Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CMP: Okay. MTf - my small one-eighth inch - or one-eighth of an inch sided diamond Joined with another one, now, _ld one side of the diamond is gone. I still have three sides of the diamond and the fourth side of the diamond, or the upper right-hand corner of the diamond, you might say, has disappeared and goes on with another little square - or rectangle. One - one end of the 3/16 rectangle is about of an inch long; the other two sides are about three-eights of an inch long.
CC: Ron, what's the location of that - of that diamond and rectangle in the - in the circular dish? And is it near the edge_ or is it towards the center?
CMP: There are almost - No, it's almost in the center. Towards the center. Almost in the center. On the left edge, as you look at the piece of equip- ment, as you're looking at it, there are absolutely no patterns at all. There is a flow. You can see a stream of flow. Whoops. I can get up then and start looking at it. I blew on it when I was talking. You can see a stream of flow from the circumference in toward the outer group of ce] is. The outer group of cells is at least half an inch from the circumference, though_ at that point.
CC: Okay, Ron. We copy all that.
CMP: Yes. I think there is a general migration of - of the cells. Kind of toward the bottom of the circle, if you want to look at it that way. They seem to be stretching kind of in that direction, too.
CC: Okay. You're saying that's toward minus X?
UNKNOWN: ... No, toward the plus Y, as you're lookini_ at it.
CC: Okay. They're migrating toward plus Y.
CMP: I'11 - I'11 try to make all directions, with re- spect to - with respect to the right-side-up oF the equipment, you know.
CC: Okay. We've got you.
CMP: And the first finger i talked about was at 12 o'clock. It has joined the edge now and almost disappeared. The second finger was - still es- sentially the way it was - is getting slightly closer to the edge. There's maybe - oh, less 1/32 than of an inch between the tip of the finger and the edge. And it goes out at - at 2 o'clock. Okay, from 3 o'clock on around to about 7 o'clock, the cells - It's in a shadow, and I can't see for sure if they're touching the edge or not, but it looks like they're probably essentially touching - the sk - the edge.
UNKNOWN: A_d then from 7 o'clock on around to 12 o'clock again, none of the cells are touching the edge at all. And they're - oh, an average of three-eighths of an inch from the outside circu_aference.
CC: Okay. We're getting all that, Ron.
CC: And, Ron, we'd like to verify that the fluid is up to the second baffle.
CDR: That's verified. It's up to the second baffle.
CMP: Ail I had to do was start it in one position, and as soon as I started it - started it in one po- sition_ it whipped all the way around it. From the point I started it, it went all the way around in both directions.
CC: Okay. That sounds beautiful. That ought to be a good data point for something.
CMP: Yes. Right.
CMP: I think that in the low flow here evidently things are even a little bit slower than they were in the high rate - in the high - in the high heat rate. But my little diamond, now, is almost joined with the rectangle. And I think given half a chance, it's tending to go into another five- sided figure.
CMP: And we start to cool down ...
CMP: Okay. As we're cooling down, the flow patterns tend to join together, so far. The ones on the outer periphery dissolve into straight lines. Straight lines are emanating in a radial direction from the center of the circle.
CMP: And, Houston, if you're listening; or DSE if you're listening. Had a little bit of film - oop_ there's the end of film right now. May as well stop it. Hey, I went to HIGH for a little ways.
CC: Okay, Ron. You came back in; I didn't get all of that. Understand you ran out of film. And s_ _ the other.
CMP: Well, I still had a little bit of film when the cooldown - the 2-minute cooldown period was left, so I went back to HIGH on the FLOW PATTERN just to see what would happen. And it looked like they were starting out with - again larger-sized cells developing into smaller ones. And, initially, all of the cells were about a half an inch in diameter, and they were closer to the periphery of the dish than they were in the LOW FLOW positi©n.
CC: Okay. We copy that, Ron. After - after you went to HIGH - after the 19 minutes - how long was it before you started seeing a change?
CMP: It was within a minute there. See, it cooled down fairly rapidly at the end of the 2 minutes. Ail of the cells had essentially dissolved. You had some radial lines on the outer perim - The cells that were on the outer side degraded into a strictly radial lines, back to the second row of cells. The row of cells that were on the inside kind of joined together and all ended up into one or two large cells about an inch - or about 3-3/4 of an inch across.
CC: Okay. Sounds like real good data - -
CMP: Still got the HIGH going.
CMP: I still have it in HIGH, and the pattern that's developing is almost identical to the - what was happening in the LOW except it seems to he happening at a faster rate.
