Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
LMP: We thought we'd warm up the cabin. And if I recall correctly, the - you approve of us putting INVERTER 3 onto MAIN A and going to MANUAL on the TEMP IN and taking the - EVAP TEMP up to about 59 degrees.
LMP: Okay, Houston. INVERTER 3 is going onto MAIN A.
LMP: And - Stand by.
CC: Roger, Jack. And the groun_ is showing about 60 degrees.
LMP: Bob, EECOM's procedure's almost like having a fire in the fireplace.
CC: Roger. Glad you're comfortable.
CC: How would you like a quick look at sports here and then into the news summary while you're having your breakfast?
LMP: We'd like the whole thing.
CC: Well, I guess that we all assume maybe you're like the rest of us and turn to your sport page first sometimes. So we thought we'd recap the pro foot- ball action yesterday, in a rather strange day, since there were only - only two games that really made any difference. And I think the scores kind of showed the day. In the American Conference playoff games coming up next weekend, Oakland will play at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh getting into the playoffs for the first time in 40 years. The Cleveland Browns will take on the undefeated Miam_ Dolphins, who have won 14 straight. In the National Conference, Dallas will be at San Francisco Satur- day, and Green Bay plays at Washington on Sunday. Quickly recapping some of the scores from yesterday. On that sad, sad one here in Houston, Cincinnati rolled over the Oilers, 61 to 17. There were three touchdowns scored in the fourth quarter within less than 5 minutes of play, all on interceptions - on the part of Cincinnati. New York Giants, it says, upset Dallas 23 to 3. I question the upset since Dallas was already in the playoffs; and, in what I watched, it looked like they were aware that they were already in the playoffs. Buffalo upset Wash- ington 24 to I7. And again it's a questionable upset because O. J. Simpson had a great day, and Larry Brown from Washington was kept on the bench for the whole game. Oakland, 28, over Chicago, 21; Detroit, 34, over Los Angeles, 17. Los Angeles' hopes for any playoff berth had been knocked out by San Francisco's win on Saturday, and it looked like they played that way on Sunday. Cleveland, in a real tough one up in New York with BO-knot winds and a - gale - gale-force winds and lots of snow and cold, defeated New York Jets, 26 to 10. Green Bay, 30, over New Orleans, 20, in a tough one, which saw two - two touchdowns being scored off of blocked punts. Kansas City, 17, over Atlanta, 14. And, again, Atlanta's chances for a playoff berth had been wiped out on Saturday; and, appar- ently, they played that way on Sunday. Denver, 45, over New England, 21; St. Louis, 24, over Philadel- phia, 23. 183/1 Tape
CC: Pittsburgh defeated San Diego, 24 to 2. On Satur- day, Miami had taken Baltimore, 16 to 0, and, as I previously mentioned, San Francisco defeated Min- nesota on Saturday, 20 to 17. Just one little note, Jack, you might be interested in this morn- ing's paper, concerning the New Orleans Saints. announced Dave Parks from the New Orleans Saints has his retirement, and he kind of took a rap at the Saints in claiming that they were a team that did not want to win, and that he was retiring unless they would trade him to a winner. It sound like our friend over there might have some problems this winter come contract time. In pro basketball last night, the Houston Rockets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 110 to 109. Jack Marin had 35 points, Mike Newlin had 34. In college basketball, UCLA remains number 1 in the latest ratings. Second- ranked Florida State was beaten this weekend by Princeton, 61 to 59. Third-ranked Maryland won, as did fourth-ranked Marquette, fifth-ranked Min- nesota, and number 6, North Carolina State. Indiana is rated 15th, Houston is 16th. We can't find Purdue, Kansas, or Cal Tech in the ratings right now. There's one bowl game tonight. Iowa State, who has taken a five-game losing streak into the Liberty Bowl, will meet Georgia Tech at Memphis, Tennessee. In local hockey, the Aeros and the Los Angeles Sharks of the World Hockey Association battled to a 4 to 4 tie.
CDR: And you're right, the traffic's not too thick up here, as a matter of fact.
CC: Yes, I was wishing that - -
CDR: We've been looking for the big man with the white gray beard.
CC: - - I was kind of wishing it would get a little thicker up there one of these days.
CDR: It will.
CC: I'm counting on it.
CDR: Hang in there, babe.
CC: And one additional weather report, I'm sure you're interested in. The weather in your primary landing area is looking great, and we anticipate no weather avoidance maneuvers whatsoever. Things are great out there. And I'm thinking of going out and en- listing the Apollo 17 chaplain, so we can maybe get some warmer weather for your arrival back here on Thursday.
CDR: Well, I guess if - if anyone can do it, he can do it, if you can find him.
CC: He's - he's been around. We've seen his picture a number of times in the paper over at - visiting your house, there, and rooting us home.
CDR: I thought I told him to stay away from there. Only kidding, he's always a welcome addition.
CDR: And I might add, he usually is.
CC: Are you ready for this telegram that was sent out today?
CC: Okay, would you like to hear the contents of this telegram that went out of here today to the U.S.S. Ticonderoga?
CC: It's to the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, passed to the NASA Team Leader. It says, "Stullken, we know exactly where the spacecraft is, and we know exactly where it's going to land. Now, if you can figure out ap- proximately where you are, we will be in good shape. Pull yourself together, and move 50 feet from the target point. Let's end this program right." Signed, The Guys in the Trench, MCC, Houston.
CDR: Beautiful, Bob, beautiful.
CC: Thought you'd like that one.
CDR: Six degrees, okay. Won't go to 14 -
CC: No, 60, 60, six zero, six zero, you're right about there.
CDR: That's affirm. Six zero, I'11 stop it now.
