Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CMP: Well, it's kind of the conclusion I came to when I didn't find it in the system data - Hey, I got a little bit to tell you about that. Oh, those little ones underneath the power bungee.
CMP: Okay, if you look at the docking lights, number 4 up beside of that - Ohs kind of a ... looking thing. There is a snowman. In other words, a great big fat thing with a head on top of it. And if you consider the fat thing with the head on it as a snowman, well then, the snowman's head is pointing out a 09:00 on that one. Whereas one that's fully cocked and latched over there, the snowman's head points up at about 11:00. And - Okay, there is a lever that comes right out of the bottom of the power bungee, it looks like, and then it comes out of the bottom then left out of that lever, is another silver slot or silver bar that goes from the lever to the J-hook with the snowman on it. That particular thing that connects the J-hook to the lever coming out of the bottom of the bungee is visible. In other words, it's not sticking back underneath the J-hook. It's visible.
CC: Ron, we've got just a line drawing here and we've still haven't got with you on what's what accord- ing to the drawing. Maybe you can hold off until we get a model of the latch, then we can stay with your description.
CMP: Oh, okay, Gordy.
CC: I'11 give you a call.
CMP: It's up to you .... I want to float up in tile tunnel. Do you want to float up and look?
CMP: You know, the congestion i had all day yesterday is just about gone. LMP's camera together is 500-percent easier in zero gravity. back this way. the way, Gordy, operated for two frames and the Reseau clean lens looks clean and everything's fine with it. ahead and transfer the power. We'11 give you a call. the - let me know what you want, okay? Okay, going to OFF, RESET. Okay, back ON. And, I have to open my ... again. The pressure's been? I don't know what it is. here about that docking latch, and it's not at all settled yet. The primary thing we want to guard against is the possibility that it is malfunction- ing and that we get it latched down on the ring and can't unlatch it, and, therefore, have problem with undocking, or possibly even prevent it. So, we'd like you steer clear of that until we come up with a final solution. No experimentation, please. Over. just one little other bit of information to let you know the handle itself is not free at this point to come on back down like it's - you know. Like, if it were fully cocked, the handle itself would be free to come back down. It is not free, I did not try to put a whole lot of pressure on it, but it's not free.
CC: Okay. I understand. about a minute, and we've got good talkbacks from batteries 1 and 4.
CDR: ... CDR buses are 262.
CDR: Okay, Jack, you can go ahead and switch onto high taps 1 and 4.
CDR: Yes, it works. Okay, 1 and _ on high taps.
LMP: Houston, glycol pressure is 22.
CC: You faded out, Jack. Say again on glycol pressure.
LMP: Roger. It's 22.0.
LMP: Well, you can cut off the decimal.
CMP: Okay, stand by 1. Okay, it's on, Jack. No, wait a minute, I got to go get it. Which one you on? A. Okay. Okay, Jack, I'm SIMPLEX Alfa. Okay, try it again. I got the - How me? Okay, Jack, you're cutting out on everything, and all I'm get- ting is the end of your transmission there. Okay, I'm counting - 1, 2, 3, 4. Jack, you read me? Okay, you - you were unclear after your first two words in every case, just like you were cutting out on Bob. Got it all that time. You read me too? Well, that's interesting. Let me adjust the squelch on this one here.
CDR: Okay. They used to work. I can't hear the squelch on any of those.
CMP: aboard America was switched to the GOSS 2 net, for which time-annotated recordings are not available.
LMP: Well, it shouldn't make any difference on trans- mission. Could be we're so close that - that I - Ron, it might be that we're so close that it has something to do with overdriving something in here. We'11 try - check it out again later. But it's loud and clear now, right?
CMP: ... T/R.
LMP: Okay. VOICE, ON. Okay.
LMP: Okay. You're loud and clear, Ron. How me?
LMP: Okay. And my - my VHF Alfa had to go to 2 on the SQUELCH, and I'm in 3 on Bravo.
LMP: You're loud and clear, Gene.
LMP: Okay. I took it V to 2, so it's the same kind of thing, I guess.
LMP: Okay, Houston. How do you read Challenger? Counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Over.
CC: Challenger, this is Houston. You're loud and clear, although we have a lot of background noise. Not sure whether that's getting through. Do you know if Ron is still on VOX?
CDR: Hello, Houston; _erica. How do you read?
CC: America, this is Houston. Over.
CDR: Okay. Stand by, and Challenger is going to give you a call on S-band, and VHF checks are both GO on A and B.
CC: I think I side marked on Challenger. We are get- ting some data. We'11 stand by for another check.
CMP: Do you acknowledge that?
LMP: I heard him the first time.
CDR: Okay .... me get S-band in ...
LMP: Okay, Houston; this is Challenger. Counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. How do you read?
CC: Challenger, Houston. You're loud and clear, with the background noise.
LMP: They don't have a good up-link, Gene. I - I had signal strength. And now I don't have any at all.
CDR: Okay. Houston, Challenger ....
LMP: There it is. Now I do; 2.2.
LMP: Tell them I heard their transmission to you.
LMP: No, a few minutes ago.
CDR: ... 30/3 Tape
LMP: I was at zero signal strength, and I heard their transmission ... One of them. The first time they acknowledged that your - that I was going to do it.
LMP: Did you shift my hose back? Oh, ...
CC: Hello, Challenger; this is Houston. Do you read me?
LMP: Okay, Houston. I read you. You're weak but clear. Signal strength is fluctuating. When you called me, it fluctuated down to about 1.6. Over. And it's 2 now.
CC: Okay, Jack. You're loud and clear. The background noise I've been mentioning, although I guess you haven't heard me mention it until now, is what we expect in DOWNVOICE BACKUP and LOW BIT RATE. How have you read this transmission all the way through? Over.
LMP: Did he say "say again?" Gene? Gene, did he say "say again?"
