LMP: Okay; 2-16 - 2-16, line 4, "20 seconds" to "2 sec- onds,'' and 2-17, same line is "1/15" versus "20 seconds."
CC: That's affirmative. And on page 2-19, we want to change shutter - under item 5 - we want to change "Shutter 1/15 - 2 frames" to "Shutter 1 - 2 frames." 1/15"
LMP: Okay; "Shutter went to "Shutter 1 - 2 frames."
CC: Roger. On page 2-21, we have change from "Shutter 1/15 - 2 frames," to "Shutter 1 - 2 frames."
LMP: Okay. That's item 2?
CC: Affi_native; that's item 2. "1/15."
LMP: Okay; that was "Shutter 1" vice
CC: Affirmative. And on page 2-22, item 2, change "Shutter 1/15 - 2 frames" to "Shutter 1/2 - 2 frames."
LMP: Copy; 1/2.
CC: On p_ge 2-23, item 4, "20 seconds - 2 frames" to "2 seconds - 2 frames."
LMP: Okay, copy.
CC: And on page 2-24, under "At T start plus 7 min- utes,'' change "20 seconds - 2 frames" to "1/15 seconds - 2 frames."
LMP: Can you say where that is again?
CC: Okay, it's on page 2-24, and it's under the heading that says "At T start plus 7 minutes."
LMP: Okay. What was it? I'm sorry; I got all of that, but didn't get what it was.
CC: Okay. It's change "20 seconds - 2 frames" to "1/15 second - 2 frames."
CC: Okay, on page 2-36 - about 1/3 of the way down the page where it says "Configure lens f/8, 1/30, 4" - We want to change that to "Configure lens 1/2 stop between f/5_6 and f/8, 1/15, and ."
LMP: Okay, that's 1/2 stop between f/5.6 and f/8, 1/157 and the shutter to
CC: That's affirmative, Charlie.
CC: And on that same page, about 2/3 of the way down, under the step that says "Electrophoresis POWER, ON," we want to add a note to hold for instructions from MSFN.
LMP: Okay, understand hold for instructions from MSFN. Is that before the POWER, ON?
CC: Negative. That's immediately after POWER, ON, and I won't read you that instruction now; we'11 wait until we get to that in the Flight Plan.
CDR: Go ahead, Pete.
CC: Right, John. This VERB 49 that's at 7 hours in the Flight Plan we want you to hold up on that so we can have a look at the attitude.
CC: 16, Houston. We had a temporary very short loss of comm there. Did you do anything on board to return comm?
CDR: We haven't touched a thing there, Pete.
CC: Roger. Everything seems okay now. It was very brief, but we lost it for awhile.
CDR: Okay. We didn't even hear any squelch or any of that noise- -
CDR: - - like you usually get when you lose comm.
CC: 16, Houston. The attitude in the Flight Plan for the VERB 49 is okay. You can go ahead with it.
LMP: Okay, Houston. You have OMNI Delta.
CC: Roger. Copy OMNI Delta.
LMP: Okay, Pete. I think we figured out what all this white particles that's coming off the LM. On the - the side that - of the LM that's between this omni anterma and the APS - the ascent propulsion propel- lant tank, there's a surface that was gray that is now - for some reason, the thing is all strip - striped looking. It's a surface that's really al- most perpendicul - parallel to the plus-X of the I,M. And it's all tattered and torn and shredded - looks like shredded wheat, is what it reminds me of. Over.
CC: And that's the only surface we have that looks like that, and we continually get particles shredding off from that.
CC: Charlie, we're having a little trouble figuring out which surface you're talking about. Can you give us a little better description of what you were talking about there?
LMP: Okay. We - On the plus-X side - on Ken's side - the surface right below the docking target that runs parallel to the plus-X of the LM and right into the top of the APS propellant tank.
CC: Okay. Right below the docking target, and it runs right into the top of the APS propellant tank.
CC: Thatrs affirm, and that axis is almost parallel to the plus-X axis.
LMP: And whatever that surface was is all shredded, and .-as I said, like shredded wheat, and it's continually spitting particles off.
CC: Okay. In other words, you can see it deteriorating now, huh?
LMP: That's affirm. It's spitting particles off about five or 10 a second.
CC: Okay, 16. We got it, and we're going to take a look at it now.
CC: And, 16, we've got a correction to the G&C checklist, page 9-4, whenever you get ready to copy.
CDR: Let's catch that after the UV photos.
CC: Roger. On panel 382, the PRIMARY GLYCOL EVAP INLET TEMP valve, we want to adjust it slowly to get that temp to about - to EVAP out to about 45 degrees.
CDR: You want us - -
CC: And you'11 have to go toward them.
CDR: You want us to go into manual and set the evaporator - you want to set the temperature - to 45 with the manual while we have the waterboiler going, is that correct?
CC: 16, you can go ahead and set it. Move it toward MAX, and you'11 have to go pretty slow with it.
CDR: Okay. Can we stand by just a minute?
CDR: Thanks. I got to open up that panel and all that stuff.
CC: 16, Houston. Can you go MANUAL on the HIGH GAIN'?
CC: Charlie, it was in REACQ, and it was drifting around.
LMP: Okay, it's in MANUAL now.
CMP: Houston, is that close enough on the evap temp? Looks like I can't hit _5; I can hit 43 or about 46 or 7.
CC: Affirmative, 16. That looks good enough.
