Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CC: The time on that is 1 + 49.
C: Roger. 96 ft/sec and 1 + 49 seconds. CSQ-3 COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC
UNKNOWN: is Molly Brown. Go ahead.
CC: Roger. You look good from the ground. Stand by to copy Three-Bravo times.
C: Roger. Let me know when you are ready.
CC: 37 58. Ground elapsed time 04 13 58. Bank GMTRC 18 angle - roll left 55.AV93. Molly Brown, CSQ. Did you copy? 37 58.
P: Roger. GMTRC is 18
CC: Roger. 55 left. AV 93.
P: Bank angle - Roger. Molly Brown, CSQ CAP COM. Cape recommends you per- form your OAMS retroburn in BEF after alinement, and stay in BEF up to retrofire.
CC: Molly Brown, CSQ. Stand by for a GMT time hack. ..^ .__. -.~ _.. “-_- - __l-.l-_. -. .~ ..-- CSQ-3 CRO-3
C: Roger. On my mark, GMT will be 18 14 40.
CC: MARK!
C: Give me one on the even minute.
CC: We are standing by for your Sea Urchin Egg Experiment.
C: Roger. It's being activated.
CC: Roger. Would you give me a GMT when you turn the handle? Roger. GMT 15:20.
CC: Roger. CARNARVON Molly Brown, Molly Brown, Carnarvon. CAP COM. Over.
C: Carnarvon, Molly Brown. Roger. Read you loud and clear. We are going to send you a new 4-l command load and TR. Do you 34:00? have your timer set at
C: Timer set at 34:OO.
CC: Okay. the I’d like to get helium source In meantime temperature, pressure, and quantity reading from you.
C: OAMS propellant quantity is 55 percent. CRO-3 55 percent. Could I have the temperature
CC: Roger. and pressure? We are going to send you a command load at this time. Roger. Source pressure is 1950. Source temperature is 81".
CC: Roger. Thank you. Command load coming. And the pre-retro checklist is complete, Pete.
CC: Roger. Understand, pre-retro checklist is complete. You've got a new TR. You've got a command load. Your clocks are synched down here on the ground and I have about 2 minutes and 15 seconds to go to your 34-minute time hack.
CC: If you are looking at the ground, Molly Brown, Carnarvon has a big fire going for you down here.
CC: Molly Brown, Carnarvon CAP COM. We have a CC here on the ground, and I have about 1 minute, 30 seconds till your time hack.
C: Roger. Molly Brown, Carnarvon. When you have a chance from like to get a reading the pilot, the medics would on the food evaluation.
P: Every-thing is in order.
CC: Roger, roger. _. - ..___... ..---..,- -- CRO-3
CC: Molly Brown, Carnarvon CAP COM. Stand by for TR 34:00, 30 MARK of in approximately seconds.
C: Roger. 5-4-3-2-l- MARK. TR 34:OO. Roger. The clock is counting down.
CC: Molly Brown, Carnarvon. The medics would like to get the respiratory maneuver when you have a chance.
C: Roger. It's coming.
CC: Molly Brown, Carnarvon has it loud and clear. . . .
C: This is Carnarvon, Molly Brown. Say again.
C: What is the GMT of retrofire you just gave us?
CC: Roger. The GMTRC is 18 57 23 for a GETRC of 04 33 23.
CC: Molly Brown, Carnarvon. Do you want the rest of the quantities? The Cape said it wasn't necessary unless you want them.
C: That's okay, Pete.
CC: Cape recommends that I give you your backup quantities there for GMTRC of 18 57 23. It'11 be a roll left 55. . . ~- -- ..- _- __.._..... -.- __ _ ---_- -.-. -- CRO- GMT'RB of 19 08 23. Roll right 65 at GMT 400K 19 01 29.
UNKNOWN: have one question for you before you go out of range. How's the flying up there? Great1 Fine GT-3. See you next trip - next year.
P: Okay. That was the last tape change.
C: Going to primary scanners at 25 minutes to retrofire.
C: Or GM'IJ of 1832.
C: Can't you get the camera stowed? Seems like one of those scanners just needs a rest every now and then. You know?
C: Scanner went out at 1833.
C: There's that scanner light again.
C: It's out.
C: It's out again. ,~ . ..__ __. .-
UNKNOWN: what you mean about those RCS thrusters shining when the sun is shining on the nose. Got your seat belt hooked?
P: Can you take it around a couple more times?
C: I don't know. Got your shoulder harness?
P: Yes, finally.
P: Now, let me go through this checklist in an orderly manner.
P: TR-5 circuit breaker is closed.
P: Okay. All equipment is stowed. Secondary B pump is on.
UNKNOWN: old suit temp down there at 55”, S-band- CONTINUOUS, C-band-CONTINUOUS, T/M in REAL-TIME and AC&. Main batteries - we tested them. They checked good. C is way up there at 29, S2 --
C: Man! With that sun shining on the nose, I can't see anything now. .“. - ~/ -.. -__ .*. .- . ..__ __----
P: Every time you fire those RCS thrusters Sl and S2 drop voltage. Well, that's not unusual.
C: Hey, I can see the shadow of the scanner working now.
P: 23.5 on the main bus.
P: Okay, right circuit breakers all closed.
C: Man! I hope the 8-ball is right, because there's no horizon. 4:06
P: Okay. Now after retrofire is 400K, and 11 minutes after retrofire is reverse.
C: What's that again, now, John?
P: 4:06 after retrofire is - Let me write that down.
C: 4:06
C: And what is reverse?
P: Eleven minutes flat. That sounds about right, because it was 10 minutes and 51 seconds from our nominal data.
C: There is still no horizon.
P: Okay. Give me a mark, and let me check TR one more time.
C: Okay, I'11 give it to you at 19:08.
C: Got about 10 seconds. Could give it to you anytime, couldn't I?
C: give it to you at 05. I'11 Okay.
C: One, MARK.
C: You're going to be a little late. I think you punched a little late.
P: 19:04. That's a good TR check.
C: Hope the sun doesn't get that scanner right here,
P: The last burn we received was 96 feet a second and a minute and 49 seconds of burn. Right?
C: Yeah, we're going to aline. Okay. Six minutes. I've got to start that computer.
C: Man! There's the horizon and it is beautiful.
P: Okay. Better pitch over and check yaw.
C: Huh?
P: Better check yaw, for sure.
C: Okay. We have it. It's lying good now and the scanner -- Feels like it.
P: Looks like it.
C: Got everything but start computer,
P: Okay, well --
C: I'm not going to start until later.