LMP: I got a little bit. Oh, he's got 3. - -
CDR: ... strength, and try me again.
CC: Okay, Challenger. You're coming in loud and clear. How do you read me?
LMP: Okay, Houston. I know you tried to transmit. I could just barely tell that. I could see the signal strength vary down to 3. You were modu- lating, aparently, hut you're not getting through to me.
CC: Okay, Challenger. I'm transmitting simul now in both S-band frequencies, and it sounds to us like for some reason when I transmit, the up-link sig- nal starts to break up. It's just the way you see it. Over.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. You're breaking up there. Still modulating, but I cannot read you. Would you - would you tell America what you said?
CDR: Yes, Gordy, we read you in America loud and clear on that simul.
CC: Okay, Geno.
LMP: Is he talking_ Gene?
LMP: As soon as he starts trying to talk, the signal strength drops off about 0.4. Now, I have had - I heard him loud and clear one time when he called you guys.
CC: America and Challenger, we're going to hand over to a different site and try that here in about 30 seconds.
CMP: What else do we have to do, get some of these mags stowed?
CMP: We've got to stow the mags. Here, put the PPK where it belongs.
CC: Hello, Challenger; this is Houston through Ber- muda. How do you copy?
CC: Challenger, this is Houston. How do you read me?
CC: Back in Houston?
CDR: Right, Gordo.
CC: 0kay_ Jack. I think he answered us, but he was completely lost in the noise. I could just barely hear somebody talking. Could he hear us okay?
CDR: No. If he did hear you, he didn't answer.
CC: Okay. It was my imagination then.
CC: Challenger, Houston. How do you read?
CC: Hello, Challenger; Houston. How do you read?
CC: Hello, Challenger; this is Houston. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. How do you copy? Over.
CC: Can you tell Jack - ask him to verify he's on AFT OMNI?
CDR: Okay. I'11 have him verify he's - That's affirm. He's verified.
CDR: ... earlier when he was ... that he ...
CC: But on this last set of checks, we didn't hear anything ...
CDR: Apparently not.
CDR: There was one time earlier when he had zero signal strength where he said he could hear you transmit- ting to us very weak but clear.
CC: Hello, Challenger. Hello, Challenger; this is Houston. How do you read?
LMP: Okay. You're loud - well, you're about 3 by, very Gordy, but clear. midst of a lot of noise, but we could tell you're sounding much better.
LMP: No. I've got 2 now, ... 3.
CC: Challenger, this is Houston. Going up to you through Bermuda, and your - you should come down through Goldstone. How do I sound now?
LMP: You're 1.8, 1.8. Yes. Never heard him.
CC: Hello, Challenger_ Houston. How do you read?
CC: Gordy received me, didn't he? Well, he started to say something; then he dropped off.
CC: Now he's up. Haven't heard him.
CC: Rogers Houston.
CC: Okay. We're going to go back to Goldstone, both up and down, and we'd like Jack to do step _06 on the checklist; in other words, go to VOICE. S-BAND VOICE to VOICE, the BIOMED to RIGHT. And we're going to give it a try in the normal con- figuration. Over.
CDR: A 174 and 76, gentlemen. BIOMED, RIGHT; and S-BAND VOICE to VOICE.
LMP: Houston, do you read Challenger?
CC: Roger, Challenger. Read you weak but clear. How do you read?
LMP: Okay, Houston. You just came in loud and clear. How do you read?
CC: Okay. And that time, you're loud and clear, Jack and sounds read good.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. Let me say once again, way back when we first started and Gene was talking to you, I heard one of your answers, weak but clear, with zero signal strength showing here. Now, that might have been through Ron's VOX, I don't know. Since then, you've been able to modulate the signal strength, with occasional weak words. And - and then, when that signal strength was up around 3.2, where it is now, then you came in loud and clear with a broadcast. I answered you, you said about three words, then dropped off completely. And then we - we changed configuration.
CC: Okay, Jack. That correlates with what we've seen here in the way of signal strengths dropping in and out. Stand by, and I'11 see where we want to go from here.
CC: Challenger, Houston. We'd like you to do step 7. We'11 check out the telemetry and have that ready.
LMP: Okay; step 7.
CC: And, Challenger; Houston. Making a voice check. How do you copy?
LMP: Roger. You're loud and clear. How me?
CC: Challenger, Houston. We're looking at the HIGH BIT RATE for a minute here while we're waiting. Would you check the CROSS TIE circuit breakers, panel 167 Verify they're open.
LMP: That's verified. CROSS TIEs BUS and BAL LOADS open.
CC: Challenger, Houston. We'd like you to accomp2ish step number 8.
LMP: Roger. Step 8.
CC: Challenger, you're loud and clear. How me?
CC: Challenger, Houston. Go ahead with step 9. Report the ED BAT VOLTAGES.
LMP: Wilco. Stand by.
CC: Roger. Okay. And go ahead with step 10, and then we'11 go back and try to find out what's wrong with DOWN VOICE BACKUP.
LMP: Gordo, say again, please.
CC: Go ahead and check the sequence camera, if you haven't already, Jaek, and then we'11 have some steps for you to check out what was wrong with DOWNVOICE BACKUP.
LMP: Ail righty. Stand by.
LMP: And I'm ready for your step.
LMP: Okay. OFF/RESET on RANGE, and DOWNVOICE BACKUP on VOICE.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. On DOWNVOICE BACKUP, how do you read? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 30/9 Tape
CC: Okay, Jack. You're readable. You're - okay, Challenger. We read your transmission, but you're just about - Just about lost in the noise. Give us another count, please.
LMP: Okay, Houston; this is the Challenger. You were loud and clear, loud and clear. No different from the transmissions in VOICE, and counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. How do you read? Over.
CC: Okay, Jack° It got a lot better. You're - you're perfectly readable now. Sounding good.