CC: 16, Houston. On this panel that you were looking at that the particles are coming off of. That's not a hard piece df structure there; that's just a thermal protection covering - a standoff - that's over the top of the RCS A system tanks. And all the RCS A tanks are under there, and what we're concerned about is that one of those tanks may be leaking and affecting that thermal protection bl_et on top. 6/1 Tape
CC: Okay, we are considering the possibility of taking a look - -
CMP: The - Don - -
CC: - - at the tank systems.
CMP: I'm not sure. The picture that we are trying to paint here is like you had painted something and then all the paint started to peel off. It's all stripping off like an old, real - like you painted an old barn and had the paint come off of it. And it's all standing out. You can see it - kind of released from the surface. And I don't know if that fits your picture or not.
CC: Roger. I think that's the way we understand it. Are you still getting those particles coming off pretty fast there now?
CMP: They're not coming off as fast as they were awhile back, but maybe that's our Sun angle has changed, making them not quite as obvious.
CMP: Hey, Don. We're ready to - looks like we ought to be deactivating the primary evaporator. Did you want us to keep it on for awhile or something?
CC: Stand by a minute. Negative, Ken. You can go ahead and shut her down.
CMP: Okay, Don. We've got the evaporator secured.
CC: 16, Houston. On that panel 382, in the manual control, the mixing valve, looks like we are going to have to play with that valve every time we change attitudes. So you might Just leave that panel open or closed, for the two of the fasteners, so it will be easy to get into.
CMP: Okay. Looks like that's going to be fun around the Moon, doesn't it?
CC: Roger. We are looking at that right now, Ken.
CC: 16, Houston. Go to HIGH GAIN.
CC: 16, go HIGH GAIN.
CC: 16, Houston. Give us a HIGH GAIN ANTENNA.
CC: Roger, 16. You're loud and clearing up.
CDR: Roger. I see something coming off of the lunar module now that I - I haven't been up here looking out the window. I J_ust notlced - it's - it's - it looks like it's coming out of a vent or something. And from looking at it through the window, it is beneath this sheet that's sort of shredded off, and it's right between the - that spiral antenna and above the big APS tank. But this is definitely coming out in a stream right now, looks like, and not very many particles, but they're just being propelled away from the lunar module at some velocity.
CMP: Okay. Let's get in there and take a look at it.
CC: Roger. I think you're going to have to get in the LM and take a look at the RCS systems gages to tell what's going on here. Do you notice any color or anything more descriptive about that stream?
CDR: Well, my opinion of the color is that it's a brownish material.
CC: Roger. 47 Page
CDR: And it has long - scme of it has long flakes to it, and - but some of it is Just little particles.
CC: 16, we would like to have a look at the LM/CM DELTA-P before you start pressurizing it also. Okay.
CDR: Do you want us to stop the P23 and go in there right now? Over. 16.
LMP: Do ycu want us to stay in this attitude, Pete?
LMP: And, Pete, you might be thinking about what kind of a - where you want us to enter the checklist.
CC: Roger. I understand. We'11 get back to you in a minute, Charlie.
LMP: Roger. The Activation Checklist, I guess.
LMP: We're up to 0.6 on the DELTA-P, which is what our it was, due to cab pressure difference. I don't think it has leaked any.
CC: Roger. We copied; and, Charlie, we want to start on l_ge 2-1 in the Activation Checklist.
CMP: Okay. Pete, how about if I go to a wider dead band?
CC: We w_Lnt to - first of all, Ken, we want a roll to 91 degrees, and that'11 boresight the aft omni towsa'd the Earth, and also we want the WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve, CLOSED. Okays.
CMP: now. Take it a little slower here. You wanted to do a maneuver to a roll of 90. Is that affirm?
CC: A roll of 91.
CMP: Okay. Do you want the other attitudes to be the same as I have now?
CC: That's affirmative. That's affirmative, 16.
CMP: Okay, I have 91.00. And we'11 use the present pitch and the present yaw, and you get the WASTE VENT, CLOSED.
CC: Roger. The WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve, CLOSED.
CMP: We've done that. Okay, we're starting our maneuver now.
CDR: Okay, Houston. We're opening the LM pressurization valve now.
CC: Ken, we're also thinking about trying to get some TV looks at that venting condition, if it doesn't interfere with the activation.
CMP: Okay. I'11 tell you what. We've stowed the camera aftwards. Wait until they get in the LM, and then I'11 go down and get that thing out. I can do
CC: 16, can you ZERO the OPTICS? All you have to do is hit the switc h . It's within 10 degrees.
UNKNOWN: Okay, Houston. How far along in this activation would you like us to go?
CC: Stand by a minute, Charlie. Step 7, page 2-3; 2-3, step 7. Go to 2-3, step 7, Charlie.
LMP: Okay. We start on 2-1, right?
CC: That's affirmative. 49 Page
CMP: Okay, Don. They're on their way into the L_ now. And Charlie's in there and John's Joining him, and I'11 work on getting the TV camera out.
CDR: Okay, Houston. We're going on to LM POWER right now.
CDR: Okay. We've gone to RESET and OFF.
CC: Roger, 16.
CDR: The time was 08:36:34.
CC: Ken, when you get the camera set up and ready to operate, we'11 go to MEDIUM beamw_idth on the HIGH GAIN ANTENNA.
CMP: Okay, and it's going to be a few minutes.
LMP: Okay, Houston. You should have the data now, according to our checklist.
LMP: We're down through step 7 on page 23.
CDR: Houston, can we bring up our RCS quad A and B meter and take a look at them?
CC: Stand. by 1.
