Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CDR-LM: Thank you, Robert, but until I get my helmet and gloves off, I won't say anything. Okay, Jack. On 16, ECS SUIT FAN 2, CLOSED.
LMP-LM: CLOSED. CDR-I24 SUIT FAN DELTA-P, CLOSED.
LMP-LM: CLOSED. MASTER
LMP-LM: I think that's the - -
CDR-LM: You did get SUIT FAN number 2?
P: ...
CDR-LM: Okay. You've got SUIT FAN number 2 and me - and DELTA-P. Okay. - -
CC: Roger. We think that's what happened.
CDR-LM: Okay. CDR-IA{ Well, I never thought I'd wear my EV cover gloves through two EVAs.
LMP-LM: Oh, I forgot all about them.
CDR-LM: No, I didn't. I thought about taking them off until I started chipping those boulders. And I'm glad I wore them. r_4P-I24 Yes, I think it's a good idea. CDR-L_M As hard as it is on your hands, mine - these cover gloves are just ripped to a nub. Glad it's not my gloves. LMP-I_,I I might consider taking them off tomorrow.
CC: Roger, 17. You talking about your cover gloves?
CDR-LM: Yes. We're still wearing them, Bob. And, I swore I'd take them off after the drill, but I used a bit of real-time common sense.
CC: Okay. L_MP-LM Okay. Gloves are off. LMP's gloves are off. Need some help?
CDR-LM: ... Yes. I think you just about - -
LMP-LM: No, you went the other way.
CDR-LM: Did I go the wrong way? Yes, I did.
LMP-LM: What's wrong with that one?
CDR-LM: I don' t know. I2_P-LM Shouldn't have done that.
CDR-LM: Hey - you - Let me get this.
CDR-LM: My hand!
LMP-LM: Yes, I'm sorry.
CDR-LM: Well, you get that one, and I'11 get these two. Get that one. CDH-LM Ought to get this one. IAMP-_M I'11 take that off. (Laughter) Hold this thing. Okay. Let me try that one, now.
CDR-LM: It wants to go.
LMP-LM: Let me try that. Yes, that one ... off. Got it?
LMP-LM: It's usually easier when you do it yourself. The angle 's wrong.
CDR-LM: Oh, boy. It's starting to get a little stiff. Oh, they came off. Now, they came off. Oh, ho, ho, ho. Okay. Doff helmets, with visors. Here I'11 get yours for you. Turn my way, if you can.
LMP-LM: Yes. Do the - I know how you feel. CDR-I_ I don't know how they're so wet. I don't know whether it's - they're just soaking wet.
CDR-LM: Everything is just twice as hard. I_MP-LM Now comes the old hay fever, again. That went up and that went down.
CDR-LM: Stow in BRA. Let's get mine off though. LMP-I_M ... now that these things are off.
CDR-LM: Oh, man. Does that smell, doesn't it? You sure can pick that up. LMP-I_M Okay. You got yours? CDR-I_M I've got mine.
LMP-LM: Pressure looks good, still.
CC: Roger, 17. Read you loud and clear, Challenger.
CDR-LM: Very good, Robert. The helmets and gloves are off.
CC: Absolutely outstanding crew, there.
CDR-LM: Why don't you go home and get some sleep, Bob?
CC: Absolutely outstanding. I can't say more than that. And I mean it from the bottom of my heart or the bottom of my soul or something, my conscience.
LMP-LM: Thank you, Bob. Well, it's all ours.
CDR-LM: Bob, it's all your good training and help - -
LMP-LM: As mission scientists, you're totally responsible.
CC: And the backup crew says that you are even better than outstanding.
LMP-LM: Remember, it's in your contract (laughter). Well, thank you. We enjoyed it.
CC: Hey, I'11 turn you over to Little Joe, here, while I go talk to some people.
LMP-LM: Thanks again, Bob. We - - 1/2
CC: We've got a 9 and hour EVA scheduled for you tomorrow. We're planning to spend 2 and 1/2 hours extra over there at station 4.
CDR-LM: (Laughter) I hope those gloves that you've got packed in the back have got something in them. (Laughter) Oh, let's read the checklist. See if we can go to bed on time tonight. IAWP-_ Oh, man.
CC: Okay. That might be a change. I,_P-I,_ I feel better than I did last night, as a matter of fact.
CDR-LM: Do you?
CC: I'm turning you over - I'm going to turn you over to Joe.
LMP-LM: That didn't do very much good.
CC: See you guys tomorrow.
CDR-LM: Okay. Verify safety on dump valve. Yes.
LMP-LM: Okay, Bob. Get some sleep, huh? CDR-LM. Yes, I verified them both.
LMP-LM: Sorry to be touchy, occasionally.
CDR-LM: DESCENT WATER valve, OPEN.
CDR-LM: Okay. Then you can take your purge valve off.
CDR-LM: There's a little dust in that tonight. Little stiffer .... again. Remove purge valves, stow in purse. Disconnect OPE hoses.
LMP-LM: Oh, man. That is dusty.
CDR-LM: Yes, let's - let me disconnect yours; you disconnect mine. It's easier with the - the -
LMP-LM: I think I can get - What did you say?
CDR-LM: - - OPS hoses.
LMP-LM: Oh, yes. Or whatever it said. CDR-hM Yes. LMP-I_ Disconnect - disconnect OPS hose. Is that what it said? CDR-IA_ Yes.
CDR-LM: Man - maneuver my fingers in here a little bit better. I_P-IM They are all showing a little bit ... stickiness. Mine were in this in pairs.
CDR-LM: (Laughter) Well, just everything's, you know, harder to fit.
LMP: Okay. There, you're disconnected. CDR-I_M PGA diverter valve, horizontal.
CDR-LM: We don't have the LM hoses on. So don't - Put mine to SUIT FLOW to get some air in here. I_MP-_ Yes .... in the dust.
CDR-LM: Man, that's hot. Feel that. I_MP-LM Out in the Sun. CDR-I_M Yes.