CC: Okay, Jack. Would you go to HIGH BIT RATE?
LMP: Roger. Challenger's HIGH BIT RATE. How do you read HIGH BIT RATE?
CC: Okay. Still the same. Loud and clear.
CC: Okay. We'd like BIO_D, OFF now, Jack.
LMP: Roger. Going BIOMED, OFF. Okay, Houston. How do you read the LM? DOWNVOICE BACKUP; BIOMED, OFF; PCM, HI. Over.
CC: Okay, Jack. You're loud and clear.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. And that was hot mike, so that's working fine up here. And you're loud and clear, also.
CC: Okay, Jack. Let's try PCM, LO, now.
LMP: Okay. Talking to you DOWNVOICE BACKUP; BIOMED, OFF; and PCM, LO. How do you read? Over.
CC: Okay. Same old loud and clear.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. Certainly is clear up here. You're coming through 5 by at signal strength 3.2, and - all appearances up here, that previous problem was an up-link. But I guess you were not reading me. Is that correct?
CC: Well, I was - The answer is yes and no at various times. We think, though, we have a good handle on the problem.
LMP: Okay; very good.
LMP: Are you ready for us to press on here, Gordy? We're all stowed and - in pretty good shape in the LM.
CC: Okay. We'd like you to check one more switch first before moving on. Check the UPDATA LINK switch to OFF.
LMP: Okay. That is verified OFF.
CC: Want you to stand by a minute or 2, Jack, until we verify a funny-looking parameter here on that up-link switch.
LMP: Standing by. What's that? No, they want - they got something looking funny on the up-link - they're - I guess on the up-link switch.
CC: Challenger, Houston.
LMP: They want to look at it.
CC: That was a bad call. We were reading the data wrong. You're clear to press on with the check- list now on page 1-20.
LMP: Okay. We'11 press on. Geno, here is your jetti- son bag. You can get back to Ron.
LMP: Okay. S-BAND T/R, OFF; VHF, OFF. I can hear you.
LMP: PM, OFF.
CC: Roger, Geno. 30/11 Tape
CDR: Okay, Houston. We just transferred to CSM power, and the caution warning light did go off.
CT: You going back to air-to-ground 17
CMP: Okay. I heard somebody go to air-to-ground 1 that time, and -
CDR: Gordo, we're about wrapped up here in Challenger. It looks like there's some life in the old bird, huh?
CDR: Okay. We'11 give you a call when we get the hatch closed. Ron's doing some housekeeping in the command module, and we're going to take it slow getting back in.
CMP: Okay, Houston. The drogues are going in.
CC: Roger, Ron. Got a couple of questions on those - that latch mnnber 4, if you can answer them for me.
CC: America, Houston. We're back with you after some site changeover. How do you read?
CMP: Okay; loud and clear. How me, Bob?
CC: Real good, Ron. On that number 4, latch number 4, is the hook back away from the ring about 1 inch as opposed to resting against the ring? Do you have about an inch clearance on that hook right now?
CMP: Well, there's about 1/2 inch. 1/2
CC: Okay. Understand about inch. In what position was the latch handle when the hook was first moved back, Ron? We it kind of like in a normal stroke- back, or was it just flopping back?
CMP: No, when I first looked at it, the latch handle was - see, the hook itself was over the ring when I first looked at it.
CMP: The hook was over the ring, and the - and the latch handle was flush, you know. It looks just like a normal - hooked docking latch, you know.
CDR: And, Bob, this is Gene. I can confirm that it did not fold back easily, because I - I checked it yesterday. I didn't check - I checked to see that the hooks were over as well as where the handles would fold back, but I obviously didn't check to see whether that one was seated. But the handle was locked.
CC: Roger. Understand. And the first thing you saw was the depression in the Bungee. Is that - is that affirm?
CMP: Yes, that's affirm. And the bungee is depressed about 3/8 - 3/8 to a 1/2 inch.
CMP: You can push the - you can push the hook about an inch away from the ring, but the normal - just a resting position on the thing is about a finger's 1/2 width or inch from the ring.
CC: Roger. In other words, the loose - The hook is loose so it flops a little bit_ you can move it, back and forth. Is that affirm? 30/13 Tape
CMP: Yes. I can move it from about 1/2 inch to an inch from the edge of the ring - clearing the edge oF the docking ring.
CC: Roger. Ron, when you pulled the hook - when you pulled the handle back, did you reach and pull the hook back with it, or did it come back with the handle like a normal pullback then?
CMP: No, the - the hook did not come back with the handle. The hook did not come back with the handle. Although, when I - when I pulled the handle back to - you know, which is - which is kind of a nor- mally uncocked position - and then it wouldn't go any further, you know. It wouldn't go an further. And then the latch itself - or the hook - the J-hook; I'11 call it the hook. I moved it off the docking ring back to this position that was about an inch or 1/2 inch from the docking ring. And it stays right there now. And I can't push it back up into the docking ring at all. Can't push the hook back up to the docking ring at all.
CC: Okay, Ron. Our plan here is to leave it like it is. And we're going to think about it tonight, and we'd like you to just keep pressing on. Just leave it alone, okay?
CMP: Okay. Sounds good. It'11 clear the docking ring; no problem.
CDR: Houston, America. While Ron is putting in the probe and getting the hatch back in, I'm going to go ahead and maneuver. How does that sound?
CC: That's real fine, Gene.
CDR: Bob, are you all going to want OMNI or HIGH GAIN on this?
CC: We're all locked on the HIGH GAIN. We'd just like you to leave it on HIGH GAIN. The angles you see in the Flight Plan are in case it breaks lock. That's what you need for - with this attitude.
CMP: Okay, Houston. The probe is installed. We'11 get the hatch in now.
CMP: I'm not going to connect the umbilicals unless you really want to look a± probe temperature.
CC: Stand by on that, Ron. We concur on that, Ron.