CC: 16, I guess we don't need the - the heaters. We're looking at all the data now.
CDR: Okay, We didn't say "heater"; we said "meter. ''
CDR: I guess we can take your word for it, that's for sure.
CC: Roger. We're - we're looking at all the data now, I think.
LMP: Our - our system A RCS meter, which is not powered, is at 92 percent quantity, and B is a little over 100.
CMP: Okay, I'm ready to give you a TV from the outside.
CC: Roger, Ken. Understand.
CC: 16, based on what we're looking at, the system A pressures look okay. We don't see any problem with the tanks.
CDR: Okay, but it - it sure is something strange coming out of that. I never saw anything like that on LM-4.
CDR: I mean, I'm not normally a rabble-rouser; it - this Just ain't - scmething - something funny going on her e.
CMP: Would you like to have the TV beamed outside?
CC: Yeah, Ken, I guess so. We haven't had a picture yet here.
CMP: No, I was waiting for you. You said something about some high-gain things you wanted to do, and I hadn't done any of those things yet.
CC: Oh, we wanted to go to MEDIUM beamwidth on the HIGH GAIN, and we're ready for the pictures any% ime.
CC: Well, if it looks okay to yOu , Houston, do you want us to fire this thing down now?
CC: Stand by Just a minute, will you? We're going to take one last long look here, but everything looks okay so far.
CC: 16, on panel 16 in the LM, under the PQGS display breaker, and let's push that one in and we'11 take a look at quantities.
CMP: Okay, Don. And do you have a picture now? I'm not going to zoom in until - until you've got a good picture.
CDR: Okay. That one's in, and the quantities went to 100 each.
CC: Looks like the TV's in standby, Ken.
CMP: Does that help?
CC: Quantities look good, 16.
CDR: That's affirmative; they're both 100.
CC: Okay, 16. We are ready to - to back out. You pull that breaker?
CDR: - - back down. We'11 pull the breaker first and back down. Thank you.
CMP: Okay, Don. Can you see any picture yet?
CC: Negative, Ken.
CC: Ken, we're still not getting a picture.
CMP: Okay: I'm in TRANSMIT. Got a good monitor this time. I got FM transmitter. I got the S-BAND AUX to TV.
CC: Okay_ Ken. I think the TV's okay. I think the problem is here. It will take us about another minute, I guess.
CMP: Okay, I'11 stand by. I'm gonna have to show you the part we're looking at.
CC: Okay, Ken. Now we are getting a picture.
CMP: Okay. Can you see the docking target, and do you have a grid? I've got a grid on my monitor that you should be able to correlate with. Do you have that available? If you don't, I'11 Just try to talk you in towards the frame.
CC: Stand by Just a minute.
CC: All right, Ken. I guess we don't have a grid right now.
CMP: Okay. Right now, the center of my picture is Just about on the center of the docking target. Does that look like your picture?
CMP: Okay, I'm gonna move the camera up and there is a flat surface which is now Just about on the center of my picture, and it's pointing away from me. This is the one we can see it peeling off of.
CMP: I'm gonna try to zoom in on it, and I'11 see the best monitor picture I can get, and you may have to talk me in on some of the other.
CDR: Houston. Our Activation Checklist says leave the CABIN REPRESS breaker closed, but we found it OPEN. How do you want to play that one?
CC: Stand by me a minute, John. Okay, John. We want that one opened on the way out.
CDR: Open on the way out. Roger.
CC: That's real good, Ken. Hold it right there.
CMP: I can't hang on (laughter) I'm stuck here; I'11 get back with you.
CC: Okay. You had a real good picture there, where you w_r e.
CC: Yeah, Ken. We're seeing the stuff coming off of there now.
CC: Ken, while we are looking at it, we are trying to get a hack on whether or not there are any Jets firing across that surface that would correlate with those particles coming off.
CMP: Yes, sir; there are. My A thruster seems to bang on it quite a bit. And we put the LM POWER back to CSM at 08:52; I'd say about 15 seconds ago.
CC: Rogerl; copy.
CMP: Don, are you guys through with this picture, or do you need something else?
CC: Hang on Just a minute, Ken.
CC: Ken, we see an occasional particle come off, but we're not seeing a stream. Do you see any stream- lng like John was talking about earlier?
CMP: No, sir. Well, m_ybe - Well, you know, we're in an entirely different Sun angle now, and it's not clear to me that we don't see different things. Maybe John can take this thing and show you where it was ccming from, because I didn't see it.
CDR: Yeah, I'd be glad to - I'd be only too happy to point it out.
CDR: Okay, Houston. On our monitor, the place where the stuff was coming out is at A and i on the grid. Over.
CC: Understand; it's A-l?
CDR: Roger. It's the upper right-hand corner of that square, A-1.
CMP: Okay. He's going to put it right in the middle of the picture.
CC: Okay. Let's try that.
CDR: And, Pete, I'11 tell you, that CABIN PRESSURE RELIEF valve - I mean the CABIN REPRESS valve in the LM will really give you apoplexy, boy!
CDR: Okay. It's right in the middle.
CC: Okay, understand. It's right in the middle of the picture now. Okay. I think we're seeing some of it now.
CDR: No. No, you aren't, Pete. What you're seeing is particles that are floating off, drifting particles.
CDR: No, it stopped. When _¢e maneuvered it out of the Sun, it stopped peeling off.
CDR: Okay, Pete. I take that back. You can see a little of it as the particles stream off. When they get out into the Sun, you can see them. And it looked like they had the same trajectory as the other ones, but it's very few right now.