CDR-LM: Okay. Oh - Disconnect PLSS H2O from PGA. Okay. I_IP-I_4 And connect I_lwater. That's what we want. LMP-I_4 ... the ... and ... flags. II4P-LM I'm sorry that's so complex, there.
CDR-LM: Oh, that's perfectly fine. II4P-II4 But it was easier to start. CDR-I_4 It had to be. Smells like someone's been firing a carbine in here.
CDR-LM: I'm just standing here pushing that - IMP-IM. ... CDR-II_, Hot breaker - When you get it.
CC: 17, this is Houston. And- - CDR-IM Little Joe, are you there?
CC: Roger. How do you read Houston? Over.
CC: Roger, Geno. I've been following you real close, and you two are mighty smooth. Boy, was that nice today. L_P-Ix_ ... feel how hot that is. CDR-I_M Yes, the whole thing. LMP-I_4
CC: Go ahead. CDR-IM Hey, Challenger has been holding at about 5.5 ever since we got in here. Are you all happy with that?
CC: Looks good to us, Geno. We have been watching it and everyone is happy down here. CDR-IM Okay. Well, this morning, when we were getting ready, we saw it at 5.5 and part of that has been at 5.0 all of the time. Just so we are not venting anything, that 's all.
CC: Geno, we hear you on that and we'11 - we'11 be watching it.
LMP: has 96 percent on his gage.
CC: Thank you, Jack. We _copy that.
CC: Geno, with regard to your observation made to us a few moments ago, I guess we will ask for the CABIN RETURN to the AUTO position and your SUIT DIVERTER valve to CABIN, please. We are about 0.2 of a psi from CABIN RELIEF. Over. CDR-IM Okay, we're getting that now.
CDR: is reading 94 percent on the 02 charge.
CC: Copy, 6100.
LMP-LM: Joe, Joe, we had the commander's hoses stowed, but in SUIT FLOW. That might have done it. Is that right ?
CC: Sounds very plausible, Jack. We'11 look at it a little more here.
CC: Challenger, this is Houston. Requesting you move demand REGs A and B to EGRESS, please.
CC: 17, Houston. We noted down here that your SUIT DIVERTERS went to EGRESS and we want the demand REGs to the EGRESS position, please. I_MP-I_ That's right, but the SUIT GAS DIVERTER extends when you go to EGRESS.
CC: You're right, again.
CC: Jack, we don't think so. It looks like you're pretty steady at between 5.5 and 5.6. We're watching it very closely, however. I_MP-LM Okay, you know when we had that problem this morning, I hope I didn't - the backflow did not hurt something when I had the I_MP's hoses stowed in the ISOL valve and SUIT FLOW.
CC: Jack, just for your information, we saw about the same thing last night. The only difference was the pressure didn't climb quite so high. So, we think whatever it is, it really doesn't involve the problem - small problem you had this morning.
CDR: Okay, Joe. We got the commander's PLSS back in the recharge station. We got a new battery in it, odd numbers and a new - and a new canister in it and we are working on the I_4 - on Jack's right now.
CC: Okay, Gene. Sounds good.
CC: We are still watching your cabin pressure down here. Could you check for us, please, if the PLSS fill valve is securely closed?
UNKNOWN: Houston, Challenger. Do you want me to check the - Okay. ED BATs are 37.2.
UNKNOWN: PCM's going HIGH. management.
CDR-LM: Houston, Challenger.
CC: Go ahead. CDR-I24 Yes, your - does you telemetry and our gage come off the same telemetry on that? Same transducer?
CC: That's affirm. It does. And, Challenger, we've c_,munications got a problem at one of the sites and are going to ask you to go to panel 12 and turn the POWER AMPLIFIER to PRIMARY, please.
CC: And, Challenger, we're ready for battery manage- ment, at your convenience. IMP-I24 Okay, stand by.
CC: Go ahead. CDR-IN Okay, this is Geno. I just dug a rock out of my pocket. You - no one back there probably remembers, but when we were at Shorty, fumbling around, trying to get everything done, I said there was a piece of very shiny black glasslike- looking material that reminded me of - of obsidiml. Well, it's not. It looks like a very fine-grained gray rock. But, it's a fractured piece and it looks like it - I've picked up fractures of about three or four vesicle faces on it. The vesicle and faces are very shiny that's what reflected and caught my eye. I think the unique part about it is - Jack may want to tell you sc_ething else about it - the unique part about it is - I picked it up Shorty. Undocumented, halfway between the Rover and where we were sampling that orange stuff. And it will be in bag 12 Echo.
CC: Okay, Geno. Copy, 12 Echo. And, I was assured by the folks here when I came in - - CDR-I_ That'11 go in it.
CC: - - that - that you did indeed have shiny sample of some kind in your pocket and would probably find it later on. So, we called that one. Could you turn OFF the POWER AMPLIFIER - - CDR-I_ Okays we'11 put in it in SCB-8.
CC: Okay, go ahead. CDR-I_,
CC: Okay, Jack. Real fine. We '11 - want LOW BIT RATE, POWER AMPLIFIER, OFF, and LOW BIT RATE and we can maybe label that one 17008. How does that sound?
CDR-LM: No, you got to label Gene-rock. I was going to tell you those other things, but I thought I'd let Jack.
LMP-LM: The vesicles, if I may project the size of them, probably were up to 4 or 5 centimeters in diameter. They're irregular in shape, but they're clearly vesicles and it looks like they are lined with either glass or very fine-grained crystals. They're very shiny.
CC: Roger. CDR-I_M And for our next act -
CC: Jack, we're going to ask for your next act that and you check for us both PLSS valves OFF both OPS valves OFF. Over.
CC: Okay, Jack. We understand that all four valves are verified OFF. IMP-DM That's affirm, Joe.
CC: Okay, thank you. I'm sure that you realize that we're still showing that pressure increasing very, very slowly and are pretty well convinced that nothing is leaking in from the outside. So, we are looking around on the inside here. CDR-I_ Joe, is our oxygen consumption abnormal at this point ?