CMP: Okay; good.
CMP: Okay, Houston. The hatch went in nominally, once the probe installation strut was stowed in the right position.
CC: 17, Houston. We - we are recommending quads Bravo and Delta for spinup.
CMP: Okay; Bravo and Delta. Thank you.
CMP: Okay, Houston. At 042:56:52.04, I started the stop watch, and also the watch read 18:30:01.
CC: Okay, Ron. We got that.
CMP: Okay, Houston. We've started on the heat select radial and lineal part - part of it. The little pie-shaped things are changing color as we go out. The lineal part of it - all of the chips seemed to have been concentrated on the front edge of the glass, and they're all pretty much in the linear direction or in XX-direction. At this point in time, I haven't seen any movement yet.
CC: Roger, Ron. Aren't they on ... heads the same way they were on the backup unit the other evening in the White Room - on the lamp?
CMP: Yes, all those chips seem to be - well - in an XX- I got the lineal direction, the lineal part of the experiment in the XX-direction. And all the chips are lined up in that XX-direction on the front or the top of the glass.
CC: Roger. That's just the way ou were in the backup unit the other day in the White Room.
CMP: Okay, Houston. We've started the cooldown in LIGHT 5 position there. The radial cells, they all started to change color except the one from about 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock.
CC: Roger. Except from 10 to 12. We've got it. Did the lineal ... stay right in line there, Ron?
CMP: Yes, the crystals or chips that are inside there didn't move at all. Yes, they're ... - -
CMP: On the color patterns behind there - the one on the left, as you look at the unit - the color crystals only changed down to about 0.9 of the first square as you come down from the top. The rest of them are all black on that partic- on the left row.
CMP: So that's the maximum extent of the - that's the max extent of the heating.
CMP: You might check and see if the guys want to heat it a little bit longer the next time, when they do it in the PTC.
CC: Yes. Roger, Ron. We're copying everything you're saying, and we've got all kinds of support here; we - in fact, we've got one backup unit here watching what you're doing, so we'11 keep you posted on what we think.
CMP: Oh, okay. Is the backup CMP operating it?
CC: Matter of fact, that's affirm.
CMP: That's the way to do things.
CC: And, Ron, we'd like you to stay nominal on the heating time due to the film limitation.
CMP: Okay; will do.
CMP: Okay, Houston; 17 here. Is there enough film in there to allow me to keep the camera running while I try to fill up that flow pattern.
CC: Stand by on that, Ron.
CC: It's affirmative, Ron. You can leave it running. 31/3 Tape
CDR: Okay, Houston. The first thing I noticed, as soon as I opened the FLOW four turns, it started running out a little bit, even - even without doing the inject. Okay; that's because the INJECT thing was open just a little bit, but it's all right.
CMP: Okay; I'11 try to squirt some fluid in there -
CMP: With the fluid inject thing.
CMP: Okay; I'm taking it in quite slow. It's noted there are quite a few small bubbles coming out with it. So far, so good. it hasn't overflowed the - the first capillary ring. And it's taken off, and it's going by capillary action toward the bottom and toward the top.
CMP: Okay; it finally met together at - that part going around the top and around the bottom - met together 180 degrees opposite of the inject port and now is starting to go out across the middle and fill up from the inject port.
CMP: We're getting a lot of big bubbles coming out now. That's after about a turn and a half.
CMP: Okay; that's two turns now. the meniscus is still holding on the first inner ring - it looks like all the way around, at least as far as I can see. The bubbles - big bubbles that have been coming out now, and also the fluid have taken over the right half of the bottom of the dish. We're starting to fill in a little bit, maybe a fourth of an inch - fourth of an inch circumference coming around from the left side opposite the injection port.
CMP: Okay; I'11 keep going here. We're about two and a half turns now. And it looks like all of the bubbles have already come out. We're getting real fluid now coming out. It's a real pretty picture anyhow.
UNKNOWN: Okay; that's three turns. I don't believe we're going to be able to cover the entire bottom with the four turns.
CMP: Okay. That's four turns, and - it's covered up the right - oh, three-fourths of the floor of the thing and about three-eights of an inch on the left side of the - of the floor - three-eights of an inch annulus all the way around, except for the right - oh, say right two-thirds of the floor.
CC: Roger, Ron. You can use more than four turns if you need it.
CMP: Okay; let's go ahead and try to cover up the whole floor on the thing before we do it. The bubbles are in there9 and I'm afraid they're going to stay un - unless they disappear when we heat it.
CMP: There now it's - it's coming out with no bubbles now, and it looks like it almost formed a meniscus on top of itself - on top of where the bubbles were.
CC: Roger, Ron. Is it continuing to spread out?
CMP: Yes, it's continuing to spread out now, and without pumping anything into it at all - I did that last turn fairly fast - and it seems to be spreading of its own accord now, and it should go on over and cover up the bottom, I think. Once it completely covers up the bottom, I think we should go ahead and start the heat HIGH on this pattern.
CMP: Okay. Now the - Everything's all hooked together now. We completely filled up the bottom of the floor.
CMP: Hey, for some reason, the bubbles seem to be starting to break now.
CC: Roger. We copy that, Ron.
CMP: Okay. I don't know if it's coincidence or what, but all the bubbles are formed together, essen- tially in the center - in more or less at least - I mean - yes, along the plus-X-axis direction. And they're about 1 inch wide. And then they start about three-quarters - i mean three-eights of an inch in from the circumference.
CMP: Okay; I was going to try to break the bubbles with a pencil, but if you try to push a pencil into the bubble, it just moves aside.
CMP: So that being the case, I'm going to go ahead and start the - start the timer.
CC: We concur on that, Ron.
LMP: That's called the old push-a-bubble-with-a-pencil trick.
CC: Roger. Just need a sharper pencil, Jack.
LMP: Either that or a thinner bubble.