CC: Roger. Kind of going out the top center, slightly right center of the picture?
CDR: Yes, that's about right. Yes.
LMP: Okay, I was off comm over there. How about bringing the old LMP up to speed?
CC: Ken, can we roll to get this area back in the sun- light where we could have a better look at it?
CMP: Okay, Pete. We're just about ready to maneuver. We are maneuvering.
CC: Okay. I guess you'11 want to go back the way you came and go back to that attitude where you had good sunlight on it.
CMP: Okay, that's the P23 attitude.
CDR: Okay, and ever so often, I see a particle come out from that region at some accelerated velocity, like it's leading the spacecraft.
CC: I can't see. For my edification, were all the - the ... pressures, the helium tanks looking okay on the RCS?
CC: Affi_unative. They were, Charlie.
CC: Char:_ie, we - Just as a point of verification here, did you have floodlights when you went into the LM? We didn't show any - any current drain when you went in there.
LMP: Yes, sir. Just like the refrigerator, it came right on, with the hatch about a quarter of the way open. And when I went to ALL, we had all the floodlights.
LMP: But you can see a lot better over here when you take your shades off.
CC: Roger (laughter).
LMP: And, Pete, every time the - one of the command module, service module, RCS plus-X Jets fires to- wards that - that one over the hatch here, it really blows that stuff off.
CDR: Okay, Houston. As of this moment, that area is completely free of particles. It wouldn't do you any good to show you any TV of it, because it's not doing anything.
CC: Okay, John. I guess that's about all the data we're going to get. We're going to have to think that over for a while, so we'11 go ahead and stow the TV camera and get back to the Flight Plan.
CDR: Yes, sir. It's certainly an unusual thing; and, furthermore, it's very strange how this upper sur- face here has flaked off behind the - behind the - docking target, which I guess you - you can't see that on the TV. I couldn't see it on the monitor. Can you see it on the TV?
CC: We get a pretty good look at a portion of it. Looks like a lot of, like Charlie said, shredded wheat.
CDR: Yes, it looks like about a half- a half inch or surface there.
CC: Yes, we got a pretty good look at that.
CC: I don't think we know what it means yet, but we did get a good look at it.
CDR: Cha_lie might say that looks Ba-a-ad.
LMP: YoU're right (laughter).
LMP: Did you have a TV picture of the cockpit there?
CC: Affirmative; real briefly there.
CC: Okay, 16. We'd like to get the WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve, OPEN, again now.
LMP: And, Pete, the lunar module looks very clean. There was very few particles in it, and that's Just about it. Over.
CC: Roger; understand. And, Char - Charlie, we'd like to go into the Flight Plan here at 12:15 and delete closing the VENT - WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve, and move that to 13:15.
LMP: Okay; we're moving it to 13:15.
CC: 16, :for your information, we're not going to do midcourse correction l, and we're looking at about 12 feet per second on midcourse correction 2.
CMP: Don, do you anticipate any significant change in the VERB 49 maneuver angles due to our slip in time'!
CC: Negative; none at all, Ken.
CMP: Hey, Don. You still down there?
CC: Affirmative. Still with you.
CMP: Okay. Hey, let me give you a couple of comments here in real time so you can write them down. Yes, one Df the things that had been mentioned was this business about the reflections in the sextant when you're doing P23s, and I've got a - gee it's a beautiful picture of the Earth horizon; the optics are Just super, and we've got a- got a -what looks like an inverted - sort of like a mirror image -in the opposite side away from the horizon. It's really quite obvious - -
CC: That's in the - -
CMP: And you can Just see the bright areas.
CC: Roger. That's in the sextant.
CMP: And it's about - yes, it's Just in the sextant, and it's about - oh, I don't know how to give you a percentage of the intensity, but it is much less intense than - than the thing in the Earth. That's - that's very bright. And the star is - gee, the match between the Earth horizon as seen through the fixed line of sight and the star line of sight is Just perfect. It's really nice. The only thing I can't see as well as I'd like is the crosshairs, and with the illumination turned up to full bright, they Just don't stand out when the old Earth is in the field of view. When I get them down against the Earth itself, then I can see the dark: line, but when I get it out in the sky beyond the Earth's horizon, I Just don't see it as well as I'd like.
CMP: And, as you probably noticed there, we used that little adaptive short P23 erasable program, which is really swift; that thing Just fires these and things off, I don't feel like in any way we're having to take short cuts on the pointing accuracy. The only time it takes now is to dress up the sub- stellar point on initial acquisition. That's what we're doing now, and it seems to take quite a while.
CMP: Next time we design a spacecraft, Don, we should remember not to put the optics in the kitchen.
CDR: That's the first MARK, isn't it? I think he cycled on it.
CDR: Yes, he's been taking a little bit longer each one.
CDR: Go eJlead, Don.
CC: Roger; we are going to dilute - delete that maneu- ver bo therm,] attitude that's coming up in the Flight Pl,_u at about 9:30 - in the Flight Plan. _ yOU get a chance, we want you to _ld, n.l_o, zero NOUN 26, because there's a possibility that iffyou hit a NOUN 30 with what you got in NOUN 26 now, you'11 get a transfer to a wrong place in tb,e program.
CDR: Understand. Zero NOUN 26.
UNKNOWN: Boy, you guys are reading our minds up there, or ·down there.
CDR: What do you want to do, Just go right into PTC?
CC: Negative; we're going to do the P52 that's at - down around 10:40 in the Flight Plan.