CC: No, not al all, Geno. Everything looks pretty normal, except this - this slow creep in the cabin pressure. LMP-IM Well, the - I guess the possibility is a creeping REG or a transducer, is that right?
CC: Yes, either that or it may be we're just watching same of the effects of the thermal shock that your tanks took when - from the repress itself. We're not worried about it at all, but we are still watching it. LMP-IM Joe, you might make a note that my two $EP area samples went into bag 8 also.
CC: Roger, Jack. That' s noted. CDR-IM Joe, got some numbers, if you'd like them?
CC: Go ahead. CDR-IM SRC is 41.5. Bag 6 is 24, bag 8 is 35.
CC: Copy, 41.5 and 24 in bag 6; 35 for bag 8.
CDR-LM: That 's it.
CDR-LM: Joe, how many samples did we get today?
CDR-LM: Don't start a big investigation. I was Just curious.
CC: Let me ask around, Gene. We will see in a minute.
CC: 17, we think you have 54 samples from this EVA, plus some cores.
CDR-LM: Thank you, Joe. Just curious.
CC: That's not half bad.
CDR-LM: And, Joe, we're on 5-5 and I am going to start doffing.
CC: Okay, Geno. Copy 5-5, and before you get started there, would you put both demand REGs to CLOSED, please? As we continue to watch this pressure.
CDR: Okay, Joe. Demand REG A, going CLOSED. Demand REG B going CLOSED.
CC: Thank you. And we verify them both CLOSED.
CC: 17, this is Houston. We'd like SUIT DIVERTER back to CABIN, please?
CDR: CABIN.
CDR-LM: Okay, Joe. We'11 be at your beck and call.
CC: I'11 only smile at that. 99A/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CDR-LM: S_y again.
CC: Geno, you're 5 by.
CDR-LM: Okay, we're going to get Jack out of his suit. I'11 be - I'11 be monitor.
CC: Roger. From the way the two of you worked today, I'd think you could just about turn him upside down and pour him out.
CDR-LM: Yes, if he'd fit through that little hole in the end of his wrist. I24P-LM Joe, the day they can pour me out of anything, they'11 call me slim. Talk to you later.
CC: Okay. Among other things.
CDR-LM: Remember those nice white suits?
CC: The Clean Room will never be the same again.
CC: Challenger, this is Houston.
CDR-LM: Go ahead, Houston. Challenger here.
CC: Geno, we're going to start to investigate which of your demand regulators is leaking and we're going to ask you to put DEMAND REG Aifa to CABIN now. And, as we watch it, please do not make any urine dumps. Over.
UNKNOWN: Okay, we will not make any urine dumps and we'11 go to CABIN now. Okay, Alfa's in CABIN. And we'11 be ready for your debriefing here in about 5 m_uutes.
CC: Okay, Geno. And, it's going to be a short one.
LMP-LM: Okay, Houston. We're going DOWNVOICE BACKUP.
CC: Okay, 17. To begin with, we want you to delete that step going to DOWNVOICE BACKUP. And I've got a surface block data to read up to you. A few minor changes in your Lunar Surface Checklist. And a couple of very quick questions for the de- briefing when you're ready. Over.
LMP-LM: Go ahead, in the stated order.
CC: Roger. Moving right along now to the surface block data. Lift-off time, T-33, 152 plus 30 plus 01; T-34, 154 plus 28 plus 33; T-35, 156 plus 27 plus 05; T-36, 158 plus 25 plus 37; T-37, 160 plus 2h plus 09. Over.
LMP-LM: Okay, Joe. Starting with 33. 152:30:01, 15_:28:33, 156:27:05, 158:25:37, 160:2A:09. And what's our present rev?
CC: We've checked around the room here and the consen- sus is that it's Wednesday morning. Over.
CDR-LM: Oh, okay. I really wanted to know whether it was irridated [sic] ham or frankfurter morning, cnd I guess we can work that out.
CC: Roger, Gene. Apparently, the Surgeon is happy with either of those days. And we want you to turn to - right now, to 5-7 in the checklist and perform that - one particular step at 150 hours, which will prevent the computer clock from over- flowing. And that's the "PROCEED, VERB 37 ENTER, PROC,:,;If'step. 06 ENT_, We'11 stand by for that. Give us a ma_k as you start it. Over.
CDR-LM: Okay, we're starting.
CDR-LM: PRO. PROCEED, VERB 37 ENTER - VERB 30 -
CDR-LM: Okay, Joe. You don't want me to go on the VERB 90 - You're not going to give us an update, huh?
CC: No update required. That was Just to prevent an overflow. And then I'm ready for the quick changes in the Lunar Surface Checklist when you are.
CC: Okay. Begin by putting the demand REG Bravo to CABIN position and leave the demand REG Alfa in the - in the CABIN position where it now is. And I'11 continue on with the changes in the checklist here. Page 5-6, left-hand side, where it reads "Configure ETB." The - the fourth line down that starts out "Four B&W mags," they should read, "Hotel, India, Juliet, and Romeo in LCG compart- ment.'' Then going up to the right-hand side under "Stow in ETB," change the line "One B&W mag Romeo" to read "One B&W mag Kilo." Over.
LMP-LM: Okay, Joe. I changed the mags in the "Empty" from Kilo to Romeo and the mag in "Stow" from Romeo to If/lo.
CC: Okay, that sounds like the thing to do. And a note on your demand regulators. We're showing that the demmnd regulator Alfa is - has good in- tegrity and we're now in the process of checking the demmud regulator Bravo. I've got a couple of_fairly quick questions here when you're ready for those.
CDR-LM: Okay, Joe. Go ahead with your questions, and in- tegrity is certainly what we need around here, right?
CC: Okay. Jack, a Question for you to begin with. Is your gold visor sticking halfway down? Apparent- ly, that's based on a discussion earlier. Over. CDR-I_. Yes. Apparently his visor is sticking.