LMP: This is the best Friday afternoon matinee I've ever been to.
CC: How about Friday evening, Jack?
LMP: Well, I've lost track. I don't think - I don't think there's any ... -
CMP: MARK. That was 1 minute after the start.
CMP: I'11 give you another mark when I go to HIGH on the - with the SELECT switch.
CMP: Each bubble looks like it's locus of - it looks like it's starting one of the Bernu - Bernudi cells.
CC: Say that again, Ron?
CMP: Okay; each one of those bubbles looks like it's the locus - or the start of one of the Benard cells.
CMP: So far, the bubbles aren't breaking.
CC: We copy that. pattern, Bob?
CC: We're not running it down here. We're just demon- strating on the demonstrator there, but Stu can tell you.
LMP: Oh, I thought you were running - -
MCC: Roger, Jack. Yes_ I - you're talking of the one that - that we did, right? 31/7 Tape
LMP: That's right. Well, I am now. I thought you were running it down there also.
MCC: No. Okay. The one that we did in flight - Yes, I had - I had a lot of bubbles, but I couldn't get mine - Krytox out across the center. So, you all are already well ahead of what I did.
LMP: Gee, I'm sorry you had to admit that, Stu.
MCC: Oh_ you all just do such good work.
CMP: Okay, the thing is, it seems to me like, in one g, the Benard cells started completely back to the edge, you know, right back to the edge of the circle. And in this case, at least, they haven't filled in yet back to the edge of the circle at all. They all started out in the center and are working around the bubbles, _nd then it's now - just now starting to form a few of them where there aren't any bubbles.
CC: Roger, Ron_
MCC: How large are the cells, Ron?
CMP: Well, they're varying considerably in size. I can see one that's about a half an inch across, and then the other ones - they've got a great big bubble in it, and yet the cell itself is down to maybe an eighth of an inch. The bigger ones seem to be on the outside; and, of course, there are very few bubbles on the outside also.
CMP: And the bigger ones, generally right now, are averaging about - oh, a fourth to three-eights of an inch in their cross - cross section ...
CMP: The cells tend to be somewhat polygonal. Let's see, we've been going 6 minutes - 4 minutes into the heating part of it, and the - the cells are polygonal, but they don't seem to be quite as - as straightlined as they were on the ground.
CMP: It almost looks like it's reached a steady state now. It's 9 minus 2 - 7 minutes.
CMP: Hey, I think the one thing I neglected to mention is that we essentially Have a convex surface from the - the material; in other words, con - convex with the high part in the middle; and, of course, that's where the bubbles are, too, but I think you'd generally have that type of a surface anyhow. And, it hasn't broken the meniscus of the lower, or the thinnest ring.
LMP: We should have had some popcorn on our stowage list.
CMP: Okay; now the Benard cells are starting to form in that outer annulus that went all the way around.
CMP: Okay; we went back to light _ now. And we never did get any real beliginal [sic] cells formed around the outer annulus. And even the cells that were formed on the thing, it seemed like the particle flow within the cells was very slow when you compare that with the way it was in one g.
CMP: Okay; I'm trying to - such the stuff back in the - the entry tube there, and it looks like part of it's going in.
CC: Roger, Ron. We copy that.
CMP: And the camera is down to about 50 percent here, so I'm going to go ahead and turn it off now.
CC: Ron, if i didn't tell you, we concur with turning the DAC off there.
CMP: Okay; yes, I got you. I'11 turn it off.
CMP: You know, I just happened to think, after I've already sucked part of those bubbles back in there, we've got enough fluid in there to pump it out the next time without sucking that back in there, don't we?
MCC: I'm sorry, Ron. Say that again.
CMP: Don't we have enough of the Krytox fluid without sucking that back in there? Maybe I can just wipe the Krytox off with some Kleenex, and maybe there won't be any bubbles the next time.
MCC: Okay; stand by.
MCC: Ron, I guess we understand you've pulled some back in, but you haven't pulled any of the bubbles. Now, if you pull any more in, you're going to start the bubbles back in. Is that correct?
CMP: Yes; that's correct.
MCC: Okay; why don't you stand by here on that then?
CDR: Let me see - I'11 see if i can push the bubbles out of the way here with something.
MCC: Okay. The consensus is that we would like to not pull the bubbles back in. I think you've got a good idea.
MCC: It's the old keep-the-bubbles-out-of-the-Krytox triak.
CMP: (Laughter) Okay; I'11 see if I can do it.
MCC: Oh, I've always been in good humor. It sure sounded like that batt did the trick, Ron. CMl° Yes, I think it did, too. It looks like it worked real well.
CMP: Okay; we'11 have to get that shortly.
LMP: Okay; MAPPING CAMERA is STANDBY -
CC: Roger. Mark it.
LMP: PAN CAMERA MODE, STANDBY -
LMP: Z guess that's verified.
LMP: PAN CAMERA POWER to POWER.
CMP: SELF TEST is going to HEATERS.
CC: Roger. Stand by on that.
CC: 17, you're GO for cycling the pan camera and the mapping camera.
CMP: Okay; MAPPING CAMERA has gone ON; PAN CAMERA to SELF TEST. Barber pole and release.
CC: Looks lik 10 seconds on the PAN CAMERA there.
CC: That's 30 seconds off on the mapping camera, Ron. SM/AC
CMP: Okay; is OFF.
CC: We recommended Bravo and and Delta for spinup - B, D.
LMP: Ckay; do the rates look okay to you?
CC: That' s affirmative.
CC: Jack, when you get done with the PTC area here, we'd like you to get out the Flight Plan Supplement. We'd like to get a food report from you all on your food intake for today.
LMP: I thought we gave you that in the morning. Happy to do it, but - -
CC: That's affirm, Jack - -
LMP: You want a special report? Is that what you want?
CC: We'd just like to have it - prefer tonight.