CDR: Understand. And then go to PTC, huh?
CC: Negstive; we got some UV photos at 12:20 that have to be done at 12:20.
CC: 16, you can go ahead and torque them.
CC: 16, we got a state vector update, if you'11 go to ACC_.
CMP: Roger; you've got POO and ACCEPT.
CC: Roger. And, also if you can copy, we've got a chelae to the G&C Checklist, page 9-4.
CMP: Okay, I'm on page 9-4, Don.
CC: Roger; under Baker, column Baker, line 4, change from 11522 to 13353, and, on line 5, change 13000 to 00041.
CMP: Okay, I'm on page G/9-4, column Bravo, line 04 is 13353; that replaces 11522. Line 05, 00041 re- placing 13000.
CC: That's affirmative, Ken.
CC: And, 16, you can have the computer.
CMP: Okay, we are back to BLOCK.
CMP: Don, you folks ready for a little fuel cell purge?
CC: I believe we're ready.
CMP: Don, fuel - fuel cell i purge, 02 purge is in progress.
CC: 16, Houston. We're looking at an 02 flow of less than i pound per hour, and we'd like to know if you have closed the waste storage vent valve.
CC: Roger; understand negative.
CMP: Houston, do you want us to dump the waste water down to about 107
CC: It's already 60.
CMP: Okay, 10 percent it'11 be.
CC: 16, let's terminate the charge on battery Bravo.
CDR: Roger. 63 Page
CMP: Okay, we're showing about 29 percent on our waste water, Don. How does that look with what you all have on the ground?
CC: Well, we're looking at about 30.5 percent now.
CMP: Okay, so you want us to terminate ours at 10 per- cent; our gage reading of 10 percent will be good enough?
CDR: Okay, we've terminated the waste dump.
CDR: Houston, we vented the batteries and it went to 0.4, looks - maybe 0.2 now.
CC: Char]ie, did you get a reading on that battery be- fore you vented it?
LMP: Roger. 0.9. CharLie,
CC: was that 0.9?
CC: 16, could you give us a reading on LM/CM DELTA-P?
CMP: Roger. LM/_4 DELTA-P is 0.2, which is what it was in tlhe altitude chamber, and that apparently is zero on our gage.
CMP: And the pressure equalization valve is verified closed.
CC: 16, Houston. On this UV photography, we want to be sure we go MODE, FREE. I think last time, we didn't get that.
CMP: No, we did get it last time.
CMP: Pete, on the last sequence, we did go FREE.
CMP: I said, on that first UV sequence we had, we did go FREE.
CC: 16, go OMNI Delta.
CC: 16, when you finish the UV photos, we'd like you to go on and start the PTC right away if you con- cur with it.
CDR: Be glad to.
CC: Roger; and, in connection with that, we'11 ask you to stow the high gain prior to going into PTC.
CDR: Okay. We'11 stow it.
CMP: Hey, Don, you really can get some pretty stable initial conditions.
CMP: Say, Houston; Casper.
CC: Go aaead, Casper.
CMP: It looks - it looks to me like we've used a - a lot :more RCS propellant than I would have guessed. Is it just our onboard readings or is that a fact?
CC: We're seeing apparently some biases in the P - in the RCS sensors up there. Stand by - wait 1. Wa'ii get you some readings, Ken.
CC: OMNI Alfa, 16.
CDR: OMNI Alfa.
CC: 16, prior to entering PTC, go MANUAL and WIDE on the HIGH GAIN and minus 52 and 270.
CDR: Okay; you got MANUAL and WIDE, minus 52 and 270.
CC: 16, Houston. We're going to have to delay going into the PTC until after we close the WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve at 13:50.
UNKNOWN: Okay. We're supposed to wait 20 minutes for the rates to damp anyhow, huh?
CC: Souzlds right.
CC: Ken, on the RCS quantities, I've got some numbers for you here.
CC: Roger. The - quad A is reading 1.5 low; all the rest of them are - are reading high. Quad Bravo is 0.6, Charlie is 5.7, and Delta is 5.6. And our DELTA on the Flight Plan is a plus 5 total right now.
CMP: Okay, is that - is that pounds, or percent, or degrees, or what? Over.
CC: The - the total of 5 pounds is pounds.
CC: 16, Houston. We're starting to see a high tempera- ture in the subsatellite battery in the SIM bay, so what we'd like to do is go ahead and close the WASTE STOWAGE VENT valve now and get into PTC as soon as we can.
CMP: Roger. WASTE STOWAGE VENT going CLOSED now.
CMP: Houston, how do the rates look to you for going into PCC [sic] now?
CC: Stand by l, and we'11 take a look.
CC: The rates look good and you can go ahead into PTC.
CC: 16, we're going to let you get in - well into the PTC here. And monitor - the primary loop rad out temps and let it stabilize· and then it may be necessary to go down to panel 382 and adjust it again to try to keep that temperature at about 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
CC: And, Ken, if we have to do that, we'd suggest you mark a place down there so that, during the sub- can sequent PTCs · you just set the thing to that mark.
CC: 16, go OMNI Bravo and we'11 take over switching it for you.
CDR: You've got OMNI Bravo.
LMP: Hey, Don.
CC: Go at,ead, Duke.
LMP: You would really love this sight. We're - as we rotate around now, we've got the Earth out the window number l, and it's about - oh, almost - not quite down to half. And you can see India and the continent, and it's covered with clouds, and no photograph can ever describe the way it looks. It's really super.
CC: It really sounds fantastic. Wish I were there.