C: Is it in?
C: Well, get it in!
C: 96.
P: 967
UNKNOWN: mode. Okay. Says to put in 2590960. Okay.
C: You have about 2 minutes. Hawaii CAP COM, Molly Brown. 2-5-9-0-9-6-0 Okay, but -- that's what we're going to shoot for.
P: Okay. At the start of this we'11 be about 52 percent. (OAMS propellant quantity)
C: Hawaii, Molly Brown.
C: Man! I mean we start to burn just as we come over there.
P: Let's go ahead and hit the Catch-Up thing and see what it says.
C: Nothing. Well, let's do it -- put it back in, Okay. Now
P: try it. Okay. Now. There she goes. 6 - 5 - 4 -- how did it get in mw-3 My attitudes are not 0, 0, 180. there? HAWAII Okay, the others are zips. __ I._. - __ . .” I_..- . . _... -.. ..~ . ..I .-. .-.. --_I---- HAW-3
P: We timed that a minute and 48 seconds.
CC: Give us your IV1 readings.
C: IVI's: Fore-Aft 0, Left was 1, Up was 2.
C: That was the end of burn.
P: Yes. Okay, and how did your attitudes look?
C: Attitudes were right on, plus or minus 2 or 3 degrees.
CC: Okay, they look good on the ground.
P: Okay, I've got 9:29 on the TR.
P: Okay, MARK!
C: I'11 give you one at 19. Okay?
P: Okay, and the propellant source pressure is 1500.
C: We had indicated 22 percent when we got done, Neil. (OAMS propellant quantity)
C: About 22. mw-3 Getting ready to fire --
UNKNOWN: got your start of burn.
P: There's a minute of burn. 10 -- MARK! 33-d of burn. Right. Mark end of burn. Good show. HAw-3
CC: Okay. Source pressure is 1500, source temperature 60-50, I mean. And the RCS-both rings on. Antenna okay. On REENTRY. Heaters off. Quantity Read Switch off.
C: Let's see, did we get all of this?
P: OAMS power to ATTITUDE, controller stow, attitude PULSE, computer to REENTRY.
C: Now we're lined up good.
P: Okay, and the retro load is initialized now, because I called addresses 10 and 11 out of the computer. Now, don't go out of Reentry mode. Okay, but I don't think it would make any differ- ence, as long as we go back. Okay -- platform -- rate -- computer to REENTRY -- RATE COMMAND -- roll gyro off. Yes. Platform is ORBITAL RATE -- NO. No. Retro power - ARM. Not now. At TR-5, you mean?
P: Well, this is the 5-minute checklist.
C: Okay, well, we'11 just -- 7:2O now.
C: I haven't heard any of those squib isolation pyros fire yet. Have you?
P: Yes, I heard the ones on the pad fire.
C: Did you? I don't remember, I guess.
P: I was listening for all that jazz.
C: Oh, were you?
P: Oh, yeah!
P: You have to listen for it to hear it.
C: Can't see inside.
P: It's bright, isn't it?
C: Well, the nose looks way down there, but that's about right.
P: One minute.
C: Those thunderstorms would make it really tough coming in. You know? It doesn't look like we're so high.
P: Batteries on. Mains on --
C: Cot everything on we need. Right?
P: Yes sir.
C: Retro power is coming on here at 5:15.
C: Turn it off now.
C: Okay. It's 5 minutes.
C: MARK.
C: That's everything but 02 High Rate.
P: Okay. m-3 ROSE KNOT VICTOR
UNKNOWN: Brown, RKV CAP COM.
UNKNOWN: Brown, Molly Brown, RKV CAP COM. Over.
UNKNOWN: Brown, RKV CAP COM. How do you read?
UNKNOWN: Have you completed TR-5 checklist? TR-4.
C: Did you set your clock over there? CObiFlDENTlAL - ._.. -- .__ m-3
CC: Molly Brown, RKV CAP COM. Go ahead.
CC: You want to mark at TR-l?
C: Two minutes.
CC: Molly Brown, RKV. You look good from the ground.
C: Sure miss that roll rate gyro.
C: That old ticker is really ticking away now, I'11 tell you.
P: Okay. Give me a mark at one, huh?
P: Got those off? Yes.
C: Five seconds to one minute.
C: 2-l-
C: MARK! m-3 9 7 6 5 4 3 3. m-3 GYM-3 4.
CC: Rocket Molly Brown, do you confirm all rockets firing normally? All rockets fired normally and attitudes were right in the center. Roger. Pass your IV1 readouts on to Guaymas. RKV out. Roger. GUAYMAS Molly Brown, Guaymas CAP COM. Do you copy?
P: Roger, Guaymas. The IVI's readings were 331 Aft, 105 Right, and 4 Up. Right in the center. An automatic superfine retrofire down the line.
CC: Molly Brown, Guaymas CAP COM.
CC: I'm prepared to give you a TR + minute time hack if you need it? That would be good.
CC: Okay, and I have some event times for reentry: 400K feet 19 10 29 -- stand by, Molly Brown. Molly Brown, correct that 400K feet. That's 19 01 29. GYM-3 TEX-3 Roger.
CC: Molly Brown, I'11 give you a time hack in approx- imately 30 seconds.
CC: Molly Brown, Guaymas. Stand by for a TR + minute time hack.
CC: 5-4-3-2-l-
C: Roger. We i?Ot it.
CC: Roger. I'm getting your bank angle times momentarily. 19 05 14. Your start of Communications Experiment is Roger. I have steering on the computer.
C: getting initial bank angle commands from the I'm computer. angles and time to reverse bank angle.
C: Go ahead. TFX- 3 MCC-Reentry 45". 55".
CC: Bank left Bank right Time to reverse 19 08 17. bank angle
C: Give me an elapsed time after retro. I'm rolling to 60' left now. Roger, bank left 45. 45.
C: I mean 10 + 54 after retro is reverse bank angle. Say again, Gordo.
C: What did you say, Gordo? Time from retro fire to reverse bank angle is 10:54. Ten minutes, seconds.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting to you in blackout for Communications eperiment. Over.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting to you for communications test. Over.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Transmitting on Commun- ications Experiment. Over.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1. Over.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4-3-2-l.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4- 3-2-l. 3 4 5
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1 - 2 - - - - 4-3-2-l. MCC-Reentry and Descent This is Cape CAP COM transmitting for Communications l-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1. Experiment Over.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM with a 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4-3-2-l. Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Over.
P: . ..end of that.
CC: Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Over.