CMP: ... triangle or a little diamond developed down there and then - and it disappeared. 0nly this time_ it kind of joined with a different little cell, but it was the same cell next to it. I still have the big one. It's about an inch long - at 11 o'clock - as I had before. I still have a 33/9 Tape emd finger that's developing about 12 o'clock, another one about 2 o'clock. And they seem to be migrating again toward the bottom of the dish.
CC: Okay, Ron. It sounds like you've really wired that experiment in great shape, and all the - and every- body's real happy with the - with the data. I now tear and press guess you might as well it down ahead.
CC: Okay, Ron. We're back with you now, and every- body's real happy about the data and experiment. And it looks like you did a super Job, and you might as well tear it down and press ahead.
CMP: Okay. I still got it in HIGH, and I'm kind of sucking the fluid back down the - the intake. And as I get the fluid thinned out, low and behold there's a whole bunch of bubbles underneath there. And each bubble is a source for one of those little cells. It's the internal source.
CC: Okay, Ron. We got that. You may have made a breakthrough for science.
CC: Ron, just a reminder that we're scratching that page 3-45 that - from 46 to 47 - that's scratched out. And from then on all the times, you just subtract an hour from it, if you haven't done that already.
CMP: Let's see. Yes, we've already done that, Bob. Thank you.
CC: Roger. Just a reminder on that. And EECOM is over here trying to figure out if you changed the canister or not. Just a reminder on that one.
CMP: Okay. We'11 get that as soon as I get this out of the way. Okay?
CC: Sure. While you're back there - Panel 100 and that - you might park the optics. We see they're not in zero.
CC: And along that same line, Ron, we did notice several times while people were watching through the optics that they went to ZERO. And it's no problem if the rates are low, but just a reminder that we don't want to bump them into the stops with any kind of a rate.
CMP: Yes. I concur with that, Bob. I guess I didn't realize we were doing that.
CC: We just picked up some data points down here that people - You were all looking around, I guess, and you might - It's easy to miss that TRUNNION going to ZERO s I guess.
CC: Go ahead_ Jack, or Gene.
LMP: I'm ready to update your weather in the Western Pacific, if you're interested.
LMP: Still can't quite figure out what that circula- tion around New Zealand means. It looks like it's merging with some more weather to the south- east. I suspect it's stormy there, but I still - It's not a terribly well-developed storm, although it seems to be broadening in its extent. Australia is completely free of any significant weather and almost completely free - free of clouds. The - There appears to be a front - although right now it does not look too intense - approaching from the southwest. And it looks like it's about 5 degrees of longitude south of the southwestern tip of Australia. The typhoon Cirrus - or Therese, I guess it is - appears to be just about the same pesition it was yesterday. And that is north of Borneo and between Vietnam _d the Philippines.
CC: Roger. We see that on the prog here, Jack.
CC: Jack, we've been out of comm here - ... we've missed any of your last report here!
CC: Ron, did you ever get your P23 data from today.
CMP: That's negative; never did.
CC: Okay. Just got some updating information for you, if you want to listen to it. I don't think you need to copy it down.
CC: Okay, Ron, the effective horizon was 25, plus or minus 6 nautical miles, which is real fine. The substellar pointing error was 1 arc-minute, plus or minus 1 arc-minute, which is less than the i-SIGMA error. The marking data was extremely consistent, and all techniques and procedures were excellent. And the horizon updates from the current onboard value of 28 - is not required, so you're extremely good P23. Outstanding.
CC: And I do have one input from your other half. There's a concern that if you spill grape juice on your flight suit, it's hard to get out. So be sure - and when you're eating - drinking grape juice - you want to make sure you learn to drink it right.
CMP: (Chuckle) Okay. We - we'11 try that, For sure. Note: During the period 01:22:45:55 to 01:22:54:12, time-annotated recordings are not available.
CC: Ron_ this is Houston. We'd like to confirm the tunnel index angle - that's a positive plus 1.2, is that right?
CMP: Stand by. I don't believe it yet. I want to _heck it myself. Yes, Gordo, that's what I read, but I figure it's his privilege. but it doesn't look like there is any on there.
LMP: See ...
CMP: Okay, Houston. The roll docking index is on a 1.2 - a plus - 1, a plus 1.2.
CC: Roger. Plus 1.2.
CMP: And - let's take a look up there in the docking latch number 4. The bungee is parallel. Roger. Bungee is parallel, but it's not fully extended. You look down in the end of it and - you know - and it's not fully extended. And - and the - capture - the docking latch itself or the docking lever is loose on the docking ring. So, it looks like to me that's when I ought to recock a_id fire it again.