CDR-LM: Which one? The gold visor? No, he said his sun- shade is sticking halfway down, but his gold visor's not.
CC: Okay, that answers the question. We couldn't tell from the TV whether it was the visor or the sun- shade. That's fine. We also heard some discus- sion about possible wear in the seats of the suits when you were dusting each other off. We want to know if you could see the - any hint of the alu- minum layers showing through in the suits. Over.
CDR-LM: No, Joe. Not to worry. It's just a few scars on the PLSS thermal blanket in back where you prob- ably rub the seat when you get in. Nothing on the suits.
CC: Okay, Geno. Now two real quick geology questions that will help us do the planning for your EVA tomorrow. The first one has to do with station 4. And you called out some material on the rim there - the crater at station 4 - which looked like bedded spatter. And we're wondering if that resembled things that - that you'd seen in Hawaii? Over.
CC: Okay, Jack. That's quite clear to us now. Also a question about station 4 - - I_P-LM Joe - Joe.
CC: Okay, Jack. Understand that. A question about the boulder you sampled at the rim. Would you compare the basalt in this boulder to - which I - you may have called a gabbro, I'm not sure - in any case the basalt - to samples which you col- lected at Camelot and at ALSEP. Over.
LMP-LM: Well, my impression was that they were the same rock types.
CC: Okay, that's our impression, too. Thank you. That's - that's it for us on the questions. And for information, we're showing your cabin pressure is holding fairly steady even with both those demand regs on.
CDR-LM: Okay. Keep watching it for us, would you, and let us know. I expect one of them is probably leaking pretty slow.
CC: You have no - no worry about that, Gene. We're looking at it real close.
CDR-LM: How's - bow's Aw_rica looking to you?
CC: It is just as clean as a whistle.
CDR-LM: It may not be when we get back there, judging from the looks - looks of us. That's good to hear, though. It's a good bird. So is this one.
LMP-LM: Joe, is there any - You got any more debriefing questions?
CC: Negative, Jack. And we're interested that you move right along so we can get you - get you turned in there and get some rest. I_IP-LM We're moving. We're eating now, and we're - we're - we feel the same way, I think. venience, you can go ahead with the feedwater re- charge. We want you to hold off on the oxygen recharge until we watch these regs for about another 10 minutes. And give us a mark if you do start the water recharge, please. Over.
CC: And if there are any ways we can cut corners on the time here, it'11 be helping us, because we're still locking at - at being down a couple of hours nearly. CDR-I_M Okay, Joe. We're working at it as fast as we can. Best place in the world to make it up is tomor- row night.
CC: Right, Geno, and we - actually, we're going to pick up a good one shortly, because we're coming 99A/7 Tape up to a pad in the time line. So, as long as we don't waste too m_ch time, we're doing pretty well.
CDR-LM: Okay; be assured we're not. There's just a cer- tain amount of housekeeping we have to do. But, very seriously, day after tomorrow is a ve_' zhort day, and I think we ought to look at making up any time. I'm a hold-faster' on sleep periods but tomorrow is the one that I think is flexible.
CC: Roger. We hear you. Won't be too long at it, but if you've got any significant news or anything, why don't you give it to us?
CC: Jack, I don't know if it's significant news, but at least I know you will be interested. Both your demand regs look good now. We show no evi- dence of a lesk there and it may have been that just recycling them reseated them and solved what- ever problem we had. You can go ahead with the 02 recharge on the PLSS and the water recharge at your convenience. And let me poll the room here for other news items. Over.
CC: Roger. This is a news report to eat by. I'11 combine an orbital science report with a sports report, an unusual combination here. i'11 start out with a sports report on Monday night football, which you may not have heard yet. Joe Na_ath triedmightily to lead the New York Jets into the American Football League playoffs, but the Oakland Raiders grounded the Jets in a fourth quarter 24 to 16 blitz. Namath passed for more than 400 yards but, in spite of it, New York scored only c_e touchdown. Moving along to the successes of CaptainAmerica, I'11 run down different items in the SIM baa here, beginning with the UV spectrom- eter. In general, the data has been excellent. We're getting indieations that the hydrogen atmos- phere of the Moon is m_ch less than expected. In fact, I don't think we're detecting any, but rather setting a limit on the amount of hydrogen around the Moon. There was an Aerobee launch - an attempt at an Aerobee launch - from White Sands on Monday to calibrate solar UV radiation, but this launch failed because an instrument viewing port in the rocket failed to open. A second launch - let's see - was scheduled, I think, for today, and I don't know whether that was success- ful or not. I guess it'11 be launched later today. The infrared scanning radiometer is per- forming beautifully. Indications are that subsolar-point surface temperatures are higher than we've detected from our Earth-based observa- tions before. We're seeing many thermal anomolies, particularly in Procellarum and in the Procellarum area wear of Copernicus. And we're seeing also a few unusual cold spots, which apparently are indicating areas of very fine soil with a few or no blocks in and on the soil. The lunar sounder data is beautiful, and the power monitor signals we find correlate with the surface features. And the HF data indicates to us that we are detecting a variety of layers in the mare areas.
CC: Jack, I don't have it on the page in front of me here. We're going to check into it and I'11 get back to you in a second.
CC: Jack, this is Houston. With regard to your ques- tions on the hot spots, apparently they've not yet 99A/9 Tape indexed the - these warmer sources that they're detecting to the CSM ephemeris, and - and so they don't know exactly what they correspond to as far as the surface features themselves go. So I can't help you on that right now.
LMP-LM: Okay, Joe. Just curious.
CC: And, Jack, TELMU handed me some numbers which I think you will be interested in. From the EVA-2 EMU s_mmary, the elapsed EVA time was 7 hours ptus 37 minutes plus 22 seconds for a new outdoor record under international rules. The rest of the sheet looks free from problems in a comforting way. Let's see, average metabolic rates - for you, Geno, 855; and, Jack, you're running at around 920. And that, relative to premission averages of around 850. And you have a grand total EVA time now of 14 hours 49 minutes and 35 seconds.