CC: Molly Brown, are you reading Cape CAP COM now? Over.
P: Black Dog . . .
CC: Hello there!
C: Roger. We're down to 80 000 feet. My needles show us about 25 miles short. Roger, indicating about 25 miles short on your com- puter. Very good.
CC: I have a drogue time 10 42. What is your alti- meter reading? Reading 60 000,
CC: You say 70 OOO?
C: There goes the drogue. MCC-Reentry and Descent
CC: Roger. Okay, we have a drogue. Roger, drogue. Looks pretty good, doesn't it?
UNKNOWN: valves are shut off. We've got a 40K light. Really oscillating.
UNKNOWN: have a main yet. Passing through 13 000.
CC: Roger. Molly Brown, how is your main.
CC: Over? We have a good stable chute. Going to
C: Okay. landing attitude.
P: Oh, man! That was the roughest one of the whole bunch, wasn't it!?
C: Ohman!
C: Okay. We all set?
P: Yes. Now we go through the post-main checklist. . ---.-.- ..-*.- -_ -. MCC-Descent INTREPID-Descent
C: Let's see, can they read us now?
C: Cape CAP COM, this is Molly Brown. Molly Brown, Cape CAP COM. Intrepid, this is Molly Brown.
UNKNOWN: We are reading you now and then. How us? Loud and clear. I have 30 ft/sec rate of descent. Passing through 5500.
P: You never took your D-Ring out, huh?
C: Yes I did, too!
P: Oh, did you?
C: You better believe it!
P: Face plate open?
C: Open?
P: That's what the checklist says. Indicate Landing Control circuit breaker open.
C: What? Indicate Landing Attitude Control circuit breaker That's that second one over on your panel. open. There you go.
P: ACME bias power off. Molly Brown, this is the Intrepid. It appears you will land 5 miles ahead of me. Over. INTNPID-Descent
P: That'11 be nice. Rescue beacon is on. Do you have us in sight, Intrepid?
P: I'11 turn the rescue beacon on, then,
C: Rescue beacon coming on.
C: Passing through 4000,
P: Suit fan to No. 2.
C: That drogue chute is right above us, or the pilot chute. I understand the drogue is just above you, or the pilot chute.
P: RCS heater's off. We did not do that heater check. Oh, well. We didn't need it anyway. RCS tempera- ture was way up. Scanner Heater circuit breaker open.
C: Do you smell that fuel? Fumes from that stuff?
P: Yes. Let's close up.
C: Yes. I can see Iem smoking out there.
UNKNOWN: flow increase.
C: They'11 get quenched in a minute.
P: Reentry Antenna Ekperiment off. _.__ - - __._.“. _... ~. -. I --- INTREPID-Descent Manual 02 High Rate - PULL. I don't think
P: Okay. we want to do that yet, do you?
C: I imagine it is pretty bad in here.
UNKNOWN: seal is closed. AC power off.
C: We're coming-through the lower layer, John. You better get ready to hit. We're at 2000. No telling how far the altimeter is off.
P: I'm as ready as 1'11 ever be.
C: You can put your head back.
P: Landing attitude was a bump, wasn't it?
C: We're at 1500 feet.
C: We're in good shape.
C: We may have to go on On High Rate with that smell L in here.
P: I know it.
C: It's probably just from that hot metal.
P: I think that's what it is.
C: There’s nothing coming out of the I'm sure it is. thrusters. No.
C: 600 feet. INTREPID-Descent, Touchdown &.Recovery
C: Landing attitude cover open. I thought it was para- jett.
P: Oh, No!!
C: 300 feet. It ought to be pretty soon now. Broke my face plate when we went to landing attitude. Did it? That's what the problem was, right there. (Reference to sight mounting bracket extension) Look at the smoke coming out the thrusters. They're off.
P: We better go to O2 High Rate and close the snorkle.
P: Post-landing checklist. Parachute jett-pushed. Landing safe. Safe the landing bus. Helmet off and stowed. I'd leave it on. Arm restraints - clear. Check with Big Box 14.
P: Okay. Shoulder fitting stowed. Got the cabin light off. Helmet - off and stow. Arm restraints stow.
C: Hey, start over again. Recovery Post-landing checklist. Helmet - off and stow. I don't think we ought to do that. No, not yet. Arm restraint stow. Okay, elbow rest - stow, lap belt - release and stow.
UNKNOWN: you, I wouldn't open that face plate with those thrusters blowing like that.
UNKNOWN: . .
C: I read you. Who is this calling Molly Brown?
UNKNOWN: Brown, Big Box 14. Go ahead. This is Molly Brown, Big Box. Go ahead.
UNKNOWN: sir, if you will give me a 15 second hold-down
C: Okay, I'11 hold it down. Big Box, Molly Brown. Molly Brown, Big Box 14. We have you on . . .
UNKNOWN: Brown, Big Box 14. Would you give me another hold-down? Molly Brown, Big Box 14.
UNKNOWN: Molly Brown, I've got a fix on you. Big Box 14. CON’FIDENTIAL
UNKNOWN: LI_T-OFFI
UNKNOWN: 4, did you get your roll?
UNKNOWN: Roll is complete. Did you get your pitch?
UNKNOWN: w_11 be 50 seconds on mark, GT-4.
UNKNOWN: again, Gemin_ 4.
UNKNOWN: 4. It will be 1:40 on my mark, and we are
UNKNOWN: 4. Do you read Cape CAP COM?
UNKNOWN: 4, Gemini 4. Do you read Cape CAP COM?
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM_
C: Gemini 4 is GO for staging.
CC: Roger, read you loud and clear. You look okay.
P: Update received.
CC: Roger on your update.
C: Good staging.
CC: Roger. We confirm good staging.
C: Guidance initiated.
CC: Roger, guidance initiated.
C: The errors have come in. They're Just right on nwl1 now.
CC: Say again, Gemini.
C: I say, our errors have come into a null.
C: Just like they are supposed to.
CC: Yes. Everything is going great.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston gives you a GO.
C: Roger. Looks great up here.
C: Roger. We're GO.
CC: Coming up on 0.8. I'11 give you a _rk (V_R = 0.8)
CC: MARK2 O.8.
C: Mode III.
C: SECO.
CC: Roger, SECO.
CC: Gemini 4, you're GO.
C: Roger ....
CC: Gemini 4, this is Houston CAP COM. You're GO. Do you read?
C: Roger, I read you.
CC: Gemini 4, try your UHF-2, and give us your IVI readings as soon as you can.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP CO_
C: Hello there, Houston. GeminJ 4 here, ho_ do you read?
CC: I read you a little bit garbled. Give me your IVI readings.
C: Roger. I have 20 forward, 11 right, 2 down.
CC: Roger. 20 forward, 11 right, and 2 down.
CC: Gemini 4, are you on UHF-2 now?
C: ...turning around. Affirmative on UHF-2 nc_Tand ...
C: Okay. I got the old second stage. It's spinning away and looks T_etty.
CC: Roger. You say, it's spinning away?
C: Roger. It's starting to tumble a little.
CC: Roger. Gemini 4, I have a new i alpha time for you.
CC: It's 14:05.
P: Understand, i alpha 14:05.
CC: Gemini 4, your orbit is 87 by 153-
CC: Hey, Jim. How fast is that booster tumbling?
C: I can't give you that..... going around.
CC: Is it just slowly rotating?
C: Roger, it's slowly rotating.
C: It doesn't look big.
CC: We'11 lose you in about 30 seconds, Jim.
CC: How do you like that? I i
C: Before I leave you, let me tell you the lights are working.
CC: The what's working?
C: The lights on the booster are z_lashing.
C: ... lot better off.
P: Okay, 2-C is 24, 6; 2-B is 24, 5-5; 2-A is 24, 6; 1-C is 24, 12; 1-B is 24, 3_l;1-A is 24, 7- Con- trol is 26, 5; S-2 is 27; S-1 is 27; Main is 23. CANARY ISLAND8
CC: Gemini 4, Canary CAP COM.
C: Hello, Canary. Gemini 4.
CC: Roger. Give me your quantity switch to READ for 15 seconds.
CC: Your status green from here.
C: Roger, thank you.
CC: Stand by to copy G.m.t., LO, apogee, and perigee.
CC: 15 15 59. 152 by 87.
C: 152 by 87. Roger.
CC: Roger. Standing by for your air to ground check.
C: Roger. We're on UHF-2 at this time. Give you a count l, 2, 5, 4, 5.... HF antenna at this time.
CC: Say it again. Which antenna?
C: We are not going to extend the HF antenna.
CC: Roger, we understand. Shift to UHF number l_ and give me a count, please.
CC: Gemini 4, Canary CAP COM. Shift to UHF number i and give me a aount, please.
P: Gemini 4, am transmitting UHF number 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5- % 4, 3, 2, l, Gemt_i 1.
CC: Roger, Canary CAP COM_ Read you loud and moderate background noise.
C: Roger, I understand.
CC: Gemini 4, Canary CAP COM. Be advised switch radia- tor to FLOW at 40:00.
P: Roger, radiator to FLOW at 4D:00.
CC: Gemini, Canary. Stand by to copy new 3-1 data.
P: Roger. Standing by.
CC: 167. 3+35. 16 48 34· 2+18. 8+47.
CC: GETRC 01 32 35-
P: Roger, Gemini 4. Would say again the first three quantities, please?
CC: Roger. I say again. AV 167. 3+35. GETRC O1 32 35. Read switch OFF, please.
P: Roger. New quantities 3-1: 167. 3+35. 14 48 7,. 2+18. 8+47. O1 32 35-
CC: Negative. G_'_RCis 16 48 34.
P: Roger, 16 48 34.
CC: Roger. How far are you from the launch vehicle?
P: Roger. Right now we're alining the platform and it's going below our lower left, and we'11 be going down after it in a moment. We're after it right now.
P: We presently don't have it in sight; we aline the platform.
C: I have it sighted this time. It's directly below me about 400 or 500 feet. I'm going to thrust dowll ....
P: Roger. We have it below us right now, exactly be- low us at about 400 to 500 feet. The light is coming through quite clearly.
P: We're passing over a big desert now.
UNKNOWN: Gemini 4. Be advised there isn't enough time to get a good platform aline there. I don't want this thing to get too far from me.
CC: Roger, I understand.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP C0_
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP CON standing by.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM standing b_
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP C0M standing by.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM.
P: Radiator is going to FLOW at 41. Elapsed time of 41. CARNARVON
CC: Gemini 4, Carnarvon CAP COM.
C: Hello, Carnarvon. Gemini 4.
CC: Roger. Give me your status. GO.
C: Roger, we're Everything looks great.
CC: Roger, Gemini 4. You look good here on the ground. Can you give me your battery readouts, please?
P: Roger, stand by. Here they come.
CC: Gemini 4, you can turn your radiator, --correction, your secondary pump off. Your evaporators are nor- mal. Your radiator looks good.
P: Roger. Evaporators NORMAL, and secondary pump A OFF. Understand radiator looks good.
CC: Okay. Give me about 10 seconds on your Quantity Read Switch.
P: Roger. Coming on.
CC: I'm standing by for your battery readouts.
CC: While you're doing that, can the Command Pilot give me a little information on the booster, the distance, what you have to do to get that close to see it, and how's the light working?
C: Roger. The light's working fine. I can't tell ex- actly how far it is though, I guess I'm probably a half a mile or so. The booster started tumbling right after we came off of it. I tried to dump the rates down, and I got them down till it looked like one-quarter degree per second but as soon as we got off I got around to see it, it was tumbling.
CC: Okay. How much AV did you use before y_u got there?
C: I got about 30 ft/sec showing on my window there.
C: The booster fell away quite rapidly and got below us like there was _ considerable difference in our velocity, and I let the thing get too far from me.
CC: All right. Can you give me the battery readout? If they look good I can give you a GO for 3-4. .... and we're standing by for a blood pressure from the Pilot.
C: Carnarvon, this is Gemini 4. I see lights of a town below me.
CC: Okay. 3,2,1-
CC: MARK:
CC: Did you get that time hack?
P: Roger, got that time hack, and am standing by for the AVup.
P: Roger. 1. 1-A and 2-B are 24, and they all look good.
P: ... 1-A is 6. 1-B is 10. 1-C is 11. 2-A is 6. 6-B is 5, and 2-6 is 6.
CC: Okay. Showing 24 on 2-A, B and C also?
P: Roger. I'm getting 24 on all my adapter batteries.
CC: Okay. Your readings are good.
P: ... All checks out good.
CC: Okay. Giving you a CO for 3-4, changing your TlR time.
CC: And I'm giving you a new load.
P: We got the update coming in.
CC: Okay, I've got the load ready, you got the new TR time. We're standing by for that Pilot's blood pressure. You ready to copy youm update time?
P: Roger, I copy the update time, ... the blood pressure.
CC: Okay. 2-1. 170. 3+40. O1 32 39- 2+18. 8+32. Over.
P: Roger. We're coming up on the booster now, and you can see the daylight starting to break. The lights are quite visible, and I estimate that we're probably in the _ricinity of three-quarters of a mile from the booster at the time now. The lights are very easy to see, and the horizon is quite easily defined at this time. We've unstowed the Contarex, the }Tassel- blad, the 16-mm and the blood pressure cuff. We're both finding that there is not as much velcro as we'd like to have in the spacecraft. We feel like we need more storage of loose items. Same thing that John and Gus found.
P: Roger. Say a_ain the first foul- quantities, please.
CC: I say, what you want repeated?
P: Roger, the first four quantities.
CC: 2-1: 170. 3+40. O1 32 39- Over.
P: Roger. Would you say them with a little more pause between them, please.
CC: Does he want to try them again?
P: Would you say them with more pause between the,... I ...
CC: 2-1: 170. 3+40. O1 32 39. 2+18. 8+32. Over.
C: This is Jim here. And I'm having a lot of difficulty telling how far out I am from the booster. I can see the two lights flash occasionally, and that's the only thing that tells me where I am at all - as far' as distance with respect to the booster. I didn't get the time to aline my platform well before I went into ...
P: Roger. Understand, I read you. l: 170. 3+40. O1 32 34 , 2+18. _+30.
CC: On your GETRC that's O1 32 39. Over. 9-
P: O1 32 39.
C: Roger. We're GO. Everything looks great.
CC: Roger, that's affirmative. Your orbit is about 86.8 by 150.6.
C: Roger. Stand by. They're coming.
P: Roger. 86.8 by 150.6. Sounds good.
CC: Roger. We need that blood pressure on the Pilot.
P: Roger, that will be coming up next.
C: I'_a going to ... a little bit more ...
CC: And I'11 need your accelerometer bias.
P: You'11 have to stand by for the accelerometer bias.
P: Hand me the ... book, will you, Jim?
C: The data book.
P: Yes. I just can't keep the booster in sight and ...
CC: Okay. You can give it to Guaymas.
C: I'm afraid you'11 have to wait for another orbit or two.
C: Your light is on in case you're going to read it.
C: Your lights are on.
C: Roger. Evaporator NORMAL and Secondary Pump A OFF. Understand everything looks good.
C: Roger. Coming ON.
CC: .....
P: Blood pressure is coming in.
P: Why don't you do that, Jim?
C: Roger. The light's working fine. I can't tell exactly how far up I am from it. I guess I am probably around a half a mile or so. The booster started tumbling as we came off of it. I started to damp the rates down_ and I got them down to what looked like a quarter degree per second, but as soon as we came off and I got around to see it, it was tumbling.
C: I've got about 30 ft/sec showing on my windows here. The booster fell away quite rapidly and got below us like there was a considerable difference in our ve- locities_ and I've been struggling here to not let the thing get too far from me.
P: Roger. Your adapter battery readouts are coming at you. They all are reading 24, 1-A through 1-C on voltage. The amperes are 6 on i-A, 10 on i-B, 11 on l-C, 6 on 2-A, 5 on 2-B, 6 on 2-C. The RCS rings look good.
C: Carnarvon, this is Gemini 4. I'm seeimg the lights of the town below me.
CC: MARK'
P: Roger. Got your time hack.
P: We .had a ring in one of ol_r books come loose. It looks like that would be pretty bad if they all got loose - if they all came out of the card.
P: _y fingertip lights are right on my first knuckle and it is making a sore spot on my center right finger.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM standing by.
C: Go ahead, Houston_ Gemini 4.
CC: Roger, Gemini 4. Houston CAP COM standing by. I read you slightly garbled.
C: This is Gemini 4_ Houston. . ....
P: It has a pretty good tumble rate. I'11 try to time it here.
P: Makes about one complete revolution in about 8 sec- onds. It's tumbling end over end. It looks like now we're out a little further than we were before. We've slipped out a little bit. I'd estimate it's out about a mile and a half or maybe a little more. It was really quite a view when we first saw it down there. It looked like almost one of the artist's conceptions, lc was so vividly clear.
P: Right now, we're in nose-to-the-ground type attitude, such that I don't believe the ground stations are able to read us. We have heard several calls cut in and out for us. We're going to stay in this attitude though for a while to keep the booster in sight. It doesn't appear that we're making too much l_rogress in closing with the booster right now. It looks like it's staying out about the same distance as it was before. During the night sight when the booster was below us, it appeared that there was -1most a sky full of stars. There was so much of the venting coming off the booster and into the sky. In fact, I commented on it that they looked like they were stars. When you look closely at the booster at that time, you could see the fuel -- actually the white vapors coming out of the aft end of the booster, and I guess that was spreading the little fireflies all around. It was to such an extent though, it covered the whole visible area in front of us. GUAYMAS
P: Hello, Guay_s. This is Gemini 4.
CC: Gemini 4, Guaymas CAP COM.
UNKNOWN: Guaymas. We still have the booster. We're out quite a ways from it now, and it's taking a little more fuel than we had anticipated. We've got 61 in the fore and aft window in the aft direction, 37 left and 36 up at the present time. We appear right now to be just about holding our own with it. Of course, we should as we progress here. We should start to close with it_ but it's out further than we had hoped to let it get right now.
C: Is there any way of giving me a quick check on what my orbit is? This thing is way below me.
C: I said the booster is way below me. Could )_u tell me my present orbit? As soon as possible.
CC: Roger, we're working on it.
CC: Gemini 4, we'11 update you with the orbit calcula- tions some time after the pass over the States.
P: Roger, I understand. And be advised our cabin pres- sure seems to be holding Just a hair below 5. It stabilized down initially at 5.5_ decreased _o 5-25, and then went back up to 5.5, and it's now dowu a little below 5.
P: All right, you might get a confirmation for me on that on the ground.
CC: Roger. We're working on it. Put your Quantity Read Switch to READ.
P: Roger. It's going to READ.
C: Guaymas, this is Gemini 4. We're going to have to get a resolution right away whether you want me to really make a major effort to close this last thing or to save fuel.
C: Guaymas, do you read Gemini 4?
CC: Roger, we copy. We suggest you stand by. We want to save the fuel.
C: Okay. I guess it probably expended about 100 ft/seq.
UNKNOWN: expended t00 ft/sec?
C: Yes, that's just a rough guess.
CC: Roger. We're finished with the _ntity Read, Gemini 4.
CC: Place the Quantity Read Switch to --
C: It's off.
CC: Gemini 4, Guaymas CAP CO_ Flight advises they like to save the fuel. You'11 be advised over the Cape.
C: Well_ I Just can't wait till I get to the Cape. I guess we're Just going to have to watch it go away. I've retrograded enough to help bring me down but I don't want to get down to wherever it's going.
CC: Okay. I guess we'11 scrub it.
C: Okay. Can you give me a tag on my orbit as quick as you can?
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP CONL
C: Go ahead Houston, Gemini 4.
CC: Jim, we've estimated you've used about 50 percent of your 0A_ capability at this time.
C: Roger. I think we ought to knock it off, Gus. It keeps falling, it's probably three or four miles away, and we Just can't close on it.
CC: Right, knock off. No more rendezvous with the booster.
C: Okay. Roger.
CC: Okay. We're giving you a GO for your EVA at this time.
C: Okay. I would like to know what' kind of an orbit I'm in now.
CC: We're working on it, but you may not get it until we get to Canary.
CC: Okay. I want to give you your 5-1, 3-4, 4-4 times so tell me when you're ready to copy.
C: Stand by 1.
C: Okay. Be advised I'm going to let the booster go and not track it anymore. I'm going to aline the platform and start conserving fuel.
P: Go ahead. This is Gemini 4.
P: Gemini 4 is ready to copy.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston.
P: Go ahead Houston. Gem_nl 4 is ready to copy.
CC: Roger. 3-1: ltl. 3+42. 18 19 03. 2+23. 8+42. Ilo you want to read those back to me?
P: Roger. 3-1: 171. 3+42. 18 19 03. 2+23. 8+42.
CC: R_er. 3-4. Tell me when you're ready.
P: ReudM v_ _a. Just keep shooting.
CC: 120. 2+3_. 19+34. 3+41. 9+47 ·
P: R_ger. 3-4 is 120. 2+36. 19 34 39. 3+41' 8+47.
CC: Roger. 4-4: 134. 2+55. 21 08 03. 2+47. 8+30.
P: Roger. 4-4 is 134. 2+55- 21 08 09. 2+46. 8+30.
CC: Negative on the GMTRC. That is 21 08 03 .
P: Roger. 21 08 03 .
CC: Roger. All the rest is correct.
CC: I have your onboard map update.
P: Roger'.
CC: Ascending node 157 West. G.m.t. of ascending node is 16:34 ·
P: Roger, I understand. Ascending node 157 West; G.m.t. 16: 34.
CC: R_ger. Could you give me some idea of what your attitudes were over Carnarvon and Canton?
P: Roger. We were nose-down tracking the booster and I'm afraid that our attitudes were not so that we could read with good reception on those stations.
P: They read us to some extent. Did they get the blood pressure?
CC: They didn't get a very good one, but you're going to give another one around here some place, aren't you?
P: Roger. Be advised the gun is out and stowed and assembled and we've got out cameras and we'11 be going after the equipment.
CC: Roger. BERMUDA
CC: Would you go to PPWL&UNCH on your computer. You might give me your IVI readouts before you do.
C: Roger. They were 20 aft and 76 up.
CC: Roger. Are you in PRk_.AUNCNnow?
C: Roger. In PRELAUNCH now.
C: I'm alining the platform.
CC: Gemini, we esttmate you still have about 200 feet AV left.
C: Roger. That's what I've got.
C: CAP COM. Can you give us a G.m.t. time hack? I missed it before.
CC: Roger. I'11 give you a G.m.t. at 16 56 00.
P: CAP COM. I'd like a hack at 16 56
CC: Roger. It will be 3 more seconds.
CC: That was 16 56 04.
CC: We have a new hack on your orbit. It's 89.9 over 158.6.
CC: Can you go to READ momentarily?
C: We're READ. Roger.
C: Houston CAP COM, Gemini 4.
CC: Gemini 4, go ahead.
C: Roger. Do you want me to keep my platform and com- puter up?
CC: Turn off your READ switch now if you're reading.
C: Okay. I understand you got the reading. Would you advise me on the computer and IMU_
C: I see no reason for it.
CC: Keep your platform powered up, Jimmy boy.
CC: Hey, Jim. We estimate you have 207 left in your OAMS.
C: i_ ',_.
CC: Okay. We'd like to have --are you still reading?
C: Roger. Still reading you.
CC: We'd like to get a blood pressure on Ed over the _'anaries.
C: He's unstowing stuff right now so you may have to wait a second.
CC: Okay. We want it over the Canaries. You got a little time yet.
C: Roger. We'11 be over there at 1: 49, right?
CC: Might be there a little sooner than that, I think.
C: What was my G.m.t. at lift-off, CAP COM?
CC: G.m.t. at lift-off was 15 15 59.
CC: Have you checked your cabin seal?
C: Roger. Our cabin is holding at about 4.9. What else do you want to check?
CC: Check your water seal.
C: Water seal. Roger. CANARY ISLANDS
C: Go ahead Canary, Gemini 4.
CC: Give me your Read Switch ON - correction, your Quantity Switch to READ for 10 seconds.
C: Quantity Switch is in READ.
CC: Roger. We have your secondary Pump B on. Have you turned it on?
C: Roger. We have. Ed's trying to get the stuff out .... It's coming off.
CC: Inflate the - - have the Pilot inflate his blood pressure cuff.
C: Can you stand by one, please.
CC: Cryo gage switch OFF.
C: It's OFF.
CC: Flight advises if you're too busy we'11 disregard the blood pressure.
C: I wish you would.
CC: Gemini 4, Canary CAP CO_ Request you turn your com- puter OFF, leave the platform powered up.
C: Roger ... computer's OFF at this time.
CC: Gemini 4, Canary CAP CO_ Is your water seal OPEN?
C: Gemini 4. Negative. Our water seal is not OPEN.
CC: Gemini 4, Canary CAP C0_ Your Water Seal Valve is to be OPEN when you start your pressl_rizationand repress.
C: You want the Water Seal Valve OPEN when we start the pressurization. Is that correct?
CC: Roger. When you start pressurization and the repress.
C: Be advised we got the cable out.
C: We just got the cable out'
P: It was a wrestling match, but I won.
P: Be advised that W_aitehad his left glove off fur stowage purposes. I_ve had it off for approximately 15 minutes. This is the standard face-plate OPEN position. KANO
C: Go ahead, Kano.
C: Ksno, Gemini 4 here. Go ahead.
CC: Gemini 4, this is Houston CAP COM.
C: Ka_io, Gemini 4.
CC: Gemini 4, this is Kano. Kano,
C: Roger, Gemini 4. I read you loud and clear. How me?
CC: Gemini 4, how do you read Houston?
C: I read -- I read Houston loud and clear.
C: Houston, Gemini 4. How do you read me?
CC: Gemini h, Houston CAP COM. Over.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM. Over.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CA2P COM. Over.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COMh Over.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM. Over
CC: Gemini 4, Housto n CAP COM. Over.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM_ Over.
C: .... Houston, Gemini 4. How do you read?
CC: I read you loud and clear_ Jim. For your attitudes for EVA go ahead with the same attitudes you had planned. That's BEF and 180 ° in roll. That should be the best for photographic purposes.
CC: And to get pictures of the spacecraft, your best bet would be to move out forward.
CC: Your best sun angle for getting a picture of the spacecraft would be to move out forward from the spacecraft.
C: Roger. He'11 move out forward and we'11 be BEF up- side down.
C: Boy, is it crowded in here, Gus.
CC: Hey, Jim.
CC: Gemini 4, this i_ Houston.
CC: Gemini 4, this is Houston.
C: Go ahead, Houston. This is Gemini 4.
CC: Hey, Jim. You don't have to go upside down if you don't want to. You can go to whatever position is best for you.
CC: We have no constraint on your attitude.
P: At this time we are passing over quite a series of thunderstorm cells, off at our ... Can you see it out there? ... it should be about your i o 'clock .°.e.
C: No, I can't see it, Maybe .....
P: Oh, those must be fireflies again' Are you in the light over there?
C: Yes, I'm in the light.
P: How does that happen? I'm in night over here.
C: We're going sideways.
C: Act,,ally, we're going around to blunt-end-forward.
P: _]1 right. A very interesting thing -- Jim's got full daylight out his window, and I have full night out of mine. We're grad_,ally yawing around to blunt-end- forward, mnd it looks like the reflection of the sun on these fireflies causes them to glow very brightly. That was the type of stars that we saw on our first dark side.
P: It seems very strange for me to look out Jim's side and see daylight and look out my side and it's just pitch black.
P: We've got an object out in front of us. It's not flashing like it 's the booster. It appears that it 's that type of an object unless it's picking up some glow from the sun. It appears a very bright, bright object.
P: We st_ll have the booster at ... it was the booster. I c_n see the lights flashing _:_ it now. it's just passing on the horizon. Just as it goes to darkness, the reflection of the sun on the booster causes a very bright image. That's the object I had seen earlier. It seems like we're still in fair close proximity of the booster, it looks like it's out in the neighborhood of 2 or 3 miles. CARNARVON
C: Go ahead, Carnarvon. Gemini 4.
CC: Roger. Will you give me a - - correction, will you start pumping up your blood pressure. I don't have T/M any as yet. Are you in real time in that position?
C: Negative. We're in COMMAND. Let me give you a real- time hack position.
C: Ed is off the comm. right now. He's trying to get his umbilical hooked up.
CC: Okay. We need a blood pressure immediately from the Co_nd Pilot.
C: Well, stand by one. Listen, you might advise Flight by way of land lines that we're running late on this thing. There's a lot to do and we're having trouble keeping track of all this stuff.
C: I'11 get the blood pressure as soon as I can get around to it.
CC: Give me the switch position on your C-band beacon.
C: Roger. It's COMMAND.
C: Do you want it back on CONTIIUJOUS?
CC: Affirmative. Back on CONTINUOUS.
C: Do you want them both on or just the reentry one?
C: Just the capsule. '¢ :i
C: Okay. The adapters on. As soon as I get the blood pressure I'11 give you a call.
CC: Full-scale on your blood pressure.
CC: Can give the Quantity Read Switch for about 10 seconds?
C: Roger. I don't think you got a good blood pressure. The bulb popped off.
UNKNOWN: 4, you are GO for EVA and decompression. Dis- regard the blood pressure unless you've got a few minutes and then try and get it for us. We'd appre-
C: We don't have any time at allY' We're really pressed here:
CC: Okay. After your first repressurization when you're about 12 to 15 minutes, we want you to go to BYPASS and return to FLOW after you repressurize again.
C: Al] right. You want us to go to BYPASS before we go to repressurize. Right?
CC: That '11 be after your first repressurization.
CC: Okay. Between your first and second repressuriza- tion, in that wait period, we want you to put your radiator to BYPASS and then to FLOW after you're- pressurize the second time.
CC: Okay. We're done with your Quantity Read.
CC: Okay. We're not going to say anything to you on the ground. If you need anything we'11 wait.
C: Okay. Listen, has Hoaston been advised yet that we're running a little late and we might not be ready at Hawaii.
CC: Ok::.y. Houston advised i:h:_tit'you are unable to make it, take your exral/lat.[_aad we'11 pick it up
C: Roger. Understand that.
C: That's what we want to get clear.
CC: Okay. You don't have to acknowledge t_is -- you're in a 89.2 by 155 orbit and it's a 4.8 day lifetime.
CC: Turn your Right Secondary 02 OPEN, your Left Secon- &sry 0 2 CLOSED.
CC: Houston advises you can use any attitude you want for the Extravehicular Activity.
P: There was no velcro put on the outdoor 16-mm camera. We sure could have used it.
CC: Gemini 4, this is Canton COM TECH. Do you read?
CC: Gemini 4, this is Canton C0M TECH. Do you read?
P: Go ahead, Canton. Gemini 4.
CC: Gemini 4, this is Canton. Stand by for Houston.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM. Do you read?
CC: Gemini 4, this is Canton COM TECH.
P: Gemini 4, go ahead.
CC: Roger. Houston asks your status and asks if there's any change in your Flight P]an.
P: There is no change and we're GO on EVA. We have the ... cameras, the gun, all the equipment assem- bled, we're complt_ting the final suit ... checks, and I believe we'11 be ready to go.
CC: Gemini 4, Hawaii CAP COM.
CC: Gemini 4, Hawaii CAP COM. Do you copy?
C: Roger, Hawaii. Gemini 4. I'm reading you loud and clear.
CC: Roger. What is your status?
C: 3 ,and by 1. HAWAII
C: Hawaii, Gemini 4.
CC: Go ahead, Gemini 4.
C: Next pass around. Z don't think we want to try it.
CC: Roger. Understand --neut pass around.
CC: Roger. Gemini 4. We're happy with that.
CC: Gemini 4, Hawaii CAP CO_
C: Stand by one.
C: C'-_y, go ahead Hawaii.