CC: Okay. We copy that, Ron. Stand by.
CC: Ron, can you estimate in inches how far do_n the bungee piston is?
CMP: And - a - when I take the - and move the handle back aways and I can take the - hook. There T did it ... I took the hook and I pulled it back off the docking ring and then it caught again, so now it won't go back over the docking ring. Maybe - I just lifted the hook off the docking ring with my finger.
CC: Say, Ron, I would like to caution you again, stick- ing your finger around or under that hook - there may still be some spring energy stored up there that could release.
CMP: Oh s you bet you. Yes, I know that. No, I was just touching the top of the hook when I pulled it back off the docking ring. I'm pulling back onto the docking ring, and it looks like it's back in the cocked position now.
CC: Okay. I think we've got the picture.
CMP: Do you want me to open the hatch here, Jack, or do you want to - while they're thinking about that I'11 get out of the way and come on and open the hatch.
CMP: (Laughter) Can't get up and can't get down - Okay - -
CC: We're having a long conversation about that latch, Ron. Why don't you all just press on down the checklist and leave it as it is while we think about it?
CMP: Okay. That's what we're doing here Gordo. OFF, and 3, AUTO? That's what you've got.
CC: Yes, that's fine.
CMP: Okay. He's going to open the hatch and IVT. Gordo, let me tell you a little more on that dock- ing latch. When I looked at it, of courses my handle was flush against the edge and it was also - essentially - locked in position. But since the bungee was down on the thing I took hold of it, and I felt that the hook itself was loose. 0kay_ so I took the handle and the handle will come back - would come back once you pressed the little button, you know, to release the handle. The handle would come back to about a 45-degree position just like it normally does when you try to cock the latches. Okay, with the handle back in that 45-degree position, then I grabbed hold of the hook and brought the hook off of the dock- ing ring with my finger and back to about that 45-degree position again just like it was com- parable to the first cocked position. And that's the way it is right now.
LMP: Okay. One piece of tape coming up shortly, pro- vided I can find the tape. Here it is. Okay, Gordo, I'm running up through the tunnel from America to Challenger.
CDR: Piece of tape coming up. I'11 tell you, Gordo, it's remarkably clean up here. It doesn't look like the snowstorm that I remember coming into last time.
CC: Roger. Understand° Hey, that's good. Where is it? Oh, you ... straight out there? Let me see; I want to see. I want to take a look at it, too. Hey, there it is; sticking straight out. Okay, Houston, America has a VHF antenna - looks deployed perfectly.
LMP: ... upside down in there .... The commander's window has a slight amount of condensation on the lower left edge - that's the left-hand edge, really. It seems to be just there when the Sun warms the window.
CDR: Okay, Houston. 74 on 1-3.
LMP: Geez, what was that? What was that from? What the heck is this?
CC: Sounds like the cabin ... is working up there.
LMP: Holy smole .... Sun's out - there's Sun out in the AOT.
LMP: Okay. I'm looking out the AOT, and I see a _tF antenna and part of a umbra radar antenna in po- sition 1. Position 2 looks right in the radar antenna, and, as I said yesterday, it was beautiful.
LMP: Position 3, I see the other side of America and very, very clean air, very clean. Okay, I got a good view of the side of the service module, and you can see these little blisters in the side of the covering there quite distinctly. I think people were talking about those before.
CC: Roger. that's the side of the command module we're look- ing at that has the little blisters on it. Got to get oriented up here. Got a great view of the hatch - you ... watch your eyes and everything. Look up, rather than into the Sun ...
CDR: Okay. Step 1 on 1-4.
CDR: Okay, Gordy. The LMP OPS is 6100 psi, 6100.
CDR: OPS is 5900, that's five-nine-zero- zero.
CDR: Okay. Zip bag coming up.
CDR: You won't scare me any more if I come on up here with you, will you? (Laughter).
CDR: I got to go back in there.
CDR: Yes. Do you want to stack part of it over there?
CDR: No, wait a minute. There's strips of the stuff, you know, I'11 just give you a strip of it. Take it over there.
CDR: Okay. Here you go. That's ... of them is that enough?
CDR: Yes, go ahead, Jack. Yes, in the tunnel. What do you need.
CDR: Checking circuit breakers now, Gordy.
CDR: ... both circuit breaker panels were as advertised, Gordy.
CC: Go ahead. 17, Houston. Go ahead.
LMP: i need to make a correction. