Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CMP: Okay. So this channel 12 is gonna - is setting the bit that is the ISS warning bit that comes from the hardware, and the computer is the thing that does the timing. Is that correct?
CC: What that's doing is zeroing the CDUs. And that - that guarantees you a fail. Okay, and as - as soon as you get the accurate time on that, we'11 do a - a VERB 40 ENTER, and wait 10 seconds for the CDUs to recover.
CMP: Okay. I'11 do that, and then I'11 call the steps out as I go through it.
CC: Roger. And be advised that the CMC DAP is inoper- ative between the time you set the bit and the time you do the VERB 40.
CMP: Also for 10 seconds thereafter.
CMP: Okay, we're in SCS. DEADBAND MIN, the RATE's LOW, limit cycles on, we've got the BMAGs uncaged. You're watching this too, John?
CC: Okay, we're looking down here.
CMP: All set. There's VERB 25 NOUN 7 ENTER, 12 ENTER, 20 ENTER, 1 - Is it NOUN? I am ENTER, RESET. Okay. Here we go; 5, 4, 3, 2, ENTER. I got 5 seconds.
CC: Roger. That's a normal indication. That eliminates that as a possible source, so you can go ahead and do your VERB 40 and recover and go back to CMC control.
CMP: Okay, back in CMC.
CC: And, Ken, we're ready to get the ALPHA PARTICLE X-RAY COVER, OPEN.
CMP: It was already open, Hank.
CMP: I think he wants to verify that.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. Like to get a check on the battery compartment.
CDR: 2.7.
CC: Roger. 2.7.
CDR: Make it 2.65.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. We need the X-RAY OFF for 2 seconds and then back ON.
CC: The purpose of that, Ken, is to set the logic. Looks like it isn't set properly.
CMP: Okay. You have it. 159/1 Tape
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. Since we Just did a P52 a few minutes back, we'11 scrub the one that's sched- uled at 268 hours prior to the TV.
LMP: Okay, Henry; thank you. We're setting the TV up now.
CDR: Okay, Hank; this attitude will be satisfactory for the - yeah, it'11 be satisfactory for the TV also. Right?
LMP: Hank, can we go S-BAND AUX TV to check - get this camera set and focused?
CC: We need about 12 more minutes.
LMP: Okay; we'11 wait. We'11 hold off. We got plenty of time.
LMP: What - what's our velocity - inertial velocity and - and distance out right now?
CC: Okay. You're 5516 feet per second and 108,880.
CMP: Thank you, Henry! That was the nicest thing you col_d say.
CDR: I'11 split it with you.
CDR: Okay; Houston, we got the gear all checked out ready to go whenever you are.
CC: Roger. Roger. We've got Just under 8 minutes to go.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. We're about ready to go here. You want to try to bring up the TV?
CDR: Okay; it's in work.
LMP: Superl How does it look?
CC: Other than the fact you're looking pretty woolly now, that's not bad.
LMP: Keeps you warm.
CC: Apollo 16, the questions in this press conference have been prepared by newsmen covering the flight here at the Manned Spacecraft Center. I'm going to read them to you exactly as worded by the news- men and in a priority specified by them. Question number i for John Young: A couple of times you were on hot mike and didn't know it, but how could a nice Florida boy like you say what you did about citrus fruit?
CDR: That's a very good question. Wait'11 you drink it day and night for 2 weeks, and - and let me know what you think. And for lunch, too. 1981 Page
CDR: I - I have an orange grove - I have an orange grove dovn in Florida, too, so I do like citrus, but citrus drinks are something else.
CC: Question 2: When the CSM circularization burn performed think could not be on schedule, did you you wouldn't land be able to on the Moon?
CDR: I thought -we all had serious doubts about whether we're going to be able to do it or not. Right?
LMP: I think we were. The - the original impression and had been mostly volcanics to look for, I don't think we found the - the highest percentage of volcanics as we had originally anticipated. So the rocks that we found were unique, that we had never seen before in any of the lunar samples, we feel, and so it was a surprise.
CDR: I think so, under the circumstances. You see, most of the rocks are - were dust covered apparently by the - by the two impacts, North Ray and South Ray. It had just thrown a big blanket of dust out across there, and we saw very few rocks that were clean un - until we cut into them. And you don't want to take too much time to stop and whack off a piece of rock, because it's pretty hard to do in a pressure suit. So we were just describing them more by shape and softness and friability and things like that. And that really doesn't take a lot of training, but I think we've had adequate training to do this kind of a Job.
LMP: As far as craters go, Hank, we think we saw two that had the shape we called endogenic that had the shape of very subdued old cinder cones or something of that nature. They were - In other words, they were - look more like, well, sink holes, really, with the surrounding topography. They had no rim on them; and, to us, it looked like it might have been a source for some - volcanic activity way, way back.
CC: Question 4: Several times at North Ray you men- tioned, "Don't get too close to the edge." Did you think that if you had fallen in, you wouldn't have been able to get out?
CDR: If we had fallen in s we would not have been able to get out. That's correct.
CDR: I don't think we're qualified to make that decision. It was made by people on the ground that are far more qualified to do that sort of thing than we are. If - if we had been told to do that, we would have certainly done it.
CC: Question 6: You've had a lot of equipment trouble during this mission. Is there a common thread running through all these problems for which you could suggest an explanation?
CDR: Yeah. I don't - I don't think there's any relation between any of these failures, one to another. I - I don't think there's any common thread. I agree with Ken. It's very complicated gear. It has to run for long periods of time, and you've got to expect some times that it won't run, and you got to know how to fix it, and that's why they send us on these trips.
CC: Question 7 for Ken: Your observations of the landing site. Did you see the lunar module or the Rover, and did you see any differences between Cayley and Descartes?
CMP: Okay. That's two distinct questions. First thing, did I see it? We never pointed the sextant at the landing site according to the Flight Plan because of the alterations we had. And there were two occasions, once when I thought I caught a glint of light, which I could not recognize as the LM but which came from the location where I think the LM probably was sitting. And that was very close to the position on my map that you folks read up to me. And once, as Rover was starting up on Stone Mountain, I just happened to be looking as they went by, and I think you were on the shift, Hank, and told me that they were hitting Stone Mountain, and I looked over there, and about that time I got another little flash of light, which is about all, with the 10-power optics we have, that - that I think you could expect to see. At no time could you see something you could identify.
CMP: Yes, I think there's a distinctly different mor- phology involved in these two units. Our preflight training is a little different in impression than what I think I saw; and, again, we have, like I say, a 10-power resolution. I think the - the resl answer of what this material is, is going to lay' in analyzing the data postflight. We have some good film records, and I think the - When you put that together with the rocks we picked up, we'11 have a pretty powerful story that'11 explain a lot of things we don't know now. But I think that there are sections of material we called Descartes, particularly the material that m_kes up Stone and Smoky, and that stuff runs all the way south down to the old Descartes Crater for which the region is named. And that does look texturally entirely different from the Cayley formation.
CMP: Well, the impression of the back side is something I tried to collect from the time we got there until the time we left. And I'm still mulling that over in my mind. I've got a lot of transcripts we're going to have to read before I can psych it all out. But, in general, the impression I have is that the material on the back side, when you look at it on as small a detail as I could look, looks to me like it's very much like the material we find on the front side surrounding most of the big craters. The thing that looks different is that the back side is devoid of these large basins. We don't have the large mares; there's very little mare. Zn fact, on the back side the only mare we saw was really post-TEI, when we could look back and see a big area. But our groundtrack didn't pass over any mare in the daylight, so it took a while to psych that out. But Z think that was a major difference was the absence of these large basins. And, on the back side, did we see sur- prises? Well, we went up looking for - with a suspicion that we might findmaterial similiar to the Descartes formation located in several areas on the back side, and, indeed, I think we did. I think we saw an awful lot. I think we saw a lot that looks exactly like the Cayley. I think the things that I saw that were - Probably the most surprising thing was the - On the side of a crater called Guyot, which is just to the north and a little west of King Crater - which is right about the eastern limb of the Moon when you look at it from the Earth - we saw a big hole, I'11 call it a crater, in the side of this - of the wall of this crater, and it appeared that there was material oozing out. And on our last couple of revs, we passed almost directly overhead, and it looked like it was filled with a pool of material, and then this material had run down the side. And that's a formation typical of things you see like in Hawaii, something I have not seen anywhere else on the Moon, nor have I seen a picture of it.
CC: Question number 9 for John and Charlie: At the tag end of EVA-3, you appeared to be having a high-Jump competition. Who won, and how high do you think you jumped?
CDR: No, we weren't having a competition. We were Just showing you some of the things you could do with a 360-pound mass that only weighs 60 pounds, even slowed down, if you will, by the pressure suit. And I don't think anybody won. We were just demonstrating what you can do with the suit.
CDR: I don't have any idea how we - how high we jumped. You'11 have to look at the TV. Maybe - maybe a foot or 2 feet.
CC: Question 10: Could you - -
LMP: Still have a picture, Hank?
CC: - - Explain the circumstances surrounding the failure of the lunar module ascent stage to deorbit?
LMP: I think that has to be worked out when we've looked at all the data - on the ground and discuss it with the flight controllers. At the present time, I have no idea.
CMP: Hank, could you verify that you still have a picture? We've lost our monitor, and just like to make sure there's nothing wrong with the camera.
CC: We have a good picture. Question 11: To what extent did fatigue affect your performance? For example, do you feel that you would have been ca- pable of a full 7-hour EVA-3, lift-off, and LM Jettison all in the same day?
CDR: I think that'd been pushing it a little.
CC: Question 12, for each of you - -
CDR: We could probably - we could probably have done it, but I think that'd really been pushing it.
LMP: Well, I'11 start with that one, Hank. I have two impressions. The first is the dazzling beauty of Descartes - the surface. It was Just one of the most awe-inspiring sights I've ever seen. And Sec- ondly, on the EVA, when you look away from the Earth - or the Moon - it's Just the utter blackness of space. It really is black out there.
CDR: Time number 53 you said that.
CMP: Well, I guess I'm next then. I - I thought of - I knew someone would ask that question, and I've been asking that question, too. And I don't think I can put an impression. There's so many that we've crammed in in the last 12 days. And it seems like each one comes on top of the other one, and the immediate response that you come up with is "That's the most fantastic thing I've ever seen." In - in a lot of respects, it really is. There - there have been so many events and so many sights that, in my case, I'm going to have to sit and think about this one for a long time before I could ever pick out one, and then I'm not sure I'11 ever be able to say that there was a unique thing, or a most memorable event. The whole thing has been a - Just one series of very impressive, and I hate to use the word, but I don't know anything else except to say, "It's fantastic."
CC: Question 13: From an astronaut's point of view, would you discuss the possible operation - opera- tional difficulties, besides language, to be over- come in the proposed joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. mAuned space flight? And would you have any suggestions to make?
CDR: From an astronaut's point of view, I'd - I would not feel qualified to discuss it, other than to say that if language is a problem, I'11 be glad to learn Russian. I think Charlie and Ken feel the same way.
CDR: That's a very good question, and I - I'm not sure we're qualified to - to say. We'11 have to get back and talk to everybody. I - I don't think it - I didn't notice it being in there as far as taste was concerned. And I don't think anybody else did.
LMP: Yeah. This is one of those things where you have to wait and take a look at - in our postflight medicals and see what they come up with as our body potassium level, because that's really the part that they're trying to work on, and I'm afraid the guys on the ground have a lot more data than we have on our physical condition, other than the fact that we know that we feel good.
CDR: Yeah, I think - I think we've been very fortunate to do as much of the mission as we have, considering - considering how much we got slowed there. And I don't know whether potassium had anything to do with it or not, but if it did, I'm sure grateful that we were taking it.
CC: Question 15 for John: What did you mean when you said, "Morale went up a couple of hundred percent after the successful TEI." Was it low?
CDR: Yes, that's a - No, not particularly. It's just - It would sure be low if you didn't get off the TEI burn, I can tell you that.
CC: Question 16 for each of you: Based on your expe- rience, do you have any recommendations right now for the crew of Apollo 177
CDR: Yeah, I recommend they enjoy it as much as we did. I'm sure they will, because, I tell you, we really have - we really have had a lot of sights to see. I'11 admit that, in a lot of cases, we worked hard, and - and I suppose the people on the ground were able to tell that. But we got all the support in the world from the - MCC-Houston. I - I mean, I could tell, from every decision that came up from the ground, that there had been a lot of work put into it, and all around the country that there were a lot of wheels turning and people working late hours and solving these problems. And I'm Just really happy that Ken, Charlie, and myself got to do this. And I think it's a wonderful experience.
CDR: Well, let me just say one thing, Hank, and that is -Mr. Descartes said it. He said, "There's nothing so far removed from us as to be beyond our reach, or so hidden that we cannot discover it." And you all know Descartes was a French mathema- tician and philosopher for whom the region was named. And I guess, really, the story of our mission so far is we've been out testing his theory. My personal assessment of where we are right now, as soon as we get the rocks back in the LRL, we'11 be making headway toward proving he was right.
LMP: Okay. Hank, as the LEB sinks slowly into the distance, we'11 say goodbye.
CC: Go ahead. 159/11 Tape
LMP: Okay. Hank, you want S-BAND AUX back to SCI?
LMP: Okay; you got it.
CC: Nice job there, guys.
CDR: Thmlk you, sir.
CC: Apollo 16, if you'11 give us ACCEPT, we'11 give you a new state vector.
CC: The computer's yours, 16.
LMP: Okay, Hank; and we've got the fans on.
CC: Okay. Thank you, Charlie.
LMP: Okay; your fans are off.
CC: Okay; the tanks look good now.
UNKNOWN: Go ahead. plans
CC: Roger. I got a sort of an outline of our here for the rest of the day. You might want to jot these down on your scratch pad, Ken, and then can you operate on the Flight Plan.
LMP: Okay; Stand by.
CMP: Okay. Hank, why don't you go ahead?
CC: Okay. In absence of any thermal problems, this Soo X-1 we're in now is going to run until 270:30.
CMP: Understand; 270:30.
CC: Roger. And at the termination - or at 270: 30, we want you to _mmediately maneuver to the Skylab attitude, Skylab contamination, and, as soon as you get in attitude, do the photo sequence B - Skylab contamination photo sequence B - and Skylab dump sequence. And do those as quickly as possible. And, in the dump sequence, number 3, it now reads "Do it 30 minutes after sequence 1." Make that "15 minutes after sequence 1."
CDR: Okay; we'11 stay with Sco X-1 until 270:30. Then we'11 go to Skylab photo sequence B_ and we'11 press right through that and the dump sequences. And we'11 do dump sequence number 3 at 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes, and we're ready to press on.
CC: Okay. Then, after that, maneuver immediately to attitude of NOUN 20 per roll, 128, 042; and we want to do the ecliptic AUX PTC with a minus 0.3 rate and a 2-degree dead band. And that's what we started at 264 hours when we got the glitch.
CMP: Okay. You want the - the completion of the dump sequences; you want to go to NOUN 20 roll, 128 pitch, 042 in yaw, which will start the ecliptic AUX PTC mode. We'11 use 2-degree dead band and minus 0.3 of a degree per second rates.
CC: Roger. And it doesn't say how long we're going to - -
CMP: I can use the thruster configuration I have now.
CC: That's affirmative. Use the same con - thruster configuration we had before, and when we finish that sequence - and I'11 get you a time on that a little later how long we do that - we're going to go to the ecliptic AUX PTC for the Cyg X-1 photos. And that'11 be - at 273:15, we want to do that.
CMP: Okay. Hank, I didn't follow that. I thought we were in the ecliptic AUX PTC at - for this earlier maneuver. So - say again what happens at 273:15.
CC: At 273:15 - Excuse me; I may have - I read it to you wrong, Ken. We want to go to the Cyg X-1 point per the Flight Plan.
CMP: Okay; at 273:15, you'd like to go to the Cyg X-1 per the Flight Plan.
CC: Roger. And we want to continue with the 0.5 - degree per second rates in these maneuvers to try to m_e up as much time as possible until we get back on the Flight Plan at 273:15. And, if we have any thermal problems, just to read you in on what we're thinking, we'11 scrub the Skylab con- tamination first, and the ecliptic AUX second, as required.
CMP: Okay. When you say Skylab contamination, you talking about both the dump and the sequence B, or just - are you referring to sequence B?
CC: It'11 be the whole works, if we have a thermal problem.
CC: And that's our plan, Ken. Is there any question on that?
CMP: No; i[think I understand what you want to do.
CC: Charlie, we've got a couple of very special guests here would like to see your biomed, and they guar- antee they'11 be able to understand it.
LMP: Boy, you got me, Hank. It'11 be 15 minutes before I c_l get it up.
LMP: Oh, I know who you're talking about. Good. Thank you.
CC: You're a little slow at that, Charlie.
LMP: Yeah, it took me a while there. Thank you. Tell them "Hi,"
CC: Are you going to do it, Charlie?
CC: Are you going to do it?
LMP: Yeah, I can get some sensors on.
CDR: Well, while we're waiting in the meantime, I can guarantee you old Charlie's alive and well.
CC: Roger. By the way, you guys did a - did a great job here on that show.
CDR: Thank you, Hank. You - you asked pretty mean questions, I'11 tell you that.
CC: John, the truth is the backup crew wrote those questions. And I got your midcourse 7 pad and entry pad.
CDR: Roger; wait a second.
CMP: And, Hank, we just completed our EMS check, and it works like a champ.
CDR: Okay. Go ahead for midcourse 7. RCS/G&N;
CC: Roger. MCC-7, 27318; NOUN 33: 287:22:56.28; NO_N 81, minus 0003.1, all zips, minus four balls 1; 102, 126, 040; HA is NA, plus 0021.7; 0003.1, 0:07, 0003.1; sextant star 13, 312.7, 33.7; boresight star NA; minus 007.1, minus 156.17; range to go, 1045.9, 36276; 290:23:59; Sirius and Rigel: 219, 166, 313. Four Jets, plus-X. Cotangents: EMS not biased for drift; PTC REFSMMAT.
CDR: Okay. MCC-7, RCS/G&N; 27318; hours, 187:22:56. 28 [sic]; minus 0003.1, all balls, minus 0000.1; 102, 126, o4o;MA is _A, _ is 21.7;O_LTA-VT is 3.1; burn time, 7 seconds; DELTA-V C is 3.1; sextant star 13, plus 312.7, plus 33.7; not applicable on the boresight; latitude, minus 007.1; longitude, minus 156.17; 1045.9, plus 36276; 290:23:59. Sirius 159/15 Tape and _igel are set stars; 219; 166; 313. Four jets, plus-X. EMS not biased for drift and the PTC REFS_4AT.
CC: Roger, John. And would you reread the NOUN 33?
CDR: 287:22:56.28.
CC: Roger. Gcod readback.
CDR: Okay._ you want to give me the entry pad? 290:06:32,
CC: Okay. MIDPAC; 000, 153, 000; 267; minus 00_71_ minus 156.17; 06.9; 36196, 6°50; 1045_9, 36276; 290:23:32; 00:27; NOUN 69 is NA; 04000_ 02:02; 00:16, 03:32, 07:44; sextant star 25, 151,6, 2602; boresight NA; lift vector UP. Conmlents: use nonexit _4S pattern_ RET for 90 K is 6 plus 05; R_-_Cfor the mains, 8 plus 30; RET landings 13 plus 22. Constant-G entry, roll right. Moonset at 290:20:26° EMS entry reverse bank at 20 000 foot per second_ Okay. These entry angles asstune the crew has done the procedure to obtain the entry REFSMMAT. And thatts at the bottom of G&C Checklist 4-18. And you must realign the platform to the entry REFSMMAT, or you'11 go into gimbal lock during P67.
CDR: Okay. Say again the page that's on? G/4-18o
CDR: And it also assumes MCC-7?
CC: I'm sorry_ John. Somebody said something to me. What was your question?
CDR: It assumes MCC-7, right?
CC: That is affirmative°
CDR: Okay. The MIDPAC area; roll, zero; pitch, 153; yaw, zero; GET horizon check 290:06:32, pitch 267i latitude_ minus 00.71; longitude, minus 156.17; 6.9, maxs Gs; 36196, minus 006.50; plus 1045.9 plus 36276; 290:23:32; 27 seconds; D zero, 4.00; Vcirc _ 2:02; 0:16, 3:32, 07:44; 25, 151.6, 26.2; lift vectors UPo Comments: nonexit EMS pattern. RET 90 K, 6 plus 05; RET MAINS, 8 plus 30; RET l_nding_ 13,22_ Constant-G entry, roll right. _4S Moonset, 290:20:26. entry reverse bank at 20 K feet per second. And this assumes the crew G/4-18. procedure to get the entry REFSMMAT on page
LMP: And also assume MCC-7.
CC: Roger. And you must have the entry REFSMMAT, or you'11 go into gimbal lock.
CDR: Okay. We got the picture.
LMP: And Hank. I'm up on biomed and no - arrhythmias - don't count.
CC: They say everything looks fine. (NO COMM FOR 35 MINUTES)
CC: 16; Houston. We'd like the GAMMA RAY SHEILD, on now, please. And during the next few hours, we'11 be calling in real time all the GAMMA RAY SHIELD calls and the GAINSTEP calls.
CDR: Okay, Don. Thank you.
CMP: Good afternoon, Donald.
CC: Row are you doing? (NO C0MM FOR 49 MINUTES)
CMP: Don, we're on our way to the Skylab contamination attitude. Is that okay?
CC: 16, Houston. When you get into this maneuver to the second attitude, we'd like to go MAPPING CAMERA door, OPEN, and a GAINSTEP up four steps. And then Stu's got some words for you here on the use of EMP 509 for entry.
CMP: Okay, you've got the _/_PPING CAMERA door OPE-_, and you've got the GAINSTEP up four steps.
CMP: Okay. We're on our way. How about giving first a couple of philosophy words on 509, and then, if there's something for us to copy, we'11 come back and catch it later with our books.
CC: Okay, Ken. I think we'11 not copy anything at this time or make any changes to the Entry Checklist. I would just like to give you a few words on it, let you mull it over. If you have any questions, and then tomorrow morning we'11 - we'11 make the - the changes. Basically, we're recommending the use of 509 during entry. And, of course, the TVC relay that we've chased around will not be activated during entry. However, all the time there's - there's been this doubt that we can say, spec_lfically, that's the relay. We think it's a high-probability source, however, in lieu of today, in particular. We - we're not sure that - we - we can't rule out that some other EMI might - might glitch that CDU. They've taken a good look - andL - look at the wiring in the CDU, and, as it turns out, the 90-degree bit in CDU Z is the most sensitive to being set by EMI. And this bit is wired differently that - than the other bit. So, to preclude going into coarse align, we - we'd like to use 509 for entry. And, of course, this doesn't prevent any glitches, but it does prevent you from locking up the platform with the - with the coarse- align: routine. What this is going to - -
CC: - - what this is - Go ahead, Ken.
CMP: I was thinking about the things that happened today. We didn't have to do anything. It didn't lock up anything, and it didn't look like even zeroing the CDUs had any effect on it.
CC: We agree - we agree to that - -
CMP: ... with 509, if we have a glitch, what would - what would you anticipate would be the proper thing to see and the proper response?
CC: Okay, now. As we've said before, the only thing 509 will do for you is to prevent the CMC from going into the coarse-align routine. If you, indeed, get a glitch, you're going to have the CDU indicating a wrong attitude. This would be reflected, most probably, in your NOUN 20s, and you could expect the spacecraft, if you're under CMC control, to try to chase off after this NOUN 20. And, if it is the 90-degree bit, you would - the 509 would keep you from going into a coarse align. So, if the spacecraft moves, you would not lose your atti- tude reference, and you could do a VERB 20, zero the CDUs, and be back in business again. That - that's the only - the only thing that we have to offer on the thing is to try to prevent this coarse align, if you get the 90-degree glitch. Now, if you get a glitch in roll - you could get a glitch in roll or pitch. And, under CMC control, it would see this as a - as a erroneous NOUN 20 and do what- ever is appropriate. If you're in attitude hold, it's going to try to - try to chase it.
CC: Okay. And, as I said, let's don't make any changes to the checklist. Let's massage this overnight. But, basically, what you're going to do is continue to use SCS control for your P52s, and then we'11 - As we start into our entry program, we'11 make one entry as we go into P61, and then 509 protection will be in once average g and P61 comes back up. And then, as you activate the entry DAP, this is going to kill 509, because it - it resets the DAP registers. So after you enter the entry DAP, you're going to have to do your VERB 21 NOUN 46 and put - put 161/3 Tape your three back in R-1 of NOUN 46. The procedures look pretty straightforward, Ken. There's - like I say, these two spots where you need to make these entries, they look real straightforward, and it's the same numbers that - that you've been using. And once you have put 509 back in after activation of entry DAP, then it will be in throughout the rest of the entry.
CMP: Okay. Sounds like you guys have been working again.
CC: Well, this is (laughter). You know what, this is really chasing a - chasing a spook bit here, but I guess we're probably getting a lot of experts on - on CDUs, and it looks like the - the 509 is - is the ws_ to go. And the question you might have is - well, why didn't we do 509 during the - during the rendezvous if that's what we're concerned about? And there I just didn't want any glitches, and I did want to keep the gimbal lock protection in. Now, something maybe we haven't discussed with you, that if 509 is in and you truly go through your 90 or 270 yaw, you will, most probably, damage the IMU. And you hear the words, "you'11 break it," you'11 hear the words, "you'11 render it unreliable," so forth. So as long as 509 is in, you do not have your true gimbal lock protection because the CMC will never go to coarse align. And I didn't feel it was worth doing that - taking any sort of chance on the platform until we've got down to the entry point, but, once we're here, it's sort of superflu- ous. If - if you - if you go there, you've lost your reference anyway, no matter what you've done to the - done to the platform, but you should be aware that you have lost this protection.
CMP: Okay. Sounds real good, Stu. Thank you, sir.
CDR: Yeah. Good work, Stu. Thank you.
CC: Okay. And, if you don't have anymore questions on this, I'11 - I'11 get off the loop, and we will have these specific changes to the Entry Checklist for you tomorrow.
CMP: Okay. Don't stay up all night.
CC: No sweat. Don't you either. We'11 see you.
CC: 16, your rates look good.
CDR: Roger. The pictures are being snapped.
CC: 16, would it help you if we called you to advise you when your rates are sufficiently damped in these different Skylabs.
CMP: Don, did you call us?
CC: Yeah, we Just wanted to know if we could help you by advising you when your rates are damped, so you wouldn't have to wait for them.
CMP: No, we - we're having to restart the sequence, but we'11 get it this time, and we'11 be pressing on.
CDR: Houston, when we started the Skylab dump contamina- tion, it didn't - it dumped a little out the side hatch and then it must have flashed - froze - or something, because it stopped immediately. And so Ken is now removing the screw to see if it's - to see if it's still flowing.
CDR: Okay. It's not flowing right now.
CDR: The heater had been on about - about 10 minutes before we started.
CC: I'm not sure what you mean by it "had been on about 10 minutes before you started." You mean the dump had started?
CDR: Yeah, before we started dumping.
CC: Okay. The bag had been on before you started dumping.
CDR: No, not the bag, the heater.
CDR: Okay. It's flowing again.
CC: And, John, I guess using that heater's about the only thing we know to do. If that doesn't work, we don't have an answer for you.
CDR: It's working fine now, Don.
CC: 16, Houston. Since we're going into PTC pretty quick, there are about four things we need to get done.
CC: Okay. We need to close the door on the MAPPING CAMERA/LASER ALTIMETER and on the X-RAYALPHA PARTICLE, and we need to make about a 1-minute water dump. We need to dump 5 percent. And we need to get the GAINSTEP up four steps.
CMP: Don, we have another 4 minutes before we take our last sequence of photos here, and you don't want to take a water dump until we get through with that, do you?
CC: Negative. You can hold off until after the photos.
CMP: And we've got the GAINSTEP set, and we've closed the doors.
CMP: Okay, Don. You said something about PTC. We show we're going to the - this Cygnus X-1 attitude next.
CMP: That's really not what you were supposed to do, though, here. You want us to go to this - -
CMP: We want to go to this auxiliary ecliptic first.
CMP: Is that correct?
CMP: Okay, Don. We're ready for a dump.
CMP: You want us to dump 5 percent. Is that correct?
CC: That's affirmative. It should run about I minute.
CMP: Okay. We were reading 62 percent when we started. You want us to go to 52?
CC: 57, Ken.
CMP: Don, I think we're through with the water dump. 162/1 Tape
CC: Okay. It looks good from here. And 16, we'd like to get into a roll as soon as we can because we're running kind of close to the limit on some of the tips.
CMP: Jet configuration okay, Don?
CMP: You don_t want us to bring D-2 on for the spinup?
CC: Roger. Bring a couple on for the roll.
CC: Let's go PITCH minus 40 and YAW 90 on the HIGH GAIN, please. (NO COMM FOR 23 MINUTES)
CC: 16, we got about 10 items here to talk about. Most of them are real short. We can either try to get to them now, or we can wait a while.