CC: Good question. Let me ask on that one. Yesterday you were running at 1045 and 1090. So you're down considerably from your work rates of yester- day, which is good news. Maybe you're learning how to do it more easily or something like that.
CDR-LM: Yes, but we spent a lot of time riding today and a lot of time working yesterday.
CC: That's true. But I guess that's not taken into consideration of the average here. It's certainly true. We can ask for the metabolic rate of the Rover. I bet that is pretty impressive for today.
CDR-LM: Well, don't - don't get me wrong. Driving that Rover is ... But I'11 tell you, it keeps your attention.
CC: I'm sure it does.
LMP-LM: It keeps the passenger's attention, too.
CC: I'm sure it does. We noted some comments when you were rolling along tod ay - and reading between the lines from time to time.
CC: Roger, Gene. We copy that. I4_P-IAM Joe, that des -
LMP-LM: That description - that description fits the geology up in there, because we weren't seeing blocky riww,_d craters and otherwise you would have been able to tell more easily about the old versus new craters, which would be the ones you could either go through or not go through, respectively.
CDR-LM: That's a super machine to drive though, Joe, I'11 tell you. If you had enough time you could really learn to - to take it all the way. But you don't really do that, Just the second time around.
CC: Geno, was it spraying dirt at you today? Could you - did you notice that you still missed the real fender and that the patch fender wasn't quite doing what - what maybe it could? cDR-LM No, sir, I don't think we missed it at all.
LMP-LM: Fact is, we're recommending a design change, Joe.
CC: That'11 be for next year's model.
CC: Roger. We're happy with those demand regs now. And you can proceed on with that and includinz all the - the - the PLSS recharges that you'11 need to do as well. mV
LMP-LM: Joe, we're filling PISS with water now. You might check on the water quantity.
CC: Roger. Thank you. APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: Okay, Gene. Thank you. Out of curiosity, have you packed, or a_e you packing the ETB now?
CDR-LM: Yes. Jack's doing it right now.
CC: Okay; we've got a last minute change. We show that you - your mag Bravo is about 77 frames, and we'd like for you to leave it in the ETB - It is already in the ETB - and take it out with you to- morrow. We can shoot up the remaining frames if we run out of film, otherwise.
CDR-LM: Okay; fine. That goes along with our thinking.
CC: You know, apparently you made some comment earlier in the day about being bothered by comm noise during your egress from Challenger. Did that go away right away, or did it just cease to bother you, or what - what was the story on that? CDR-I_M I don't remember; so, it must have gone away, be- cause the commwas great.
CC: Okay; that's what we kind of assumed.
CDR-LM: Okay; we're charging Jack's PLSS with oxygen.
CC: We copy it.
CDR-LM: Joe, bow's the weather got down there? Any better?
CC: Gens, the weather is better. We were really socked in yesterday. That front's moved on through the Houston area, and it is cold and clear tonight, I suspect. It's been a while since we've been out, but they are calling for it to go down right near freezing.
LMP-LM: They succeeded in leveling the gravimeter, yet?
CC: Jack, we'11 check it, update our information on that. My understanding at the moment is that they've not, but - but they're thinking that the unit's Just too cold and they're in the process of warming it up by dumping heat into it by run- ning some of the equipment around it and in it, and they've by no means given up - given up hope for that unit.
LMP-LM: I figure that means that my fooling around with it didn't help _hem.
CC: Apparently, it - it didn't do too much for them, but what it did do was convince them that it's probably somehow locked up because its tempera- ture's not right yet. And they're not worrying about whether it's level or not level now. They're - they're confident that it's been set up okay, and now they're just biding their time to bring that temperature up. We'11 get some more words to you sometime tomorrow on it as you make your tradi- tional visit to the site again - ALSEP site again, probably. How are you coming along with your sleep prep? Tape lOOA/3
CDR-LM: We're just about there, Joe. We picked up some time somewhere in here. Couldn't be much more than i hour behind.
CC: No, that's just about right. You're looking pretty good on that.
LMP-LM: If you get to sleep in the next 5 minutes, you're i hour behind.
CDR-LM: Yes, sir; we're - I'm putting my hammock up now, as a matter of fact.
LMP-LM: What are you doing up so late?
CC: Well, somebody's got to sit up and keep you guys honest. I think we're getting more sleep down here than you are.
CDR-LM: Ah me.
CC: I m/ght add that not only do we have to stay up late; we have to get up mighty early to keep you honest, too. LMP'LM Okay; you going to let us sleep 8 hours or what?
CC: That's affirm, Jack. We're - we're looking good on the time, and we're - Not only will you get, we hope, 8 hours of good sleep, but you'11 have a full EVA tomorrow. So, it's not costing us anything there.
LMP-LM: Sounds great, Joe. I - I fully expect it won't be much longer now.
CC: And, Gene, just for rough planning purposes, we'11 start to figure your sleep period starting around 152:30. And we'11 be looking at your getting up around 8 hours from that time.
CDR-LM: Okay, Joe; I'11 buy that.
CC: Might add, also, that there are a lot of us looking forward to that third EVA tomorrow. It's going to be the last one on the lunar surface for some time. CDR-_ I tell you, if it's anywhere near what the first two were like, we're looking forward to it, also.
CC: Gene and Jack, we're still marveling at the _ _l- tiful television pictures that we're getting from your TV camera there. It's fun, in fact, to watch the - the tracks that you're leaving behind in - in the - the lunar soil, both footprints and Rover tracks. And some of us are down here now reflect- Lug on what sort of mark or track will someday disturb the tracks that you leave behind there tomorrow.
CDR-LM: That's an interesting thought, Joe, but I think we all know that somewhere, someday, someone will be here to disturb those tracks.
CC: No doubt about it, Geno. L_P-LM Don't be too pessimistic, Joe. I think it's going to happen.
CC: Oh, there's no doubt about that. But it's fun to think about what sort of - of device will ulti- mately disturb your tracks.