CMP: It sounds like you don't think we're eating enough.
CMP: An-ha! Thank you.
LMP: And are you ready for the trotting gourmet's report?
CC: roger. Everybody's here with all ears.
CDR: today had scrambled eggs and three bacon squares and a can of peaches and pineapple drink for breakfast. And then later on in the day, he had peanut butter, Jelly, and bread with a chocolate bar and some dried apricots. The
LMP: had scrambled eggs and four bacon squares, an orange drink, and cocoa for breakfast, _nd potato soup, two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and a cherry bar, and an orange drink. And that hero of the matinee, the matinee idol of Spaceship America, had scrambled eggs, bacon squares, peaches, cinnamon toast, orange Juice, and cocoa for breakfast. That's how he keeps his form. And, for lunch, he had a peanut butter sandwich and citrus beverage. And that's it, since there's nobody else up here.
CC: Roger. We copy that. We'd like you to stow the high gain at this time and OMNI Bravo.
CC: Jack, we appreciate all your information, and we'd like to just pass on some recommendations here from the ground that we'd like you to keep on with your regular menu as much as possible. And, if you do cut anything off, we'd like you to concentrate on eating the meats, the juices, and the fruitcake, which are the most effective for maintaining your electrolyte balance.
LMP: Okay. 32/1 Tape
CDR: Okay, Bob. We understand what you're saying. We're showing at eating - eating it all. It's just a let of food, that's all.
CC: Roger. We understand, Gene. Also, on that yroup of foods, peanut butter's great for the hal - electrolyte balance, also; so you're doing okay.
CDR: I knew it was good for something. It couldn't be that good without being good for something.
LMP: I think we're all trying to make a concentrated effort also to keep quite a bit of water down.
CC: Roger. I understand. Real fine.
MCC: Go, 17; Houston. talking about yesterday with respect to southern Pacific weather, if you've got nothing else going on.
MCC: Go; speak to me.
LMP: Okay, looks like a little - cyclonic circulation we had over New Zealand is still there. It's - looks like the front it was associated with is broken up a little bit; however, that pattern Js - seems to be hugging the New Zealand area, and - but not - has not intensified. If - if not - it may have even weakened a little bit since yestery- day. It's hard to be sure exactly. The front does not look as strong, and it still seems to be hanging just stabilized and with all of Australia clear now and the western edge of that front being just offshore north of Brisbane. The - there is - east of New Guinea - in the vicinity of the Solomon Islands, it looks like a fairly moderate-sized cyclone developing at the western edge of the - of a front that was somewhat farther north and west than the one over New Zealand. North of that - _ake/Kwajalein region that was of interest yesterday to the ARIA people - still seems to be in general overcast condition, but the cloud_ _o not look very heavy or impacted at all. New _]uinea is just on the limb, so -
LMP: Oh, I think I lost them.
MCC: Okay, I think we've got you now, 17.
CMP: You're loud and clear, Stu.
LMP: Stu, I think we lost you about the time I lost view Wake/Kwajalein of the Earth and mentioned the area; right?
MCC: That's affirmative. We didn't get much of the KwaJalein report.
LMP: There was nothing new to add over yesterday. There just seems general cloudiness in the area, but they do not look too intense or well organized. Just probably a general overcast.
MCC: Okay. I'11 try to get some exercise, and then I'11 be back at you with some more information. Maybe we can see the Philippines by then.
LMP: And, Stu, I've got my biomed hooked up. Are you guys bringing it in during this exercise thinK? This is Jack.
MCC: Yes, Jack. We'11 check on that.
MCC: Okay; you're coming in loud and clear, .]ack.
CDR: Stu, are you reading?
MCC: Roger. We're reading you loud and clear.
CDR: Okay, I think that big storm that Jack was referrin_ to - that has moved off to the - well to the east of Australia. Very definite counterclockwise rotation and then it stretches to the south or what might even be the southeast. And then just rolls r_ght - we ... a big frontal pattern and then rolls right into another - another clockwise - clockwise rotating low down there near Antarctica. It _ives me the impression of a - of a parrot's comb when he's got his feathers ruffled. And it, in turn, has another low trailing it, arcing and then flow- ing into another - another low that is very near the continent down there of Antarctica. They form a chain, as I just described froming - coming from - well, possible southeast of Antarctica - it's hard to really tell what east is do_ there - on up to due west of Australia by several hundred miles.
CDR: South of Australia, you get a hint of a very large cloud mass, from there all the way down to Antarc- tica, that has the tendency to -_-
CC: Just wanted to get comm there again. _Te had some switchover there. You might be interested; we've got an ATS map in here from this morning. Just - you're just about on - We can see the flow patterns in the Antarctic just about at - 120 degrees west, which is a little closer to South America than what you're calling, I guess. But we do - we do see that activity down there.
CDR: Okay, Bob. And there is a very large cloudy _lir mass between Australia and Antarctica. 7t ha:_ a tendency to want to start a rotation, and you can see a hint of that; it's not too strong r]_ht now. We're seeing about t_ee-quarters of the Earth, I guess. Judging from our clocks and what we can see, it looks like the Sun is setting out over the west coast; and it leaves us with about three- quarters of the Earth available to us.
CC: Roger. It'11 be about 06:15 Los Angeles time right now, so it's probably sunset out there.
CC: Ron, just a reminder from the Flight Plan change last night. You'11 have a P52 coming up here at 45 hours in your Flight Plan.
CMP: Roger. Mighty fine; thank you.
CC: Jack, Just for information, you've got your heart rate to 103.
CC: Jack, you've got your heart rate to about 103; and we lost data right now.
CC: Jack, just for information, the last heart rate we had was 103; and it's - we lost data right now, so 103 is max we saw right now.
LMP: Okay, I was Just doing some isometrics. I was tired running in place again then.
CC: Roger. Do you want us to call you your heart rate if - if we get data in here now?