CC: Okay, and there's some HIGH GAIN angles that go with that: PITCH, minus 54; YAW, 225. You're on HIGH GAIN now, so unless you lose lock you shouldn't have any problem.
LMP: All right, Bob. We may not be by that part of spacecraft for a couple of more hours. Can you hold off?
CC: Well, we don't mind. Although if somebody's over - it's convenient, we'd sure like it.
LMP: Okay, I'11 make a special trip.
CC: Roger, Ron. We've got them, and you're clear to torque.
CMP: Okay, torqued at 29:30.
LMP: Okay, Bob. I was just over there.
CC: H2 tank 3 FANS to OFF; H2 tank 2 FANS to ON.
CC: Roger. And 02 tank 2 and tank 1 HEATERS to AUTO. if they're not there.
CC: Okay, and anytime this morning, we would like to get an OPS read-out - whenever it's convenient on that.
LMP: Okay, Bob. It was 1000 after we stopped bleeding
CC: Okay. That sounds good enough now. We just needed the reading, so we could figure out what to do with it. You might be interested in your consuma- bles. Right now on the RCS, you're right on the Flight Plan at 51 percent remaining. Your oxygen tanks are all either on the Flight Plan, or just slightly above it, or within the noise level - maybe a tad below it - you're just right on for all intents and purposes. You're in good shape, and your hydrogen is in good shape. You're in good shape on all your consumables.
CDR: Bob, we got a GO to start our dumps?
CC: That's affirmative, and on your waste water dump - we only want it dumped down to 45 percent on your gage - 45 percent on your gage.
CDR: Okay, Bob. I guess we're reading about 52 percent now, so we'11 dump a little bit.
CC: And for whoever is the keeper of the Flight Plan this morning, we've got a couple of changes to your Flight Plan, in addition to those we called as you were eating there, so we've got a couple additions to it - or changes.
CC: Okay. The first one is at 281:02 - 281:02. Change the call "Manually roll left" to "Manually roll left 60 degrees to a roll angle of 071." We want 60 de- grees in a roll angle of 071.
CDR: Okay; we got it.
CC: Okay. At 281:10, change register 2 of NOUN 78 there to minus 019.74.
CC: That's it for the Flight Plan updates this morning, so far.
CC: Jack, we're trying - This is for Jack - we're trying to consolidate and think through what your request was for some sort of a geology surface update. We - we're Just wondering if maybe you don't have the better material at your hands there than we've got down here as far any conclusions or preliminary estimates might be.
LMP: Okay, I Just thought that you guys may have had some new ideas. We had a good briefing last night from Gordy on the surface experiments. I guess we might want to be updated on the orbital experi- ments, if there's anything new. And field geology, I guess we got a pretty good feeling for it, but I thought they might have had some new ideas, or something along that line.
CC: Well, I'm sure they do, and I don't mean to short- change our geology - geology back room, Jack, but on the other hand, I think - I think really we're just waiting to get the answers from you or tie up maybe their thoughts with you. And I, you know, from a bystander's standpoint, if I read you anything that they've - maybe conclusions that they may have made, we Just may be fudging the data because there's - -
LMP: I'm not looking for conclusions, I'm looking for ideas.
MCC: Hey, Jack.
LMP: Tell them don't - don't worry about it. You know, I Just thought they might have something to say.
MCC: Yes, they got plenty to say, Jack. But they're down here and they can say it, and I think what you ought to say up there is what you're familiar with and just confine it to that.
LMP: Oh, you can count on that, Deke, I Just like to think about things.
MCC: Roger, you're going to have lots of time to do that.
CC: We'd like AUTO and high gain.
LMP: Okay, you got AUTO.
CC: America, Houston. We may have not been looking at the xight displays at the right time, but we didn't see an 02 purge. Did you do 02 fuel cell purge?
LMP: Sorry about that, Bob. I misunderstood. I thought - I see it now - H2 and 02 . I'11 go into that now.
CC: Okay. We'd appreciate it. We're just keeping you honest.
LMP: That's what you need to do.
CDR: By the way, Bob, that - 59 degrees on the manual temp control setting made it very comfortable in here.
CC: Real fine - real fine.
CC: We'd like OMNI Delta - OMNI Delta.
LMP: Okay, Bob. I'm up to date on the 02 purges now.
CC: About 15 minutes or so ago, we noticed - or detected a transfer on your ECS FLOW CONTROL proportioning valve from number 1 to number 2 and we were wondering if the switch, ECS RADIATOR FLOW CONTROL AUTO switch, is still in the AUTO position. And if it is in the AUTO po - -
LMP: It is in the AUTO position. And we see the "2" here also.
CC: Okay, we're - we'd like to just leave everything like it is, and we'd like to go off and study this awhile. And we don't - -
CC: - - anticipate any problem here and it's - number 2 which should work as good as number 1. 184/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: Roger. We're standing by waiting for it.
CC: Roger, Jack. We've got that data.
CC: Ron, if - if you're stowing the OPS_ we might want to hold here a second. We're going to want to dump that OPS down to as low as possible pressure, and we'11 be wanting to give you a GO on that. Let me get on - get hooked up here around the room. CMl° Okay. You know, we've still got it out. We thought we'd, you know, stow it later this afternoon some- time.
CMP: You know, after we can dump it again.
CMP: Oh, okay. Hey, mighty fine. We'11 do it.
CMP: Okay, Houston. That OPS is dumping now.
CC: Roger, Ron. We'11 watch it.
CC: We've identified a humber of cracks and crevices up in the - in the area - any area above the couch plane along the X-axis or just above the couch plane that could possibly be places where the scissors disappeared to. And we would like those areas searched if they haven't been searched already. As an example, the crack between the top of the main display panel number 2 and the - the hatch opening area, that kind of crack and crevice area there. We would like that looked into. I kind of assume you've already done that. We don't want you to remove any panels or anything like that to look in. But have you looked in those areas, or do you plan to look in those areas here shortly?
CMP: Hey, Bob, I've looked in some of those things. But just to make sure I've covered everything and the fact that we checked it again, why don't we go over it again.
CMP: Wait a minute and I'11 get my flashlight, and then we can start doing it again systematically.
LMP: It's scissors, my dear Watson, scissors.
CC: Seriously, it would have saved a lot of problem if you'd seen them floating out, Jack. We would have just not had to have done any of this.
CDR: Bob, it looks like we're going to make it on this OPS depress. She's reading 0, and she's just barely bleeding out. We're somewhere around 5.5, so I'm just going to let it bleed out now. And then we'11 stow it.
CC: Real fine; real fine.
CC: Okay; and - -
CMP: Also, looked - -
CC: - - there was the area around - -
CC: - - each of the plus XX - the XX struts and the PLV vent there, and the other XX strut. You might check - pay particular attention to that area.
CMP: Yes, we checked that. And also checked it again now.
CC: Okay. From our pictures, and this may not really be the case, on the - above main display panel 3, where it says - where the handhold, the structure part of handhold, looks like there's some cracks and crevices right above - right around that hand- hold area that could, between the handhold and panel 6, that a pair of scissors could slip up into.
CMP: Okay. We're looking around there, and it doesn't look like they could - Well, they could possibly fit in there maybe. But, anyhow, we checked it, and they're not there.
CC: Okay. And then on the other side of the cockpit in the same area around handhold, back behind the - that crevice area back behind the COAS power panel, panel 15, and the handhold. And then also that little area in front of the handhold, where - the cutout for main display panel 2, you might look - take your light and look in there.
CMP: Okay. I'm over there now.
CC: Okay, Ron. The next couple are really down in the lower equipment hay area, and then I've got one area up in the tunnel - two areas up in the tunnel that are suspect areas, and then that does it. Which would you like first?
CMP: I'm up in the tunnel, now.
CC: Okay; the tunnel area. The only thing we show up there is the - the lo,mr handholds around the - around the tunnel. I don't think scissors could get up there, but there - they - maybe they could slip in something like that. Anyway, those four handhold slots up there, you might check in those two areas.
CMP: Those scissors couldn't fit in those handholds, but it's good to check them. Something else might be in there.
CC: Okay. The - Oh, in the other one up in that area, Ron, and I assume you - you've put that outlet bag over the cabin fans - and we wouldn't want you to fool with that at all, because it's probably all full of dirt and everything - but if you didn't, then the outlet to the cabin fan area might be a potential place.
CMP: Let's see. We installed that the first day out, I think. And it's been on there ever since.
CC: Yes, we assumed you did. I just was trying to cover all bases here. Okay; the last three items - I think you've actually called one of them - are down in the lower equipment bay. One of them is the - the crack just below panel 101, down in the lower equipment bay. I think, you called that one the first night, didn't you?
CMP: Not below 101; no.
CMP: Yes, the hoses in the tunnel have all been moved around in here, as far as the hoses are concerned. I still think the biggest probability is - is right above the optics stowage, and that's what I was talking about before. Because it's about - oh, an inch. You know, the crack is at least an inch deep in there and as long as the optics stowage thing itself.
CC: Okay; and let me - We'11 have one more recommen- dation for you.
CC: And then over panel 250 there's a little bitty opening - It shows in the pictures - over panel 250.
CC: Our only thoughts, non, on the - any other position that you might see - You know, if it's above the couch plane and you really think it might be a suspect area, you might consider taping the crack, if you desire. The tape probably isn't going to hold it in if it wants to come tumbling out, but it - it's something you could do if you wanted to.
CMP: Okay. Yes, I understand that, Bob. That's a good point.
CC: And, non, while we're talking to you, we'd llke to tag up with you on one more item unrelated to the scissors search, and that is your headset situation. And we just want to leave the - make sure you're going to do as was said last night and will not plug that - the headset with the broken wire, you will not plug in again, and we'11 arrange your entry configuration in some configuration that does not require that headset to be plugged in. Is that affirm?
CMP: Yes, that's affirm, Bob. I think what I'11 do, I'11 wear it as a bump hat, you know, and then - and then use the lightweight headset with the - you know, with the earplugs underneath that. I'11 put the lightweight headset around my neck, and then have the mike sticking up in front of me, and with the earplugs on. I - I tested that configuration; it's comfortable. No problem. It'11 work. And I will not plug in the c_mn carrier at all.
CC: Roger. We just wanted to tag up with you on that. That's what we'11 be expecting, and we'11 - we'11 put this to bed forever.
CDR: Okay, Bob. We got the major compartments inven- toried and stowed, frankly, with the exception of the things we need, of course, between now and then in the sleeping areas and what have you. We'11 finish that off, of course, as we finish up with gear and as we get up in the morning. But there's very little left to do, and any contingency weight changes, which there may be just a couple at the most, we'11 inventory those and give them to you in the morning.
CC: I've got an interesting little press release here. Jack Schmitt - and I'm sure all of you will he interested in, but based upon your work up in the Shorty area on the surface, the people out at Flagstaff went back and looked at the Apollo 14 250-millimeter camera frames from - and showed that it had colored frames that showed brownish and orangish colorations on a bulbous dome in the Crater Langrenus and on a 4-kilometer dark halo crater on the eJecta blanket of The- ophilus. And they've made that news release today. IA_P Very good. We may have triggered something.
CC: America, we'd like OMNI Delta.
CC: 17, Houston. OMNI Alfa.
CC: America, you can go to AUTO on the HIGH GAIN.
CDR: Okay. We might be 5 or 10 minutes late on starting ALFMED. We're still putting some sensors on.
CDR: Can you get a reading? Is it the same two sub- jects on ALFMED as we had going out, or is this a case where you want all three of us? It's not exactly clear.
CC: Jack, we agree with you that it's not clear, and FAO tells us we want the two - same two subjects wearing the blindfolds as on the transearth coast as was on the translunar coast.
CDR: Okay. Well, this has been Gene, and that's the way we'11 do it.
LMP: Houston, this is Jack.
LMP: Yes. We've got pretty good attitude here, and the - ask FAO if they want them on VOX and if they also want the notes recorded up here.
CC: The easiest way to do it would be to just go ahead and do it on VOX, and we'11 get everything recorded down here.
LMP: I agree, because taking notes is good when you're having dropouts, but it's hardly the same as tapes.
CC: Okay. Your option. No - - I may put them on anyway.
CC: It's your option. No problem.
LMP: I may put them on just to watch.
LMP: It's the only movie we have this afternoon.
CMP: Roger. Would you ask the Surgeon to check and see if the command module pilot is alive and well.
CC: Okay. They're seeing data. It looks sort of squirrelly and - but it looks - they want it to settle down for a little while.
CDR: Got to unplug that there.
CMP: Yes, I'm ready.
CMP: have got their blindfolds on.
CDR: Okay. We're starting.
CMP: Houston, this is Ron. While we're getting dark adapted here, probably won't see any for a while. Let me Just record on the tape my impression of these light flashes as they occurred around the Moon and at other times. In general, they've all been essentially - just a - as - as it says - a flash, with a - with a little bit of a glow, and usually in one eye or the other eye. And for some reason, most generally, they've been kind of - if you - you don't want to say it's in - it's in the periphery of your vision, because you get the feeling that maybe there was a flash over to the left or down to the right or something like that. But you don't get a distinct impression as to where the flash came from. Well, you can - you can see where it came from, but not - you can't see the flash itself. Like it was just beyond your vision. Most of them have been like that. At one time and one time only throughout the flight, I can remember kind of a triple flash, so to speak. And in that case, there was a bright flash in the left eye on - on - about 10 o'clock in the left eye. And then it repeated itself again about 2 o'clock in the left eye. And then about, oh, 10 o'clock, a quarter of the way out, in the right eye. I just got a bing, bing, bing, just like that. Three - three of them right in a row. And the rest of the time, though, they've all essentially been single flashes to me.
C: (Cough )
CC: America, Houston. We haven't heard anything. Have you seen any flashes at all?
CDR: Same here from the CDR. I haven't seen anything. understand.
CC: Roger. I Your heart rates are down pretty iow, like maybe you fell asleep or some- thing.
LMP: dozed a couple of times but - I thought I saw one, Bob, but I'm not sure. I squinted hard about that time. I may have just triggered something.
CC: Roger. Okay. We're just standing by.
LMP: The last time we were in PTC, were we not?
CC: Yes, you were, and that's one reason you had to copy it down, because we kept losing comm on yOU.
LMP: Yes, as I recall, they seemed to come in batches when - when I was taking notes. Is that what you people observe - or recorded, rather?
CC: That's affirmative, Jack. And the thought that occurs, of course, is that you may be blocking with the shielding on the spacecraft somehow.
CMP: Houston, has my biomed settled down?
LMP: No, I still fail to see any flashes. I rotated 180 degrees along the rotation axis along Z and saw no change. LMP.
CC: America, Houston. The light flash observation time is up, and we'd - we'd like to move on into the Flight Plan. And this call - It is for Ron - -
CC: The _S entry check is on - at 281 as shown. We'd like you to do that now prior to the maneuver, which is at 281, or delay it until about 281:50 when you're not maneuvering. We'd like to do that check when you are not in - not maneuvering.
CMP: I'11 go ahead and do it now. What's going up this minute - coming up here?
CMP: Let's see what's coming up first.
CC: Okay. You can do it now. You've got about 5 minutes prior to the VERB 49 maneuver.
CDR: What would that be? _MS check? Okay. Why - why don't you go over it now?
LMP: Your eyes all right?
CDR: Give yourself a chance to open your eyes.
CMP: That must prove something, the fact that we didn't even see them, huh?
CC: It would probably tell you that there's a point source, and the spacecraft is blocking it somehow.
CDR: Or the Earth. Or the Sun.
LMP: I believe it.
CC: Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. If I wanted to get technical, something's blocking them. That's right.
CDR: (Laughter) Much as we have been seeing them, I can't believe that. Okay, Ron. Why don't you go ahead and do that, huh? I just put mine up.
MS: MODE to STANDBY. And FUNCTION to TEST 5 - or TEST 1. t_4S to NORM3_L.
CMP: Okay. The hairline is over the notch in the self-test pattern and in test pattern number 4. Okay; O.05G light came on in TEST 2. Go to TEST 3.
CMP: Okay; it's 10 seconds, and the down light came on.
CMP: Okay; it's 58.0 in the range counter. Okay; TEST 4. She's counting down, and trace went down. Going straight along.
CMP: MARK it. 10 seconds. 0.0. How about that? And it stops at the lower right-hand corner of the trace.
CMP: Okay; with TEST 5, trace went up, and 10 seconds later the upper light came ON.
CMP: Okay. We'11 go to RANGE SET here .... cool down a little bit. And the trace moves on up to zero. It looks like it worked good, Houston.
CMP: Okay; we'11 go to STANDBY and OFF.
CDR: Go ahead. 186/3 Tape
CC: Just some words for Ron. When he gets into the P20 option 2, the maneuver there was tried on the simulator, and it got out to 71 degrees on the middle gimbal angle. And they got a gimbal warning light, although 71 degrees is the maxi- mum yaw angle they got.
CDR: Okay; we'11 try it.
LMP: Bob, for your recorded information there, mag Tango - Tango on the 35-millimeter camera - frames - let's see - 8 through lB have the ALFMED prime observer position data on them.
CC: Roger. We've got it recorded.
CC: Just another piece of data, guys. On this maneuver you're in right now, it should go out to a 67-degree middle gimbal angle right in this msJleuver.
CC: America, Houston. We'd like to close UV cover until we're in attitude now.
CMP: Okay; we'11 close the cover.
CMP: Okay; COVER is CLOSED. America,
CMP: Houston, this is America. Go ahead.
CC: Roger. We've got a procedure we'd like to go through to eventually put the ECS RADIATORS FLOW CONTROL over to AUTO, and we have a bunch - several steps we'd like to go through before you do that move.
CMP: Okay. Wait a minute; I'11 write them down here so we can ...
CC: Roger. Are you ready to read it - or copy it?
CC: Okay. On panel 5, the ECS RADIATORS CONTROLLER circuit breaker AC1, verify CLOSED. Panel 2 ECS RADIATOR FLOW CONTROLLER to position 1. ECS RADIATORS FLOW CONTROL POWER to OFF, center then POWER. Wait 20 seconds. ECS RADIATORS FLOW CONTROL to AUTO. Over.
CDR: Houston_ America.
CDR: Do you suspect it was a - a power glitch, or do you think the controller actually failed and you're Just now verifying it?
CC: Negative on either of those cases. We've just had lots of spurious changes in the past history on flights. John's sitting here saying you had a number of times on 10, and so - since we're not - We just think the power controller probably saw a temperature glitch or something, and we think it will Just come right back. No problem.
CDR: I - Come to think of it, I guess we did, now that he recalls it.
CC: We'd like OMNI Charlie.
CMP: Okay; you have OMNI Charlie.
CC: And while you're there, we'd like the UV COVER to OPEN now.
CMP: Okay; we'11 open the UV cover.
CMP: Okay, Houston. I'm ready to proceed on this pitch maneuver.
CMP: And, Houston, the readback on the flow controller there. We'11 check panel 5. ECS RADIATOR CONTROL circuit breaker AC1, verify it's CLOSED, Then we'11 put the ECS FLOW CONTROLLER to position number 1. And we'11 turn the ECS FLOW CONTROLLER POWER, OFF, then center.
CC: It's OFF, center, Ron, and then up to the POWER.
CMP: Okay. I couldn't figure out my writing. Okay; that's right. The power is OFF, center, and then - back to POWER. Then wait 20 seconds, and put the ECS FLOW CONTROLLER in AUTO.
CMP: Houston, America. You want to start that now?
CC: That's affirmative. Any time. And in case you're wondering -case you're wondering about that middle step, that's a reset to logic step by going off on the POWER and then back to POWER.
CMP: Okay; FLOW CONTROLLER is going to AUTO now - and stays gray, it looks like.
CC: That's what we expected. And needless to say, Ron, we'11 be watching your ECS system very caref_lly for you, Just in case it flips back. We don't expect any problem.
CC: And, America, Houston. I've got a midcourse ? and a MIDPAC entry pad.
CMP: Okay. Just wait l, please.
CC: And, America, Houston. We'd like to bring up the high gain, so we can get the dump going and get the data down. It's a YAW, plus 15; PITCH, 204. Say again. PITCH, plus 15; YAW, 204.
CMP: Okay. PITCH, 15; YAW, 204.
CC: Go ahead. Go ahead, America.
CMP: Okay; I assume this line in here, "Stop pitch rate at 146 degrees," means stop at 146 degrees in pitch. Is that correct?
CC: Roger. Stop at 146 degrees pitch.
CDR: You've got the high gain, ... told us, Bob.
CC: And, America, Houston. I've also - besides these pads, I've also got a Flight Plan update. For the first one, item is at 282:10. Either one you want to take first?
CDR: Okay; why don't you go ahead with the Flight Plan update first.
CC: Okay, Gene. At 282:10, manually - manual roll left 40 degrees prior to the VERB 49 maneuver. Insert "Manual roll left 40 degrees." And that'11 give you a roll angle of 342 prior to starting that maneuver.
CDR: Okay; I've got it.
CC: Okay. The next one's quite a ways over. It's at 284:55.
CC: Okay. First thing at 284:55, we'd like a VERB 48; first register, lll02; second register, 01111.
CC: A VERB 49 maneuver to lunar sounder thermal attitude at 285:00. The attitude is PITCH, 122 - say again, ROLL, 122; PITCH, 065; YAW, 047. 065, that will be PITCH, minus 24; YAW, 160.
CDR: Okay. At 285:00, a VERB 49 to ROLL of 122; PITCH, 065; YAW, 047; HIGH GAIN is minus 24 and 160.
CC: Roger, Gene. And then at 285:10, where we had you write in the "Antenna retract," we want you to delete that. The purpose of the maneuver above that is to heat up those antennas, and we will retract them on a cue from us when we feel the temperatures are warm enough.
CDR: Okay. What about the "RADAR, OFF" at that point?
CC: Delete "RADAR, OFF" also.
CDR: Okay. I've deleted the whole update at 285:10 I had.
CDR: Bob, Jack's ready to take the pad.
CC: Okay. They just pointed out there's also VERB 48 at 285:10, which is not applicable either. And, Jack, I've got the MIDPAC area - say again. Let's do the midcourse 7 pad first. MCC-7.
CC: RCS/G&N; 26735. NOUN 48s are not applicable. 301:17:57.78; plus 0001.9, plus 0000.0, minus 0000.1. Roll is 082; pitch, 041; yaw, 331. HA, not applicable. Plus 0022.9; plus 0001.9, 0:04, 0001.9. Sextant star is 31, 328.9, 34.4. Rest of the pad is not applicable. And in case I cut out and came off my key too fast, back UP there in NOUN 81, that's a plus all Zeros for Delta-Vy. Set stars are Sirius and Rigel; 256, 152, 069. It's a four Jet; plus-X. Assumes a PTC REFSMMAT. Over.
LMP: Okay, Bob. I assume that DELTA-V z was plus all zeros also.
CC: No, I'm sorry. DELTA-V was minus all zeros z ·l - .1 on DELTA-V . z
LMP: Okay; midcourse 7 readback. RCS/G&N; 26735. NOUN 48 is NA. 301:17:57.78; plus 0001.9, plus all zeros, plus 0000.1; 082, 041, 331. HA is NA. Plus 0022.9; 0001.9, 0:04, 0001.9; 31, 328.9, 34.4. Rest of the pad is NA. Sirius and Rigel; 256, 152, 069. Four jet; plus-X. Assumes PCT- TC REFSMMAT.
CC: Roger. One change. On DELTA-V on your NOUN 81, z that should be a minus four balls i - minus four balls 1.
LMP: Roger. Thank you. Minus four balls 1.
CC: Okay, Jack. That got us warmed up for the MIDPAC area entry pad.
CC: MIDPAC area; 000, 153, 000; 304:01:37, 268. NOUN 61: minus 17.89, minus 166.13; 06.4; 36090, 6.49; 1047.2, 36172. RRT time: 304:18:37; 00:28. NOUN 69s are nonapplicable. D O 4.00, 02:08; 00:17, 03:37, 07:39. Sextant Stars 13, 117.3, 15.5. Boresight Star is not applicable. Lift vector is UP. Over.
LMP: Okay. MIDPAC area; 000, 153, 000; 304:01:37, 268; minus 17.89, minus 166.13; 06.4; 36090, 6.49; 1047.2, 36172; 304:18:37; 00:27. NOUN 69 is NA. 4.00, 02:08; 00:17, 03:37, 07:39; 13, 117.3, 15.5. Boresight is NA. Lift vector, UP. Over.
CC: Roger. The RET of 0.05G is 00:28 - 00:28.
LMP: Okay. I'11 change that to 28 for RET 0.05G.
CC: That's right, and I've got one - we've got seven assumptions here on - or comments.
CC: Comment l: Use nonexit _iS pattern. Comment 2: RET 90K - -
CC: Roger. Comment 2: RET 90K, 06:01. RET mains, 08:26. RET landing, 13:18. Break break. UV COVER, CLOSED, please.
LMP: Okay; it's CLOSED. And, Bob, you're cutting out every once in a while. I missed your comment 1.
CC: Okay, Jack, let's try comment i over again. Use nonexit _iS pattern. Comment 2: 90K time, 06:01; mains, 08:26; landing, 13:18. Comment 3: Constant g is roll right. Comment 4: GET of moonset, 304:16:13. Comment 5: Assumes midcourse 7, MCC-7. Comment 6: Assumes entry REFSMMAT. Comment 7: GDC align forentry REFSMMAT. Stars are Sirius and Rigel. ROLL, 273; PITCH, 256; YAW, 347. Over.
LMP: Okay, Bob. Somehow I got more than seven, but I'11 give you the ones I got. One: nonexit _S pattern; 2: RET at 90K is 06:01; 3: mains are 08:06; 4: landing is 13:18; 5: Constant g is a roll right; 6: 304:16:13 is moonset; 7: as- sumes MCC-7; 8: assumes entry REFSMMAT. And 9: GDC align is Sirius and Rigel; 273, 256, and 347.
CC: Roger. You've got a good readback there, Jack. The reason why is those times are all lumped into comment 2. However you want to do it there, fine. Okay.
CC: One correction here. RET main times - I thought you read to me 08:26. It is 08:26 is the time on RET mains. Okay. I read 08:06.
CC: Okay, 08:26. 26 is the time.
LMP: Okay. I got mains at 08:26.
CC: America, Houston. We'd like AUTO on the HIGH GAIN, and we'd like you to do that manual roll and VERB 49 maneuver, which is listed at 282:10. We'd like you to start it now.
CDR: Hey, Bob. I don't think your 342 is going to work out. I've just - Correction, if you will. Roll left. Left 40 degrees coming up.
CC: Okay. I'm just sitting here, staring at FAO, and asking why it doesn't work out. Let me handle that. That's fine.
CDR: No, it - Hey, Bob, it will. I was thinking of roll right. I'm on my way left now, and we will get 342.
CDR: Close to it. We'11 get about - about - let's see now, 20 - whatever - whatever 360 minus 20 is. That's about 342.
CDR: Okay, Bob. We're there.
CDR: Bob, I press right on to the VERB 49?
CC: That's affirmative. Press right on with the VERB 49.
CC: We're just using this as a little addition here to get more time - more thermal heat on those - antennas.
CC: America, Houston. We'd like OMNI Delta.
LMP: Okay, Bob. I gave it to you a few minutes ago.
CC: You got one on INCO that time.
LMP: The first one.
CC: America, Houston. We'd like UV COVER, OPEN, please.
CMP: Okay; it's OPEN.
CC: America, Houston. We'd like ACCEPT. We've got a state vector that goes with those pads we've called up.
CC: And you can get into the Flight Plan. We gave you about a 15-minute bonus on your eat period there. You can jump right into the eat period if you want.
CDR: Okay. Thank you, Houston.
CC: America, Houston. The computer is yours.
CDR: Thank you, Houston .... 187/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
LMP: Okay, he'11 get it. Is it by any chance printing upside down?
CC: No, it's correct according to the - -
CMP: I'm upside down in the tunnel.
CC: - - doctor. Okay. (Laughter) Do you like eating that way? Is that the new trick?
CMP: Okay, Bob. I've kind of fiddled around with the sensors, now. Are they working okay now?
CC: Stand by, Ron. Ron, your sensors look good, right at the moment.
LMP: Yes, we'd like to run a check here on this TV setup. Are we going to disturb you if we go to TV on the S-BAND AUX switch?
LMP: And, Bob, if it is an inconvenience, could you look ahead and find the time we can have 10 or 15 minutes, if possible, to work this out.
CC: You can have the TV switch to TV for about 35 min- utes starting right now, if you'd like. And, while while - if you're working around there, we would like to take BATTERY A off the CHARGE and put BAT- TERY B on CHARGE.
LMP: Okay, it's in work. And, we probably won't need it for that long. And, we'11 get back with you as soon as we can.
LMP: Okay; we're in TV now.
LMP: Okay, Bob, BATTERY B is on CHARGE and 7-Alfa reads 1.3.
CDR: Okay, Bob, I'm going to pick up the manual roll right for the VERB 49.
CC: Okay, Geno. You've got a new capcom now. Good evening.
CDR: Good evening, Gordo. How are you doing?
CC: Real fine. How about you?
CDR: Very fine. I'm going right for my VERB 49 maneuver, now.
CC: America, Houston. We need OMNI Charlie, please?
CC: America, Houston. Suggest you try to get the HIGH GAIN up at a PITCH of 10; YAW, 210.
CMP: PITCH, 10; and YAW, 210; okay.
CC: America, Houston. We've sealed up the DSE with science data. And, so if you're through with the TV rehearsal, we'd like the AUX band - the S-BAND AUX switch back to SCIENCE, so we can get the rest of the data real time.
LMP: Okay. We just finished and going to SCIENCE.
CC: Roger. Thank you. 188/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CDR: Gordy, how far out are we?
CC: How far out? 100 000 miles, approximately.
CC: America, Houston. A little more precise answer. You're 97,500 miles, and you passed the halfway point about 2 hours ago. And we're going to have a site handover here on the hour.
LMP: Got all that, Gordy. Thank you.
CDR: We'11 stand by for your call to power up the TV.
LMP: Roger, Gordy.
CDR: And let us know when you've got a picture.
LMP: Houston, here's the crew of Apollo - Apollo 17, Spaceship America. questioning, I'11 begin. conferences, the questions that will be asked of you were prepared by correspondents covering the Apollo 17 mission at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. They will be read exactly as written and in the order determined by the newsmen. The first question is for Jack Schmitt. If you, as a geologist, were coming home from a field trip on Earth, you'd be drafting a preliminary report and discussing it with fellow geologists. In terms understandable to laymen, can you sm_mmarize what you would be saying in your preliminary report about your field trip to Taurus-Littrow? think the thing we had hoped to accomplish at Taurus-Littrow was to look at a - as broad a spectrum of the history of the Moon as possible in one small area, as the concluding flight to the Apollo Program. And I think we did that. I think we had look - did look at some of the oldest rocks that it is possible to see with our capability in the breccias of the South and North Massifs. I think we saw some intermediate-age rocks of fairly unexpected character, I believe, in the subfloor crystalline or igneous rocks, the gabbro, as we called them there. And we also understood, I think, that those rocks, in fact, had intruded into the breccias of the North Massif. We found, I believe, in the - at the Crater Van Serg, on the third EVA, that the regolith, or the garden zone, on the top of that subfloor gabbro, or the igneous rocks, was quite thick, or appears to be very thick, which is an expected result, and will - hopefully, those rocks will have much information about a fairly extended period of lunar erosion. And, we found that there was indeed a dark mantle over the area of - variable thickness; but, apparently, of relatively recent age, and that in turn had a light mantle of material of which we do not yet understand, and I think that the samples are going to have to tell that story. It may well be a land slide that has come off the South Massif. And, then, possibly as important as any finding, we found that even later than that relatively young light mantle deposit are avalanche - possible avalanche - we have alteration reminiscent of the alteration by hot waters or hot gases on Earth, and that was the orange - appears to be the orange soil that we found around the Crater Shorty. And, subsequently, in orbit we started to pick up, and particularly through Ron Evans' efforts, pick up more of the apparent evidence of such alteration taking place in fairly recent time on the Moon. All of those items, I think, are extremely significant and go through the full range of our present knowledge of lunar history. And, a report I would write would initially summarize that particular sequence of events.
CC: Question number 2 is for Jack, again. What other probable explanations besides volcanic origin do you have for the orange rock and colored soil that you found at Shorty Crater?
LMP: Well, they don't necessarily have to be volcanic, Gordy. I refer to them as alteration, and much of the hydrothermal, or hot water, alteration we see on Earth is related to recent volcanism, or ancient volcanism; but, also, we know of that kind of alteration of preexisting materials to take place as a result of - of just fluids working their way up through the Earth's crust, and I presume that such a process is also possible on the Moon. The ones we saw seem to be associated with areas of dark mantle of various types, and those dark mantle deposits are associated with volcanism, but it is not necessarily proved yet, I believe, that the - the orange soils or the alterations we've seen are volcanic. However, the process would be a related process, that is, one of internal origin. Your voices are so much alike that it is unclear to some of us which one of you found the orange rock and who first spotted the layer of orange soil on the crater rim.
CDR: Jack found it. He uncovered it as he was walking on the rim, and we worked with that, and then, as I went around the crater to take the stereo base pan from within the crater, I could see alterations radially down from the rim farther beyond where we were working down to the center. is as specifically as important as that that we were there with the equipment and the training jointly to not only recognize that but to take advantage of having recognized it, and I hope that we did. $ think you were able to see so much orange material from lunar orbit, after your partners had found some on the ground, where none of the previous Apollo crews reported seeing anything but grays, tans, and browns?