LMP: Yes, sir. You would love it.
CDR: You can see all of Australia, too. It's really something else.
CC: About what size does the Earth look from where you are?
CDR: Looks like it's about - it's approximately 4000 miles in radius.
CC: Hey, that's a pretty good estimate.
LMP: No, it's - it didn't quite fill the window. Well, I'm not - I'm about - I'm about 3 - my eyes are about 3 feet from the window, and it didn't quite fill it.
LMP: You know, a sight like that goes a long ways to make tomato soup taste good.
CC: Yeah, that's what I've heard.
CMP: I hate - Don, I hate to belabor the point, but I would appreciate it if the guys that are working on the RCS budgeting and all could take a look and - and see if they could determine if there was any place where we were going over more than what they might have expected for that phase.
CC: Okay; we'11 have them take a look.
CC: Okay, Ken; for your info, they said you were slightly ahead following LM extraction and appar- ently we used a little excess during the P23s.
CMP: Okay; that - that stands to reason; that not being able to see the reticle on there is a real nuisance. You can do it, and it's - I guess there is also a certain amount of getting used to the knack of flying that thing around. It's - for some reason, it seems a little bit different to find the atti- tude than it was in the simulator; but the biggest nuisance was the inability to see the reticle, but if that's where we used our extra, that's fine.
CC: And, 16, I've got P37 block data for about four different times for you when you're ready to copy.
CDR: Okay; we'11 get it in a few minutes.
CC: Right. 10/1 Tape
UNKNOWN: Houston. We're standing by on this P37 block data-Dad anytime you're ready.
CMP: Hello, Don. You still there?
CC: Hello, 16; Houston. Ah,
CMP: it's a new face.
CC: Roger. We Just changed over down here. How're things going?
CMP: Ah, this is really a ball, Henry. Hey - as much as I hate to say it, this PTC doesn't look so red hot to us. Can you give us any clues whether it's gonna hack it or not? Stand
CC: Okay. by.
CC: 16, Houston. We don't see anything down here that's causing it divert - to diverge, but it does look marginal. We're gonna keep an eye on it.
CMP: Houston, Apollo 16. Over.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. Go ahead.
CMP: Houston, Apollo 16; over.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston; go ahead.
CMP: Roger. We Just cycled the H2 fans as per presleep checklist. And FAN number 3 was still in AUTO. Do you want to leave it in AUTO tonight? Over.
CC: That is affirmative. Leave it in AUTO.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. The block data - P37 block data for the updates book whenever you're ready.
CMP: Oh, yeah; wait 1.
CMP: Okay, Hank; go ahead.
CC: Okay, that's four - four blocks. I'11 Just read them in succession: 025:00, 490_, minus 165, 070:45; 035:00, 7454, minus 165, 070:13; 045:00, 5857, minus 165, 094:31; 055:00, 4879, minus 165, 118:41 and these all assume no midcourse 2.
CMP: Roger. 025:00, 4907, minus 165, 070:45, 035:00, 7454, minus 165, 070:13; 045:00, 5857, minus 165, 094:31, 055:00, 4879, minus 165, 118:45.
CC: Roger. That last number was 11841.
CMP: Okay; 11841.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. We want to still keep working on this SPS gaging problem. We'd like to get a readout if we could on your SPS fuel and oxidizer pressures.
CDR: Okay, that fuel pressure is reading right now 168. Oxidizer pressure is in the green, and it's read- ing - 186 or 87.
CC: Roger. Understand, 168 and 186.
CDR: That's affirm, isn't it? And we were told this morning before launch that that was nominal.
CDR: Because - because of a bias in the gage. So we're probably gonna need some kind of a - another DELTA-P figure to go on our LOI card - I mean our midcourse card.
CC: That's affirmative, and it's in work.
CMP: And I think I show we have Just at 15 percent waste water, but we are gonna go ahead and chlorinate unless you think the EECOM's don't want that.
CC: 16, Houston. We're - we're not sure we understand your _uestion here. If_vou're asking if it's okay to chlorinate the potable, that's - that's good.
CMP: Okay. Just wanted to make sure if you ever need a waterboiler, people don't like to put the chlorine in there, so I Just thought I'd check with you before I did it.
CC: Okay, I copy now. They say still press ahead, Ken.
LMP: Okay, Houston. We'11 ru_ the cabin pressure up to 57 as per this presleep checklist.
CC: 16, Eouston. When you changed the lithium hydroxide canister, we noted a small drop in the suit com- pressor DELTA-P down here. Did you change any of the configuration in the suit loop at the time you did that?
CMP: Well, Henry, sometime back there during the day, I opened up the flow line to my hoses that had been turned off and laid them around to try and get some better ventilation in here. But I don't remember whether that was about the same time or not.
CC: Okay. We're not concerned; we're just trying to answer the question. That's probably what it was.
CMP: That,{ you, folks. Ready for a VERB 74?
CC: Okay. We're ready, Ken.
CMP: Zap.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. We're showing your cabin pressure up around 59. Recheck your 02 flow.
CC: Roger. It's off.
LMP: Roger. We gonna turn the voice off - per the pre- sleep checklist. Okay?
CC: Will you stand by Just a minute, 167
CC: 16, Houston. Do you have your 02 heaters configured?
LMP: That's affirm; 1 and 2 is [sic] OFF, 3 is in AUTO, and the - H 2 HEATERS are both in AUTO.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. This is for Ken. Do you have anything to report on your film status?
CMP: That's in work, Henry.