CC: Roger. Flight advises go back on normal suit cir- cuit until next rev. Then go back over Carnarvon.
C: Roger. That's what we're doing right now. We just couldn't quite hack it.
CC: Gemini 4, Hawa_ CAP CO_ Standing by.
C: Roger. We're getting back into sort of a semi- normal configuration here. f_ything you need?
CC: We have nothing for you. I will check with Houston.
CC: Gemini 4, Hawaii.
C: Go Hawaii, Gemini 4.
CC: Be advised you'11 probably bring up your computer over Texas and they will give you a 4-4 load.
C: Okay. Very good.
CC: That's all we have for you.
C: Thank you. We'11 talk to you in about an hour and a half.
CC: Roger. Hawaii out.
C: Jim McDivitt. Right now it's about T*3 hours. When we came off the booster at SECO, we had rates of around half a degree a second. I tried to damp them out and finally came off around SECO + 30 sec- onds. It seemed that as we came off we might have come off with some other rates. What do you think, Ed?
P: Yes, we did. I wasn't watching as we came off, but it felt like we did come off.
C: Yes, at spacecraft separation. It seems to me we came off with some rates, the direction of which I couldn't really tell, but ...
P: Felt like we went this way to me.
P: We didn't get a linear type forward separation.
C: As we got turned around, we came right on around, and found ourselves about 300 or 400 feet from the booster. I guess that was about right, wouldn't you say?
C: I thrusted toward the booster about 5 ft/see. My separation burn was around the neighborhood of 6 or 7 seconds. I thrusted at the booster for about ft/sec 5 or 6 and then watched it as we were sepa- rating from it. I thrusted about another 5 ft/sec. Looked like we started closing --we started closing from off to the side and at about 600 to 700 feet, I guess. If you think any of these numbers are wrong just call out.
C: And then it looked like all apparent motion had stopped and we were probably closing. So I turned the spacecraft around and made an attempt to aline the platform. In the meantime.,the booster started dropping down below us at a rather obvious rate. So I gave up trying to aline the platform to line up and thrust down toward the booster, and I retro- fired slightly to slow down with it. Once again, it looked like our rates were stopped. But by now we had drifted out to about 1000 feet or so. We then tracked the booster across Africa pointing down at it all the way. We got in to sunset pretty quick and at s_mset I guess we were at about 1200 feet, Ed? COM.
CC: Gemini 4, Houston CAP
P: Yes, we were in fairly close.
C: We were at 1200 feet and closing slightly.
P: I'I1 get them.
C: Go ahead, Houston. Gemini 4.
C: As we went into nighttime we were .....
CC: Roger. Jim, you're going to be live as you make your pass across the States this time.
C: Okay. Anything in particular you wanted me to say? '
CC: Suit yourself.
CC: Hey, Jim. Could you give me an idea of ho-_much you --what was the ratio of your thruster use, how much you used your aft firing, and how much you used your forward firing thrusters back early in the Flight Plan?
C: Yes. I'11 give you percentage. I used the top thrusters down for about 10 or 15 seconds, I guess. I used the aft firing ones almost the entire time aside from that.
CC: Roger. I copy. Ten or 15 seconds on the down, al- most all the rest of it on the aft.
C: Eight or 10 seconds on the forward firing ones, but that's about all.
C: I might add that we have seen the booster. It con- tinues to circle around with us, but it's just too far off to go get.
CC: Roger. Hey, would you check your ACQ aid circuit breaker and make sure it's ON.
C: Make sure that it's OFF?
C: Okay. It's OFF at this time. It's coming back ON.
CC: Okay. It's coming ON.
C: Negative. It's coming ON.
CC: Roger. ON.
C: Righto.
CC: Hey, Jim, you do have your computer ON, don't you?
C: Negative. I don't have it ON. Do you want it ON at this time?
CC: Roger. Turn it ON. We're going to give you a 4-4 time.
C: Okay. I thought we were going to get it later. I'11 turn it ON at this time.
CC: At PR_.&UNCH Mode.
C: Roger. PRw_AUNCH.
CC: Computer light is on. We're ready.
CC: Say again_ Jim.
C: I say, my computer light is on. We're ready.
CC: I think you did a smart thing back there.
C: Yes, Gus. It would have been a short flight if we'd kept chasing that mother around.
CC: Yes. Sounds like you've been awfnlly busy the first couple of orbits_ you know.
C: It would have been impossible. We wm_ld never have done the EVA at all.
C: We're finally getting a change to look out here, Gus, and it's really nice.
CC: Hey, Jim. Jim, this is Houston. Hey, Gemini 4, Houston CAP COM_
CC: How about describfng the way the cockpit is laid out now, with all of your gear out?
C: Okay. Well, we've got to the get-out position here, and when we finally called it quits it was obvious that we weren't going to make it at that time with- out really rushing. I didn't want to do that.
C: Ed has most of the equipment on him right now. I've got the gun and the camera and the hatch fitting, the fitting to tie the two suit hoses together. Ed has all the ocher paraphernalia on him right now, but he's on the suit circuit. He's got the Repress valve OFF and we're Just about all set to go. I think when we get about over Africa we're going to go through the checklist again, and when we get to Carnarvon we'11 be all set.
CC: Roger. Have you taken any pictures yet?
C: No. As a matter of fact, we really haven't had time to do much.
CC: You haven't had any time yet, have you?
C: It's a nice spacecraft though, Gus.
CC: Good. Do you have the Shut-off valve on the chest- pack CLOSED?
C: Roger. It is.
C: Okay, did we get an update then?
CC: Roger. It got in okay.
CC: Gemini 4. Gemini 4, Houston.
C: Go ahead, Houston. Gemini 4. Do you read now?
CC: Roger, I lost you there for a minute. Say, you never did start to decompress, did you?
CC: Did you ever start decompressing?
C: Negative. We never started decompressing.
C: Houston CAP COM, this is Gemini 4. Looks like we're over Texas now, huh?
CC: You say you're coming right over Big T?
C: Roger .....
CC: See any of it?
C: Sure can. We're coming over the Gulf right now.
CC: Right over G_I_, huh? Has your weather been good around the orbit?
C: Frankly, we haven't really had time to look out too much .....
CC: Roger. Can you still see the booster?
C: I don't even kn_ where it is right now, Gus.
C: We saw it just as we went into darkness. We stayed with it all through the darkness .....
CC: You're getting awi_lly garbled.
C: Roger. I say again. We saw it when we were in the darkness, but we haven't seen it since we came back out into the light.