CDR: We'd like to wait a while. We're in the midst of our reentry stowage.
CC: Okay. One of the items here has to do with reentry - with entry stowage. We'd Just like to verify, or have you tell us about any changes that you're making relative to the normal stowage, that is, in accordance with page 2-17.
CDR: That's where we're working on right now, and we'11 be - certainly gonna do that, Peter
CC: Go ahead 16.
UNKNOWN: Pete, we're busy with this entry stowage. Could you keep us on the Flight Plan if something comes up.
CC: 16, we're having some thermal problems in the SIM bay. We'd like to stop the roll at 274 degrees, and get the Sun on the SIM bay.
CDR: Roger. Stop the roll at 274 degrees, and get the Sun on the SIM bay.
CC: That's affirmative. Thank you.
CDR: Okay. You've got 27L about there, Pete.
CC: 16, we think we may have stratification in H2 tanks 1 and 2. Would you give us about 1 minute on the fans?
CDR: Roger. H 2 tanks 1 and 2, 1 minute on the fans.
CC: Okay. And also we have a maneuver for you. We'd like you to do the VERB 49 maneuver to the X-ray pointing thermal attitude cyg ×-1. It's at 273:15 in your Flight Plan, but I'11 read you the angles, if you want.
CC: Okay. It's 278, 295, and 310. And the HIGH-GAIN angles are PITCH 11 and YAW 330.
CDR: Roger. PITCH 11; YAW 330; attitude 278, 295, and 310.
LMP: Okay, Pete. It looks about like where it's been to us. We think it's been hanging a little bit below 5.
CDR: Okay, Houston. You want us to dump the OPS again? We would like to finally stow it, and we can dump it now if you want.
CC: Okay. We would like to use the OPS to get the cabin up to 5.6, and then leave it in bleed flow thorough the sleep period.
CDR: That bleed flow means leaving the hose in the port and leave it on, right?
CC: Stand by a minute, John. I'11 check
CC: 16, we need you to check that dump in the hatch where you just made the Skylab dump from. We're still showing a little high on the 02 flow.
UNKNOWN: Flow just went to 0.2 here, Pete.
CC: Yeah. Roger. EECOM's just calling it. We're seeing it drop off here now.
CC: Okay. On the OPS configuration, we wanted the OPS connector locked in the stowage plate, and turn the OPS ACTUATOR to ON. That's after you dump the cabin up.
CDR: Okay. That's what we'11 do
CC: 16, on the HIGH GAIN, I think the angles we called up are wrong. Let's go PITCH 55, YAW 323.
CDR: Okay. We're at the Sco X-1 attitude, as you know.
LMP: Pete, it doesn't seem to be acquiring in REACQ. I stepped it through.
CC: Okay. And Charlie, did you copy to try 55 degrees on pitch and 323 on yaw? And the first set of angles we called up were not correct.
CC: No, Charlie. That was our mistake. The first set of angles we called up were wrong.
LMP: Okay. 55 and 323.
CDR: Okay, Houston. We got it turned on. It's got about 200 pounds in it; it's just barely making any noise.
CC: And 16, would you give us G_MMA RAY SHIELD OFF, please?
CC: Okay. E_$ OF TAPE
CC: 16, with the OPS flow, we're still looking at an 02 fSow that is higher than normal. And we'd like you to take a look at the nozzle on the hatch window there and make sure that - on the hatch there and make sure that it's secured.
CC: 0kay_ Pete. We'11 reinstall it. I got the cover hand - tight as I can get it, and we'11 take the cover off and reinstall the nozzle.
CC: Okay_ Charlie.
CC: Okay? Charlie. Looks like the 02 flow is down to about what we'd expec t now.
LMP: Okay_ Pete. We're cleaning off the suit return hoses and the inlet to the suits circuit.
CC: 16, would you verify the H 2 tanks 1 and 2 FANS OFF, please?
CC: Okay. Thank you. and
CC: 16, we need the X-RAY OFF for 2 seconds then back ON. We're trying to keep it out of the attenuate mode for the next few minutes here.
CDR: Roger. You have it, Houston.
CC: Thank you. X-RAY/ALPHA
CC: 16, would you verify that the COVER is OPEN?
LMP: We got it closed.
CC: Okay. Would you open it, please?
LMP: It's open now, Pete.
CC: 16, we're asking for some stuff that's at 273:50 in the Flight Plan. We need a report on the com- mand module RCS injector valve temps.
CC: Okay. Do you want me to give you a callout on the systems test meter positions or not?
CDR: No, we can figure that out, probably.
LMP: Pete, 5 Charlie is 4.3; 5 Delta is 4.6; 6 Alpha is 4.2; 6 Bravo is 4.4; 6 Charlie is greater than 5; and 6 Delta is 4.4.
CC: Roger. Copy. And also_ we'd like to remind you of a LiOH canister change, 23 in the Bravo and stow 21 in A-5.
CC: 16, we need the GAMMA RAY, SHIELD_ ON.
CC: Roger. Thank you. And, Charlie, you let us know when you get the Li0H canister changed.
LMP: Being done right now.
CC: Roger. And 16, we've got a new attitude for you. The angles are 164_ 134, 035. HIGH GAIN angles, pitch minus 23, yaw 101.
CMP: We got it, Pete. Thank you.
LMP: Okay. The LiOH canister's changed.
CC: Okay, 16. Let's try to bring the high gain up.
CC: And 16, I'm still sitting here with about 6 items, a couple of which require readings. Most of them Just require a little talking. Anytime you can get to it - well, let's get started on it.
LMP: Okay. Just as soon as we get Ken on comm.
CMP: Understand you have a few words.
CC: Roger. First of all, I guess we wanted to check with you on any changes to entry stowage, and parti_ulariy the LiOH canisters, to check that they are stowed according to the entry stowage list.
CMP: LiOH _anisters are stowed according to the entry stowage list, and the entry stowage is essentially complete except for the items that we need to work out tomorrow. And, of course, tying down the suit under the right-hand seat.
CMP: Okay. There's a couple of things that we couldn't stow _s per nominal. They are the fecal bag and the goodie bag. And we intend to tie those down in the LEB. The goodie bag is the IN Data File.
CC: Roger. Understand IN data file and the fecal bag are gonna be tied down in the LEB.
CMP: That's affirmative. And we know we can tie those down enough to withstand any kind of reentry you might even help L over D. I don't - You know how much the IN Flight Data File weighs? Less the Contingency Checklist and the Timeline Book. And that's a total - mostly the total weight of that bag.
CC: Roger. Okay. We - we also need the battery com- partment reading one more time before you go to bed tonight. And I guess if you want to, we could get that out of the way now.
CMP: 2.75.
CC: Understand, 2.75.
CC: Okay. And, Chariie, we want you on the biomed tonight. And it looks like we're gonna have to reverse the top two sensor wires, because apparently - either you got them hooked up back- wards, or we're getting the signal turned around somewhere in the transmission.
CC: Charlie, that's - we want to reverse - -
LMP: Yeah, is the lon- The long one's the gro_mnd, isn't it?
CC: Negative. Stand by just a minute.
CC: Okay, Charlie. The long one goes to the sternum, and the branching one goes off to the right.
LMP: Well, I got them on like I been wearing them all week.
CC: Okay. And the surgeons wanted you to know they appreciated your status - the good status report you gave them this morning. And they hope you can find time to give them a good one again to- morrow morning.
CC: Okay. We got one other item. We just want to make sure that we don't get any uncoupled attitude control after 277 hours GET. That's to ensure that we get precise tracking for at least 10 hours prior to midcourse 7.
CMP: Okay. I'm as interested in that as you are.
CC: Okay. And I guess we've got some news items here for you. And I think that'11 wrap it up.
CDR: Okay. Go ahead. 163/5 Tape
LMP: - - Go get 'em. It's a big "Atta boy" for the Astros.
CC: And we got one last item here, which is entitled "Slick Trick by an Eager Beaver" from Flint, Michigan. Dedication to duty is fine, say Flint city officials, but the man who turned several miles of city streets into an ice rink carried that concept too far. He had been told to use the city water truck to wash the streets Tuesday morning. He did. Dutifully ignoring the 3 degrees below freezing temperature. His trail was clearly marked by irate drivers trying to navigate their dented cars over the glassy surface. Officials said salt crews were dispatched, but the Sun came out and melted the problem before they did.
LMP: Th_nks a lot, Pete.
CDR: YeE_a. That's the way - that's the way the Rover drives. Like it's on ice.
CMP: We appreciate that good news, Pete.
CMP: What would you folks think about my going to whatever attitude I'm going to do PTC in tonight and get it all damped and ready to set up?
CC: Okay, Ken. You can go ahead.
CMP: Okay; and that's a PITCH of 43 and YAW of 335. Is that affirm?
CMP: Okay, sir. And this PTC will be a normal PTC with no engines enable. Correct?
CC: I believe that's right, Ken. Stand by 1.
LMP: Okay; it looks like we've got a H2 tank 1 that's a little above the green line - about 270. Oh that's - Excuse me; that's the one with the sen - bad sensor. Excuse me.
CC: And, Ken, that is a normal PTC.
CC: Okay, Ken. And in connection with that, we want to verify that the PITCH is minus 40, YAW is 90 on the HIGH GAIN.
LMP: And, Pete, I was ready to sack out. Did y'all come to any conclusion about this biomed?
CC: Charlie, you can leave it just like it is.
CC: And one other item we need, I guess, is a read- out on battery C and pyro batteries A and B voltage. This will be the last chance we'11 get to look at them.
CC: Okay; stand by. BATTERY C is 36 and 1/2. The PYRO BATS are both 36 and 1/2.
CC: Okay. And, Ken, we need an E-MOD, and we're ready to call it a night.
CMP: Okay. I guess - I guess I could do that while we're doing the maneuver.
CMP: Don, I've got one more question for you.
CC: Okay; go ahead.
CMP: When it comes time to change REFSMMATs, to go to the entry REFSMMAT tomorrow, I've been thinking about our - our funnies that we've seen with the CDUs, and when we were looking at that one this afternoon, it in - in some ways hinted that maybe we - maybe we didn't have all that D to A and A to D stuff working the way it ought to. Would there be any advantage of - Maybe someone could think about it tonight, maybe they already are - but is there any advantage to doing a pulse torque to change REFSMMATs tomorrow instead of by the usual procedure of using the coarse align.
CC: Okay. I understand what you're asking. Stand by just a minute. Okay. Ken, we'11 work on that and get back to you first thing in the morning with it. 164/3 Tape
CMP: Okay. I don't have any strong druthers. I just - I was thinking over the things we might be going through and kind of wondered if that might be prudent if I avoided that loop. But if everybody's happy with it, it's certainly a lot easier to coarse align.
CC: Okay. We'11 take a good close look at it tonight and let you know in the morning first thing.
CMP: Don, we'11 be off comm for about 3 or 4 minutes.
CMP: Okay. Don, I'm back up.
CMP: Do the rates look reasonable for PTC?
CC: Roger. The rates look real good. You can go ahead.
CMP: Okay. We'11 see what happens.
CMP: Don, we're about ready to sign off. Is there anything else that you'd like to do tonight? Any- thing we have out of configuration that you're aware of?
CC: I don't think so, Ken, but stand by 1 minute. Okay. Ken, we're all squared away. Get a good sleep. We'11 see you in the morning.
CDR: ° Okay. Thank you very much. Good night.
CC: Night. _'_ U.S. GOVERNMENTPRINTING OFFICE: 1972--779-264/968 APOLLO 16 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS
CC: Good morning, Apollo 16.
CC: Good morning, good morning up there.