CMP: Gee, Henry, I'm 16-millimeter magazine Alfa Alfa. We have approximately 20 percent remaining.
CMP: On magazine November November, that's a 70 milli- meter, we're up to frame 33.
CMP: And on Oscar Oscar, it's frame 18.
CC: Roger, 18.
CMP: And, Henry, we are going without ... what do you think about PTC? 10/5 Tape
CC: Roger. The - your first part of your transmission was blocked out. We had a antenna switch. How- ever, on the PTC, guess he thinks it will go throughout the s].eep period, and then we'11 reini- tialize after you wake up. But he doesn't think it'11 go a full 16 hours, but it's good for the sleep period.
CMP: Okay. The first thing ycu said was we'11 go with- out the tone booster. We'11 go with normal comm delay.
CMP: That's for caution and warning part.
CC: And, Ken, did you use anything out of mag Juliett Juliett?
CMP: Okay, Henry. Are there any onboard read-outs that you folks would like to have?
CC: Negative, Ken, I think we're all in good shape here. Everything looks good at this point. You got any- thing else for us?
CMP: No, I'm Just looking ahead, and I've got 5-1/2 min- utes to go to sleep.
CC: Roger. Why don't you take that? Y'all did a real good day's work. Only two things left to do are those two comm switches, the SQUELCH and the NORMAL MODE VOICE. Get a good night's sleep, and we'11 see you tomorrow.
CMP: Yes, sir. This is - this doesn't come under work category. 11-14/1 Tapes REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS
LMP: Go ahead there, Houston. How you doing?
CC: Hey, you sound good. Good morning up there. How are you doing?
CC: Good. All your systems look - -
LMP: ... report to work.
CC: Good show. Everything looks fine up there from down here.
LMP: Oh, yes. Sure beats work.
CC: (Chuckle) How your comrades doing?
LMP: Oh, they're Just starting to stir.
CC: I'd hum something for you to wake you up, but I got 8.tin ear.
LMP: We'11 make it, Tony. 16/1 Tape
LMP: Okay. I'd like to give you our postsleep report here for today. The commander ate his sandwich and his orange Juice that was in his suit, and all of his meal for day 1, and his PRD is 22028, and he had 7 hours sleep. Best ever in space flight. No medication. Three voids: 34, 20, 18. Fluid intake: total, 21 ounces. Over.
CC: Okay. We got that, Charlie.
LMP: Okay. For Ken, he had from meal C everything but the pecans, and he ate his sandwich and his orange Juice. His PRD is 15030. Six hours in an 8-hour period; he was awake every - once every hour. Okay. Excuse me.
LMP: 0kay_. Tony. Had one more than 41 and he let some of them off, and 13 ounces total intake. Okay - -
CC: 0kay_, Charlie - - Charlie, could you say the voids again?
LMP: - - PRD coming - -
CC: Could you say the voids again on - Ken?
LMP: One was timed 41 - 41 seconds; the other one was lost due to a malfunctioning bag. And we got on me now - for my meals, I had the sandwich and the orange Juice that was in the suit. For meal C, I had half the spaghetti, all the ambrosia, and the cocoa. My PRD is 21040. I got about 5 hours sleep; got two voids of 20 and 25 with about a 20-ounce fluid intake. Over.
CC: Okay. I got it all. Sounds like you all slept pretty good.
LMP: Well, it was off and on for me. I must have ... been
CC: I tell you, I'd be so excited_ i wouldn't sleep at all.
LMP: Houston, we're charging battery A. And on that food, To_y, add my apricot eul-es, i just ate them.
CC: Charlie, Houston.
LMP: Go ahead
CC: Okay. On that fluid cons_amption there, the num- bers you gave were in ounces. Could you verify that's ounces and not bags?
LMP: Say that again_ Tony.
CC: In the fluid you've cons'_med - the drinks, you gave the numbers in ounces, and i guess the blar_ here is Listed in number of bags and partial bags, and they Just want to verify the fact that the num- ber you _ave was in ounces ana _so to check and see what unit you want to use for the rest of the mission on that so everybody _iL_ have it straight.
LMP: Okay, we'11 use - we'd like to use ounces, and that's what we'11 go with.
LMP: That's what I read.
CC: Okay. i understand. Thank ycu,
LMP: Tony, the - the menu side of L%, the _hings tha_ are in the menu are in, of ce_se, bags.
CC: Okay, we understand.
CDR: Okay. We can see the Earth out there, and it's getting a good deal amaller. It's about the same size as the Moon almost, out the other window. And Africa is clear this morning - at least the part that we can see, which is what's usually clear, right around from the Canaries on.
CC: Vel7 good. We've got you about a little over - we_l, you Just passed 100,000 miles on our chart here.
CDR: I would guess we're about 100,000 miles out. Yes.
CC: Well, sounds like a milestone.
CC: (Laughter) They say you're only 14 miles off, John. You're going to have to recalibrate your eyeball.
CDR: Ok_Ky. From our point of view, you only got a little more than half an Earth.
CC: Oh_, that's right. We forgot; you're kind of handi- capped.
CC: Ken, Houston.
CC: Okay. I've got a systems status report whenever you're comfortable and would like to hear it. There's nothing to write down on that.
CMP: Okay, can we stand by awhile?
CC: Sure, no hurry at all. Okay, just give me a call when you' re ready.
CMP: All righty. Thank you.
CMP: Hey, Tony.
CC: Yes. Go ahead, Ken.