LMP-LM: Well that device may look something like your little boy.
CC: Boy, he'd make short work of them.
LMP-LM: Joe, I'11 tell you it's also a pretty philosophical thought to think that you're riding around out here on what is really undisturbed - undisturbed everything, you know. If there was someone here, way back when sometime, they didn't leave much - much sign of their whereabouts, but that's an interesting thought, too, as you drive around and all of a sudden cross your own Rover tracks and figure out those are the only ones that have maybe have ever been here.
CC: Very true. 100A/5 Tape nV
LMP-LM: And with that, I'm rolling out hammock.
LMP-LM: Okay, Joe. I'm waving goodnight to you. I'm rolling up mV overhead window cover.
CC: Okay, Gene and Jack. We'11 say good night to you from down here, unless there's some other way _ can help you. LMP-_4 No, sir. If there is, we'11 give you a call, though.
CC: Just want to end by saying what a terrific job you did today, and really looking forward to to- morrow. Have a good 8-hours rest. Thank
LMP-LM: you, Joe. Tomorrow we answer all the un- answered questions. Right?
CC: If not more.
LMP-LM: ... TapeslOZA-105A/1 REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS Tape lOiB/1 APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: Good morning, America. How are you?
CC: Glad to hear it, Ron. Good morning. CMl° Good morning.
CMP: I slept with my lightweight headset on last night so didn't have to have that cap on. Is the fidelity of this thing any good at all?
CC: Pretty good, Ron. Pretty good. And as you start your morning's activities, you can be aware that we were watching the spacecraft through the night, and as Flight puts it, everything is swinging.
CMP: Outstanding. That's what we like.
CC: We start work early around here.
CMP: Well, I guess.
CMP: You know, I'd just be kind of curious how the old heart rate compares to those sleep tests that we did - preflight? Is it about the same when I'm soundly asleep or is it lower or what, you know?
CC: Stand by, Ron, and I'11 ask the men on my left.
CMP: Okay. You know, maybe they'11 have that information.
CC: Roger. They think maybe 5 minutes. And we'11 be back to you.
CMP: Okay. No problem. Curiosity more than anything.
CMP: I'11 give you the rest of that in Just a jiffy when I get it squared away.
CC: Roger, Ron. Apparently in your preflight data base they show you with a rate of in the low 60's or high 50's, that's a sleeping rate. And we're showing you now, during your sleep periods, of heart rates of about 10 beats lower per minute. And with heart rates that show less variation than the preflight data shows.
CMP: Ah ha, okay. Well, thank you much. _%le heart does slow down a little bit up here, then.
CC: Apparently so - they assured me however, that it would not be approaching zero. So you can relax there.
CMP: (Laughter) Okay. Tape lO1B/3
CC: And, Ron, in the meantime, Gordo's arrived here and - I'11 turn the console over to him. Be talking to you later perhaps.
CMP: Okay, Joe. Hey, we thank you much. Appreciate it.
CC: Enjoyed it. Have a good day; and we'11 all be watching you close. CMl° Okay.
CC: Okay, Ron. Good morning and go ahead.
CMP: I just got something a day off (laughter). Okay, Gordo. Glad to have you aboard with us. Okay. PRD, 15041; and the sleep, I mentioned, 6-1/2 probably about or 7 good hours. I took a Seconal last night, and I had four cans of fluid.
CMP: Okay, here's the old chow for day 6.
CMP: Scrambled eggs, bacon squares, peaches, cinnamon toasted bread cubes, orange juice, cocoa with potassi_n and a vitamin pill. Okay. Lobster bisque, all the peanut butter, all the jelly, three pieces of bread, citrus beverage, a tea, a chocolate bar, and a package of pecans. And I had a beef steak, butterscotch pudding, and an orange drink.
CC: Okay, got that.
CMP: I think that was it. Hey, today I get sausage, grits, fruit coctail, orange beverage, and coffee.
CMP: And, Gordo, if you have one of these preflight, not preflight - but, what do you call it - geology Sl_marys of EVA-2, like you had yesterday. I thought that was great.
CC: Okay, Ron. I just picked it up. Let me read it over and then I'11 give you a s_mary.
CMP: Oh, okay. Sure; no problem.
CC: Hello, Ron. I'11 give you a little summary here of the EVA. It's going to be a little rambling, because I haven't had time to organize it, but it was a very interesting night last night on that second EVA.
CMP: Sure that's ... Go ahead.
CC: Traverse lay over terrain of extraordinary geologic diversity and yielded a far greater variety of information than ever obtained on any other lunar traverse. Systematic descriptions and samples of four of the six main units of the area, massif, subfloor, the light mantle, and the dark mantle were obtained. In addition, detailed descriptions were given of a variety of craters, including exciting discoveries that the crater Shorty, and descriptions of the Lee-Lincoln Scarp and lineaments in the hilly terrain. The South Massif is composed of two main varieties of breccia; blue-gray and tan-gray blocks of both varieties were abunSsnt at station 2 up on Nansen. I won't go into the geologic details on those breccias. But - they then found samples of the subfloor unit exposed as blocks in the ejecta around larger craters that had been partly buried by the dark mantle. Stand by. Tape lO1B/5
CC: Okay. They are going to take the antenna away from us, Ron. I'11 have to finish this next time around. Spacecraft's looking good, we'11 see you in about 45 minutes or so.
CMP: Okay. Mighty fine Gordo. Thank you. END OF TAPE
CMP: _ouston, this is America. See you tried to come in there.
CC: Yes, Ron. You're loud and clear.
CMP: Okay. I'm just finishing up my fruit cocktail.
CC: Okay. While you're munching there, let me give you a few status reports here. First of all, your RCS is hooking right along there 4 percent above the Flight Plan line; however, we have some plans for that 4 percent, which I'11 go over with you later. On the oxygen, you've gained a little on it, since I was last on anyway. 02 tank i is a little low, but it's balanced by tank 3 being a - a little high, and tank 2 is right on the redline, so I think they all balance out to be about on the redline on the Flight Plan line. And they all three balance out to be right on the Flight Plan line, as close as can I tell. On hydrogen, you're probablyup about 4 percent in tank l, and the other two are right on the line, so you are in good shape there, still.