CC: Okay, you're up to 115, Jack.
CC: What are you doing, Jack, - resting, or did you quit?
LMP: No, I'm resting right now. Didn't seem like my arms have the stamina they did yesterday to hold the artificial g. What - -
CC: ... understand.
LMP: - - did I get to?
CC: We copied about a maximum of about 118 - -
LMP: What heart rate did - -
CC: - - on the heart rate.
CC: About 118 max, Jack.
CC: Don't let me - let me harrass you. I Just was kidding you on that. Whatever you think is fair.
LMP: You're not harrassing me. When my arm's rested, I'11 try again.
CC: Couple of interesting data points for you, Jack. We saw the - while you were doing that, we saw the PP CO2 go up; and we saw the tanks destratify again the same way.
LMP: Very good. Next mission they'11 have to Flight Plan it.
LMP: You saw the P CO 2 go up?
CC: That's affirmative. Let me get the numbers here, if you want. It took a jump from 1.3 to 2._ on that.
LMP: Okay. That - that was with two of us going, and, part of the time, three of us going.
LMP: No_ we've still got one going.
CC: Well, it's not unexpected. I just thought you'd be interested.
LMP: Sounds sort of normal.
LMP: Hey, Bob, with this change in the hour, what t_me does penumbra start? start?
LMP: With the change in hour, what time does the penumbra - what time do we enter the lunar penumbra?
CC: Right now, we don't - Tommy doesn't think we're going to go into the penumbra, and we're verifying that.
CC: Hey, Ron, could we ask a question about the heat- flow experiment setup?
CMP: Sure. Sure, go head.
CC: You mentioned that the lineal chips were all on the - in the XX plane, and we're just wondering - do you mean along the XX axis of the spacecraft?
CMP: Yes; along the XX axis of the spacecraft.
CC: Is the long XX axis of the lineal cell along the XX axis, Ron?
CMP: Yes, that's affirmative. It's right-side up, if you're looking at the connect panel, you know?
CC: Yes. That's - we'd - they'd like it so that thai.- the axis of that lineal cell was - would be para]- lel to the bottom of the panel 100, as an example. It's prob - right now, it's perpendicular to the bottom of panel 100, isn't it?
CMP: Now, wait a minute.
CMP: Yes, the lineal thing is, right now, perpendicular to the bottom of panel 100.
CMP: Hey, Houston; America.
CMP: Okay, I think I see what you're saying. I'm sorry; I read the thing with lineal cell in a plus-X direction. But what they mean is, lineal cell in the - in - (laughter) -
CC: Lineal word, I guess, is the - -
CMP: ... lineal cell up.
CMP: Okay, I'11 turn around the other for this PTC Dart of it then.
CC: Wait a minute on that, Ron. We're havinK a debate whether we want to, maybe, continue the next mart in the same attitude or just rotate it.
CMP: Okay. Seems to me like you'd like to - maMbe leave it in the same attitude.
CC: Ron, the only rational reason to change it right now is we're hearing words that if you had rotated to the other way, that you'd get better pictures out of the DAC due to the lighting reflection on it. The PI would like to change it back to the other way.
CC: 17, just for information, we will not be KoinF into the penumbra.
LMP: Okay. Sorry to hear that.
CC: Ron, we see your 52; and you can go ahead and torque.
CC: Ron, Houston. We're watching your 52, and you can go ahead and torque.
CMP: Okay, Houston; 17. Thought you said go ahead and torque. Is that correct?
CMP: Okay. We'11 torque at 16_0.
CC: Ron, a couple reminders - The LOI [sic] - -
CC: Roger, Ron. Just a reminder on the LOI [sic] canister change - Have you gotten into that?
CMP: No, not yet. We're - probably get started on this -
CC: Okay. On the - -
CMP: On the heat flow first.
CC: Roger. Understand. We'd like to know when you start on that heat flow, Ron, because we need to get the DSE to high bit rate.
CMP: Okay. I'm having a little trouble gettin_ them mounted - in a stable position this way.
CMP: Okay, Houston; this is 17. I'm about ready to start it here in about 45 seconds here; let me know when you get the tape recorder going.
CC: Okay, we got the tape recorder in HIGH BIT RATE.
CC: Hey, stand by 1, Ron. We got a little chan_e here we'd like to make on the plan on page 2-6.
CMP: Okay. Stand by for zero. B, _, 1 -
CMP: MARK it. It's reset. Start the stop watch.
CC: Roger. And, Ron, on the checklist on page 2-6 after the 16-minute "End of test and proceed to next test," we'd like to turn the DAC OFF at that position.
CC: And, then, you turn it back on at the re - where it says "Reset stop watch and start." The time zero there - point. Prior to that, turn it on. I'11 remind you of it.
CMP: Okay. You don't want to watch me fill that pan again, huh?
CC: Say again, Ron.
CMP: You don't want to watch me fill the pan a_ain.
CC: Yes. Roger. Yes, it'11 Be up before then. We'11 watch you fill the pan. We just - while you're taking time wiping it and all that, that's when we - we don't want to use up the film there.
CMP: Okay. I'm with you. Actually, I've already cleaned out the - the little area there.
CC: Roger. I've got 1 minute on my timer right now - about 01:27, actually.
CMP: Well, we'11 start at 2 minutes.
CMP: You're still on the front page with the lineal cell.
CMP: Okay, Houston. The DAC is OFF now.
CC: Roger. DAC OFF.
CC: Say, Ron.
CC: Yes, Ron. If it's not too much bother, it's one of those nice things to have. The PI would like you to take a picture with the - with the 35-millimeter indoor of the orientation of the heat flow as it's mounted. See if you can _et that, if it's not too much problem.
CC: And that should be magazine SS, which is the sa_e one you'11 use for - with the ALFMED tomorrow.