CDR: Good morning, good morning down there.
CC: Well, we see on this biomed that old Charlie woke up. He was really sawing away there.
CDR: Charlie was sawing away on his biomed?
CDR: I wouldn't be surprised. That's probably why it doesn't work. Termites do the same thing.
CC: Apollo 16, Houston. Would you switch your HIGH GAIH to MEDIUM?
CDR: Yeah, MEDIUM on the HIGH GAIN.
CC: Okay. We've only got one minor change to your Flight Plan. Some high gain angles for a P52 at 285:48 when you want them.
CC: Okay. PITCH, minus 28; YAW, 96. And Stu will be in in a little while to talk about changes to your Entry Checklist. But that should do it for the Flight Plan. All your systems looked nominal through the night. We don't know about the mid- course 7 yet. Right now, you're in the corridor and it looks - it looks pretty good - like maybe you won't have to do one. If you did one, it wouldn't be any more than a foot and a half.
CC: You're Just slightly shallow. Give you a little softer ride.
CC: And could you go WIDE on the HIGH GAIN, please?
CDR: HIGH GAIN, WIDE.
CDR: Go ahead, Over.
CC: Hey, John. This is Gold Flight. We're going to be handing over down here shortly and our last shift with you - We wanted to let you know that we really commend you for a Job well done and be looking forward to seeing you when you get back to Houston.
CDR: Okay, Gold Flight. I tell you, we certainly en- Joyed you, particularly on that descent. That was something else, wasn't it?
CC: It was a pretty long day. I'm sure it was for you. It sure was for us.
CDR: Yeah, you bet.
LMP: Gerry, thanks for everything. We'11 be seeing you when we get back.
CC: Incidentally, I talked to Lee yesterday, and he sends you all a "Very well done."
CMP: Tony, you still there?
CC: Yeah. Go ahead.
CMP: Would you have your friend on the left take a look at my biomed?
CC: Okay. He says you look healthy.
CC: Incidentally, I think Lee's comments really mean you passed the course. I hope so anyway.
LMP: If we didn't, we'd like to go back and try again.
CC: That would be a good deal, wouldn't it?
CDR: Yeah, maybe you can fix that up for us so we can go back and try it again.
LMP: There's another 400 or 500 pounds up there, Tony, we'd like to bring you.
CDR: We didn't make Lee's ton a year, but we're working on it.
CC: (Laughter) Yeah, if you don't get a - get a ton - Lee's going to be disappointed. No, I don't think so. I think he's pretty happy.
CDR: Okay, Houston. With the crew status report.
CDR: Okay. For the Commander, A1 is still stowed, A3 is 7 ),ours, A4 is none, A5 is 1725 - - 170/1 Tape
CC: John, we lost eomm there about the CDR's A-5. If you can do that one again, please.
CDR: Okay. A-5: 17, 25, and 16; A-6 is: 1 is 8, 2 is 4, 3 is 6, 4 is 5, and 5 is 8. Ail those - all those quantities are in ounces.
CDR: CMl°. B-i, 15072; B-3, 6 hours; B-4, none - B-2 is 40 and 50. B-6: 1 is 5 ounces; 2 is 6 oln_ces; 3, 5 ounces; 4, 5 ounces.
CDR: On the LMP: C-i, 21180; C-3, 7 hours; C-4, none; C-5, 18, 25, 15; C-6: 5 ounces - number 1 is 5 olnlces, number 2 is 7 ounces.
CDR: Okay, back to the - to the chow. Yesterday, we were working on day 11 food, and we - For the CDR, meal A, scratch the coffee with K; meal B, scratch the l_ye bread, change the tuna spread to 2/3, and change the - change the tuna spread from tuna spread to ham salad, and change the cocoa with K to citrus beverage with K.
CDR: And on meal C, scratch the romaine soup and the pecans, and add 1/2 tuna salad.
CDR: On the CMP: for breakfast, scratch the grits; meal B, scratch the grapefruit bar and the graham crackers; meal C, substitute ham for beef steak, scratch the chicken and rice, scratch the pecans, scratch the grape drink, add orange-pineapple drink, gingerbread.
CDR: And also an orange-grapefruit drink.
CDR: And on the I24P: for breakfast, scratch the bacon squares from meal A; meal B, scratch the lobster bisque, and the rye - and the rye bread. Wait a second here, somebody's got a little disagreement on what we ate here. It's not, incidentally, the first time that that's happened.
CC: We'd like you to get started toward that galactic anticenterpoint attitude, whatever that is.
CDR: Okay, we're going that way.
CDR: Okay, let's start over on meal B for the LMP.
CDR: I've been correc - I've been corrected here. Do not scratch the lobster bisque. And substitute for tuna spread, ham spread. And do not scratch the rye bread. Scratch the cherry fruit bar, and the citrus beverage with K, and substitute the cocoa with K.
CDR: On meal C, scratch the beef steak, scratch the fruitcake and the pecans, and add tuna salad, 3/4 of a tin.
CC: Okay, got it.
CDR: Okay, and the injector valve temos are lookin_ as follows: 5C, 4.5; SD, 4.6; 6A, 4.1; 6B, 4.4; 6C, 4.9; 6D, 4.4. Which means no heatup.
CC: Apollo 16, we'd like AUTO on the HIGH GAIN.
CC: Hey, fellows. Hank's here, and have a good ride in. We'11 see you in a couple of days.
CDR: Okay. Thank you much, Tony.
CMP: We'11 see you, and we enjoyed working with you, Tony.
CC: Thank you. (NO COMM FOR 23 MINUTES)
CMP: Okay. We just got her again.
CMP: And, Houston; this time we've got the ISS light on and it's remaining on.
CMP: Program alarm was resetable, as you probably noticed.
CC: Roger. And you - But you still have the light, is that affirmative?
CMP: Okays, Houston, could we proceed through malfunction number 6 here?
CC: They're debating that, Ken. Just a second.
CMP: Okay. The NOUN 20s check with the FDAI very closely.