CC: Okay, while you're - I've got some words on your - on your orbit here, which won't require anything - writing down anything - but for some reason you're missing the mascons or something, and your orbit's not degrading like we expected it to. It's not degrading down into a circular orbit. It's - I think it's staying Just about the way it was, and so we're looking ahead to a plane change, and we're - we're thinking about an extra maneuver prior to plane change - about i hour prior to plane change on the back side. There was some discussion here about what to call that maneuver. Somebody wanted to call it a HAM, height adjustment maneuver, and someone else said, well that one's already used in the rendezvous sequence. Maybe we ought to make it "bacon." And even "lox" was was suggested, considering the FDOs objected to "bacon" because of his religion. So the "lox" was eliminated because ·we already used that for the S-IVB.
CMP: How about "mascon adjust?"
CC: Anyway, what the maneuver's going to be - whatever we call it - is about 11 foot per second RCS burn, i hour prior to plane change so that'11 be on the back side. And, that'11 Just about use up your RCS overage and put you back on the Flight Plan line. That will adjust the height when you get around to the plane change, and then the plane change will be a little bigger than originally planned, showing about B65 feet per second, SPS, of course. And, looking at the consumables, that will put you down right - right on the rescue red- line on SPS, so we're still in good shape - con- sumablewise. Further tracking will refine this, of course, so we'11 have updates on the plan. Any questions on that? Over.
CMP: No, it sounds like you all thought it out. I appreciate your letting me know about that. I think - Is the time line worked out good enough in there to work in a P41? I guess it does - an hour before, huh?
CC: Yes, well - we'11 make it. I haven't looked at it myself, but we are - FAO has - and I haven't heard exactly what needs to be changed, if anything. Okay, on the SIM bay. Basically there's nothing new to report. And all the people down here ap- preciate your timely operation of the SIM bay, and it's responsible for really maximizing the data return. In general, we're pretty happy. The problems that we're have - having with it are ones that have already been mentioned to you. On the - on the HF antenna retract problem that we have, if we have it, here's the plan. We're - Well, first of all, the consensus on that is that we really think the antennas are retracting okay. That it's a malfunction in the limit switch that drives the talkback that's really the problem. So we have devised an alternate method, utilizing timing and stall current, and actually the signa- ture of the motor stall current down here in the data, to determine proper retraction. And just prior to 168 hours in the Flight Plan, you're supposed to retract those antennas, and we're going to check the data at that time, and say "yes" or "no"; they are retracting or they aren't. If they don't, then the alternate plan we'11 swing into at that time is to reschedule the HF targets that are now scheduled on rev 55- Reschedule them and do them on rev 42. After which, we'11 try one more time to retract the antennas, and if it still looks like they indeed are not retracting - I guess it's Just the one that's in question - then we'11 go ahead and jettison them at that time. And we'11 still have gotten most of the - of the least - priority HF targets with that alternate plan. Over.
CMP: Yes, that sounds like - sounds like a good plan to me.
CC: Okay, we got one request from EECOM here. Can you turn the H 2 tank 2 FANs, OFF, please?
CMP: H2 tank 2 FANs are OFF now. fast there, I have some pencil work for you in way the of Flight Plan updates. Not too much, really.
CMP: Okay. Contrary to the way I eat breakfast on the ground, I always end up leaving my orange juice to last. I guess that's because you llke to eat the hot things first.
CMP: What I'm saying is the only thing I've got left to eat is orange Juice, and I'm ready to copy.
CC: Okay, 156:22 - which is coming up here - like to, at that time, verify all command module VHF off. You are now 11 after - You have to terminate the jet-on monitor and then get the sounder operating. I can break this off at any time if you think we're pressing that. Just interrupt me. At 156:50, lunar sounder pad. T-start is 156:51:05, and T-spot is 156:56:09. Over.
CMP: Okay. T-start, 156:51:05, 156:56:09.
CC: That's good. Flip the page - flip two pages and copy the next sounder pad, which is for 158:40. T-start is 158:49:35 and stop time is 158 - -
CMP: Wait a minute; wait a minute. I'm not with you.
CMP: Okay. I got it (chuckle).
CC: Okay. T-start - -
CMP: Go ahead, now, very sorry.
CC: - - 158:49:B5, and stop is 158:54:38.
CMP: Okay. Start 158:49:35, 158:54:38.
CC: Okay, that's correct. Now at - that same page - 158:13, after "PAN CAMERA - ON," add a line that "V/H says, OVERRIDE - HIGH ALTITUDE." "V/H
CMP: Okay, at 158:13, OVERRIDE to HIGHALTITUDE."
CC: Okay, and at 158 - -
CMP: I think it's still in HIGH ALTITUDE from yesterday. Yes, it is.
CC: Okay. 158:21 is another, "Verify all command module VHF, OFF."
CMP: Okay, 158:21, "Verify all VHF, OFF," and I know what that means.
CC: Okay, and the next two are easy. Next page, at 159:01. Just draw a line through "MAPPING CAMERA, RETRACT," and at 159:05 - -
CC: - - draw a line through "MAPPING CAMERA LASER ALTIM - LASER ALTIMETER COVER, CLOSED."
CC: Okay, I think we're caught up. We're ready for HIGH GAIN, AUTO.
CMP: Okay, I'11 go back and see where we are in the old Flight Plan. Okay, you have AUTO. 102B/5 Tape
CMP: Okay. I don't think this lightweight headset is quite as good as the - the other one, and I'm going to change as soon as I get a chance here.
CC: Okay. is OFF, BEACON is OFF, RANGING is OFF. That's all (chuckle).