CMP: Okay. I opened the flow about four turns. A little bit is running out - one big bubble in it. And I still have a little bit left over, even though I wiped it out pretty good awhile ago. The meniscus is up to the bottom ring, and I think we put in eight things in there where it's going to try to get the meniscus up to the top baffle. Is that correct?
CC: That's correct, Ron.
CMP: There must have been a few more bubbles down in there again. That was two turns now, and I've got it about half full all the way across.
CMP: But, maybe there's just about eight or 10 bubbles in it.
LMP: That's three turns. The fluid is essentially ... And we're still going on the first - fourth, so for turn now, and it's still develops a meniscus around the lower baffle - the smaller baffle.
CMP: Okay. Looks like about six of the bubbles have developed into three, for some reason.
CMP: Oh-oh. It was doing real well there. Then on seventh turn, a bunch of bubbles came in again.
CC: Ron, I might have given you a bad call before. We don't want the DAC on until just before that 2-minute mark here, where just prior to going EXPERIMENT/HEAT SELECT - FLOW PATTERN - LOW. At that point, is where we want the DAC on.
CMP: Okay. You want the DAC on when it starts heating up.
CMP: Okay. You, know - I may have lost track of the 7-1/2 turns here, but I think we've got or 6-1/2 turns in here. And it still hasn't over- flown that first lower baffle. I've got a tre- mendous concave - convex surface on the fluid, but it still hasn't broken the meniscus of the first bas - baffle.
CMP: Okay. I'm going to go ahead and take it another turn, because it was my understanding we wanted to try to get in the second baffle, anyhow. So, I'm going to take another turn of Krytox and put some more in there.
CC: -_hat's correct, Ron.
CC: Ron, if that - if that doesn't do it, they're saying you might want to take a pencil or something and stir it up a bit and try and break it up from lower baffle into the upper baffle.
CMP: (Chuckle) Okay. I'm afraid, I may have it all over the place if I do that, but I'11 try it.
CC: Roger. Very slowly.
CMP: (Laughter ) Righ t.
CC: Ron, Just a question while you're watching it here. Do you have any bubbles in the lineal cell?
CMP: Yes. This one is going to be interesting. There are about, oh, a dozen, nine to a dozen - sma]] bubbles right next to the inject board and then about the same number right in the center of the convex portion of it.
CC: Roger, Ron. Did you - we didn't copy your answer to our question about any bubbles in the lineal.
CMP: No, I didn't get to your question on that. In the lineal unit there are no bubbles whatsoever.
CMP: And there might have been very slight movement. Matter of fact, I can see just a very slight move- ment_ even now. The particles, in there, they're still lined up in the YY direction essentially though, although it looks like some of them may have deviated from the front of the lineal unit back toward the center, or toward the back of the lineal unit, as you call it. 33/3 Tape
CMP: Well, I missed the 2-minute start time there, but I can keep track of it here.
CMP: So we'11 start the DAC, and then I'11 turn this to LOW at 02:45.
CC: Okay. We got a hack on it, Ron. If you started it, we started our clock.
CMP: Okay. You know, just for future reference here, if we like to do things in zero g and without jarring or jiggle, we want to make sure that the switch actuates with a minimum of pressure.
CC: Roger. A good point.
CMP: Okay. That's just now starting to develop. Look like circular cells, great big ones. _nd then some of the bigger ones are subdividing now.
CMP: That one's ... Some of them are even getting bigger. One of them is - oh, about three-quarters of an iach in diameter, and it hasn't divided yet, at all.
CC: Those are real good comments, Ron. I was in just talking with the experimenters, and if you've _ot nothing else to do, giving us some sizes of those cells would certainly be very beneficial.
CMP: Okay. Frame 27 was taken at an elapsed time of about 4 minutes.
LMP: Stu, this is Jack. I was taking the pictures. I took four pictures about 20 seconds apart - of the sequence just after he started it. And that ended with - or started with frame 26.
CC: Okay. Frame 26 for 4 seconds - I mean for four frames.
UNKNOWN: Okay. That one cell I spoke of that was about three-quarters of an inch in diameter now is about an inch long and maybe three-quarters of an inch wide. Each - Ail of the cells seem to be bigger, in general. They're bigger this time. There is two small ones at about an eighth of an inch and - and along one side. The other one is a half-inch, a half-inch - oh, a quarter of an inch, a half- inch, and then a circular when you get around the outs - out - annulus of the cup. Then you start getting circular sides instead of straight sides. Ail of the flow comes from the little center spot and flows outward from the center toward the out- side of the cells.
CMP: ... all of the bubbles have disappeared, except two.
CC: Ron, is the smallest cell you see about ar_ eighth of an inch across?
UNKNOWN: The smaltes cell I see is a four-sided one; it looks like a diamond. And it's an eighth of an inch on one side, an eighth of an inch on the other side, and maybe 3/16 on the other two sides.
CC: Okay. That sounds - that's a good description, Ron. I know on mine some of the smaller ones didn't show up in the - in the film, and we were not - not sure what size they are. So you mind,t, before you quit, bracket the - the smal!es or the biggest cells by your estimate of the size.
LMP: At any rate, frame number 31, frame number 31 ...
CMP: And the information first half of the experiment. The orientation was 90 degrees from this one. (Laughter) In that the lineal cell was on the right, and the lineal cell was aligned with the XX axis.
CC: Okay, Ron. We got - We had a drop in our signal strength there_ and we did get your last comment about the orientation. We missed some comment about the frame numbers; I think came from Jack.
CMP: Okay. Something's a little different on this onc_ here. Right at the top of the flow circle, it looks just like a finger, it's a curved surface that goes out and almost touches the - the cir- cumference of the dish. And it looks just like if you're holding your finger up and looking at it. It's that type of a shape to it. It comes back down, and it's about a half an inch wide. The flow again emanates from. a source that is almost on the fingertip, you might say.
CC: Okay o