CMP: Well, I think, for one thing, that we were in, essentially, a different orbit than some of the other crews that had been up there before. And even though each of us has a color tone in our own eyes, what we come up with, I think, is a function pretty much of what you'd like to believe and what you'd like to see out of things. If you feel it has a tint of orange with it, and this is in a new area that we really haven't flown over that much, and this is primarily - where we were seeing this type of thing was on the western rim of Serenitatis, and some of the - well, at least it looks like known volcanic deposits along the rim of Serenitatis.
LMP: Gordy, let me add quickly that there's no such thing as a truly objective observer; and, I be- lieve, that once you start looking for something, and when Ron heard about what we were doing, I'm sure he started looking, himself, to see what we had seen. That leads you to see things. Now that's not seeing things that are not there. It makes you look for things that are there, and that's extremely inportant; and that's where the kind of training all three of us have had and I think has made it pos- sible for us to find a lot of things that might not otherwise have been found.
CC: Here's one addressed to all three crewmen. What will you remember most about this mission?
CDR: Boy, that's a loaded question, Gordy. There's so many things, but I think probably the thing that - when I think about it - that will stick with me most is the same thing that stuck with me - for my last two missions - not so much being there, but it's getting the chance to get home and share what you've seen and what you've done with other people.
CMP: I think in my case, the lift-off itself was some- thing brand new for me. It's something beyond - The booster ride itself was something beyond what I could really comprehend. So, I think that's - oh, it's a very important part of it. I will always remember that part of it. But I'm kind of like with Gene; I feel that even though the three of us have been up here and had the opportunity to observe the Moon, look at what we could find and that type of thing, I think that we have an obligation to share our experiences with the rest of the people.
CDR: When we look back at the Apollo Program I don't think anyone can privately to themselves and pub- isn't licly say that this truly indeed really a beginning - a beginning of man's really first ven- ture out into deep space. And once there's a be- ginning, there's a continuation. The probing into deep space by man, the next landing on the Moon, a trip to Mars may not be for 10 years, a decade; it may not be until the end of this century. But I personally have faith that it will happen. I think it's a restraint, an abnormal restraint of man's intellect at this point in time to restrict or tend to think that he will restrict his own feeling of exploration, his own quest for knowledge. He's had ail opportunity. He's proved that he could take advantage of this opportunity, and I think that the mankind going nature of is to just press on. That's why I believe not - we of Apollo 17 - yes, it's a beginning; but the whole Apollo Program is really beginning the true of what's to come in the future. And I firmly believe that. We can look back in a 100 years or 200 years and the 5-year or 10-year period of time, we may be slowed down here. I think we'11 be - we'11 be lost in the merit of what is really accomplished during the next several decades. people seem to be getting fairly blase about space flight and television coverage of Apollo 17 has been at a minimum. But this is not the case abroad. For example, in the Republic of Zaire, the former Belgian Congo_ an estimated 20 million people are watching extensive coverage on TV sets set up in the villages. What do you have to say to the people of underdeveloped nations? Well, Gordy, first of all, I'm not sure that the amount of television coverage is necessarily a measure of the interest of the American people. I don't have those figures at hand. I'm sorry to hear that the adventures we had and the insight that maybe we gained into not only ourselves, but to the history of the solar system was not shared extensively with the _erican people, if that's true. As far as the rest of the world is concerned, and also the people of the United States who may not participate as much in the affluence that we all would like to share, I think that's what space flight in general and the Apollo Program in particu- lar has offered, is many new avenues from which we can provide for those people abroad and for our own people, the kind of Quality of life and the mate- rial - including the material quality of life that everybody aspires to. I think we've just begun the adventure of understanding how - what we've learned and how we've learned to do it in space can be ap- plied to these particular kinds of problems. That is one of the great challenges that I think NASA and other agencies within the United States Govern- ment and other governments abroad have, is to use this base of technological information now for their own people.
CDR: I'd like to just add to that very briefly, Gordy, that America has led the way into space in the past. I believe we will in the future. But, a point I tried to get across several days earlier in this flight is that the real promise of the future for all the peoples of the Earth is to weld themselves into a coherent group of people who can live and work together and then enjoy all the benefits and all the knowledge that is to come from future space explorations. I think we are doing this not just as Americans but as human beings and everyone throughout these countries throughout the world no different than we are. It's their accomplishment as well as it is ours.
CMP: You know on Apollo 17, here, we've had two outstand- ing vehicles and that's the - don't let me get you wrong, I'm not discounting the booster either. But, I've watched a lot of people work on a lot of space- craft, and I'm very proud to be able to say that all the vehicles that have been associated with Apollo 17 have been outstanding. And, the reason they are outstanding is because of the people that have been working on them. And, I'd like to give our thanks and the well-done to people who worked on our spacecraft.
CDR: Gordy, prior to leaving and I guess I can certainly assume during the flight we've carried many, many well wishes and carried many prayers aboard from people throughout the world. I personally believe that those prayers played no small part in any suc- cess that we were able to achieve on this flight. I ask those people, however, to continue their prayers in particular for some of our friends and some of our comrades who are still in southeast Asia - POWs, MIAs who may not - although God willing I hope they will - but who may not have the oppor- tunities to get home and enjoy the Christmas that we're looking forward to. And with that from Apollo 17 spacecraft America on December 18, 1972, we all wish you a very, very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. Godspeed and God bless you all.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. I presume you want to go back to SCIENCE in the comm configuration, and we're getting squared away here for a big VERB 48.