CC: Okay. I was looking at - Aitken when they came that side. Aitken is almost right in the terminator, right now. So when they come up on terminator photos there - The only thing is that, even though it was down in the shadow, down in the bottom of the cra- ter, I could still see the bottom of the craters on - when they come around there for the near- terminator photography. I'm going to open the camera up and take a picture down in the shadow itself and see if that works.
CMP: And there was quite a bit of backlight - quite a bit of backlight reflection from the northeastern side of it and also the eastern side of it, I guess. Funny, down in the eastern rim - -
CC: Ron, if you give us ACCEPT, we'11 give you a vector while you got it.
CMP: - - the only way I can describe it - Okay. You have ACCEPT.
CMP: And the DSKY is clear. With the shadow effect on the eastern - I guess the east and southeastern interior rim of the crater, it reminds me a lot of some eroded hills. Like if you've got a valley that maybe has a 20-foot - it's bigger than that - but say you got a 20-foot drop on the thing where it's been - just rain erosion down the side and it kind of washes little - little valleys down it here and there. And it leaves mounds and humps in be- tween that haven't eroded away yet. And that's the way the side of that crater works. And then the other side of it, the northeastern rim of it and the interior rim, looks just like a - a - one of the massif units. That is, it's a very fine texture, no real erosional processes, just a smooth, gentle - gentle slope.
CC: Okay, Ron; it's your computer. Go gack to BLOCK.
CMP: Okay, we're in BLOCK.
CMP: You know that Skylab drink bag has really been a pretty good deal because you can use the nipple that's on the end of that thing and use it for all of the beverage packages. And that way, you don't have to cup open the end of it and let it drip out all over the place.
CC: Hey, I'11 pass that along to the Skylab - -
CMP: - - you can use the nipple.
CMP: I'm not sure if they have any of our beverage packs or not. I think they are all packaged in these expandable little things we're using for water - water cans.
CMP: Hey, Gordo, what day is it?
CC: Out of sync there myself. It's Wednesday. It's about 9:15 in the morning, Wednesday.
CMP: Ah ha! Thank you. I guess I could have figured it up, but -
CC: That's why we're here. Answer important questions.
CMP: Hey, getting ready for LUNAR SOUNDER to STANDBY. That's a "verify."
CC: Roger. not heaters. I see the old MODE is still in VHF. Ah hal I get to control the spacecraft again. ... Takes about five minimum impulse blips to get - a tenth of a degree per second.
CMP: The dark annulus around Serenitatis - As you look north - the dark variation there, and I'm kind of looking back - looking a little bit backwards now - but that dark has no continuity with the ridge at all. Goes right down the middle of the ridges. As you look directly east of Littrow - east - I mean directly west of Littrow, the wrinkle ridge is there, and then there's - it comes out, and you have the light tan, tannish, tannish -. There's a dark, I guess you call it - a dark tannish-gray. And then you get out to the light tan of the Mare Serenitatis, itself.
CC: Okay, Ron. and you can still see a topographic expression - topographic high around the rilles in the Tacquet area, and also the grayness has disappeared out of that - out of the dark _sterial, and it's just - looking into the Sun now - it looks more of a tan - a darker tan than the Serenitatis area. And you can all see - also see the topographic rise to it now - I'm looking quite a ways away from it and looking down on it.
CC: Roger. at Sulpicius Gallus and Just to the north of that, there's a crater that's about - well, it's right at the end of those rilles that go north from Sulpicius Gallus. And you can really see the blanket eJecta blanket. The eJecta looks very dark, around it now in this Sun. Now you look out across the Mare Serenitatis now and you're getting toward the sunset, looking back into the Sun, and the color is disappearing all except in that one spot. Now that must be a - either a fresh eJecta - and you look the brightness of it or something - or either that or it's dark. It's sure a dark - it's a dark eJecta blanket around it. The blanket itself goes out maybe two or three crater diameters, and it looks like it has kind of a ray-type pattern to it. I'11 mark that crater. I don't even know if it has got a name _-p. or not, but I'11 mark it on my
CMP: I got a ding. Let's see. It must be time to do something.
CC: Yes, it's time to turn the recorder on.
CMP: RECORDER, ON. RECORDER's ON.
CMP: Just - I don't know where I am right now, I'11 be honest. I Just looked out window 3, and I'm right on the terminator. And, let's see, I'm going west, so we've got some arcuate - There's kind of m-_e a area down there. Okay, I think it is. And you can see lava tongues sticking out through there. And lava flow fronts with the high side on the east side because you got a shadow all the way along the front. And they're about - in the one area - you might consider a scalloped area - an eJecta scallop. Coming out of that one area you can see a crazy lava flow coming out from it.
CMP: At least the flow - aren't they?
CC: That's right. That's what they ought to be. We need the IR, OFF.
CMP: You look back out across Seren - Okay.
CC: We need the IR COVER, CLOSED, please.
CMP: Say again, Gordo.
CC: We want the IR COVER, CLOSED. Right away. How about the UV?
CMP: IR COVER is CLOSED.
CMP: I was Just going to say, looking back across Serenitatis into the Sun now, there must be Bessel that has eJecta pattern out there. When you look at the eJecta patterns into the Sun, they all look black with respect to the mare. I think it must be a shadow effect or something that you get off of the - the raised eJecta that comes up across it.
CC: Hey, Ron, that frantic call there was because the Sun had started to get in the IR and hadn't really thought that would happen, but started to see it get in there. But you caught it in time; the cover saved it.
CMP: Okay. Real good. I figured that's probably what it was.
CC: And you can go ahead with the rest of the steps sunset. in there with the UV off after
CMP: Okay. MAPPING CAMERA is going OFF. COVER's CLOSED on the IR so then we'11 turn it off. PAN CAMERA, SELF TEST, OFF. And let's see, I don't see the Sun shining up a light out there. It must be sun- set. Couldn't be yet, though. Yes, sure enough is, though. Okay, UV's going OFF. You want the IR COVERs back OPEN Just to keep things straight here?
CMP: They're Just - I - next time we use the IR, let's Just remember to open the cover.