CMP: Okay. I'm about to finish up on my coffee here. If it's something I don't need to write down, I'11 Just listen to what you have to say as you - as you read it off.
CC: Okay. Tha_ sounds good. On the systems status, the RCS - everything looks fine. You're 27 pounds ahead on your usage. Must have a pretty light hand on the throttle there.
CC: Okay, and on the ECS, the failure mode's probably in the convrol electronics. The valve was driving at max rate - that's 12 seconds, full open to full close, and they saw that on TM by the flow rate. I don't recon_nend making any extensive changes since that doesn't seem to be the problem, and thermal runs are being made here at this time to determine the settings for lunar orbit. They don't anticipate any problems with it.
CMP: Okay. I - I kept watching it since we've set it. We haven't touched that thing now for a long time, and maybe I Just haven't caught any of the extremes, but it looks like it's been holding nicely between about 45 and 50.
CC: Right. We concur. We - we don't think you're gonna have to touch it until you go to the dark side. Okay, and on the SPS - normally during SPS cooldown during translunar coast, the helium in the SPS oxidizer tanks is absorbed by the oxidizer, causing a decrease in oxidizer tank pressure. Your transducer hasn't indicated this, and there - there may be a problem _rith that transducer. We've got a procedure change that I'11 give to you later in your Flight Plan update, prior to the mideourse 2, that will allow them to check that transducer.
CMP: Okay, Tony. And is there any change in the mid- course 2 time, or is it going to be like the Flight Plan?
CC: Right now, it looks as per Flight Plan. Okay. And on your DSE tape, Hank had a chance to take a look at it. Sounded - said it sounds fine. Dick will be in a little later and listen also, so everything looks GO for - for the operations in 16/5 Tape lunar orbit. And everything else looks great. It's kind of nice not to have much of a day here. S_e isn't like the sims.
CMP: Yeah, I hope we can quote the last sim (laughter).
CC: Right. I got a little - -
LMP: - .-You said it all.
CC: That's right. I went through the news. I don't know whether you guys, over your coffee, would like to read the newspaper, but I've got all the ne_s that's fit to print, and I really don't have much to say. A great piece here is in the world of art. One of Vincent Van Gogh's best was stolen from the San - San Diego Art Gallery as part of a display that was named "Out of Sight." [?] And I've got an input from Dottie here for Charlie.
LMP: I'm all ears.
CC: Okay. She says your - your five bird eggs have hatched, and so you've got five new, healthy neighbors.
LMP: Oh, great; thank you (laughter).
CC: Okay. And on the Flight Plan update, we have five items, and there's no hurry to get them up there. Whenever you're ready to take them and - and write th_ stuff down, I'11 send them on up.
CMP: Okay. Why don't you give us another 10 minutes or so?
CC: Okay, that'11 be fine.
CMP: Tony, you'd enjoy seeing this place. After all the things yom had to go through to keep the cock- pit nice and clean out there, you'd never recognize it.
CC: Well, it probably looks like any - any bachelor's pad.
LMP: Okay, Houston. You speak with the Flight Plan update.
CC: Okay. Stand by a second, Charlie.
CC: Okay. On the Flight Plan update, if you can dig out your CSM Updates, we'11 make a change to a couple of procedures in there.
LMP: Did you want the Flight Plan or the Update Book?
CC: Okay. This will be in the Update Book, this first one.
CC: Okay. Go to the section on "Flight Plan Updates." It has the EMP programs.
CC: Okay, we'd like you to add a last step to each of the four EMi° probe procedures. That would make a fourth s%ep on the "Shortened P23" and a sev- enth step on "Manual range input," et cetera.
LMP: Okay. Stand by, Tony. They must had a hand over. You were cut out. Start over again, please. understand.
CC: Okay, Ail right. In the "Flight Plan Update" section, on the four EMP programs, we'd like you to add a fourth - correction, a final termination procedure to each of the four programs. So on the "Shortened P23," we'd have a step k, which reads "VERB 25 NOUN 26 F_NTER," and then the "Four registers, ENTER all balls" - correction, "Three registers, ENTER all balls."
LMP: Okay, copy. Four step for P23 is "VERB 25 NOUN 26_ ENTER all balls in all registers." And
CC: Okay. on the next program, the "Manual range input," step 7 would be the same thing.
LMP: Copy. "Manual range input," step 7 to "VERB 25 NOUN 26, ENTER all balls."
CC: Okay. And on the "Optics angle to body angles," we'11 add a step 7, and it would be the same as before.
LMP: Okay. Copy all balls.
CC: Okay. And on the "Jet monitor" program, it'11 be a step 6, the same thing.
CC: Okay. The purpose for these were - was to protect the E-memory from other programs.
CC: - - Okay. The next change is to your "SPS burn rules." So if you can get that card.
CC: Okay. On the fuel to oxidizer pressure, it should read - or it does read "Greater than 115." Will you change it to read "124 for oxidizer, 110 for fuel." changed
LMP: Okay. "Pressure greater than 115" is to "124, oxidizer; 110, fuel."
CC: That's correct. And in the "Fuel to oxidizer DELTA-P," it reads "Less than 20 psi." We'd like to change that to "35 psi oxidizer greater th_ fuel, or 5 psi oxidizer less than f_el."
LMP: Okay; copy "35 oxidizer greater than fuel; 5 oxi- dizer less than fuel."
CC: Okay. And the final part of that is in the "Tight constraints" there in the box. It says "Greater than 160, and greater than 80." We'd like to change that to "Greater than 168 oxidizer, and greater than 153 fuel."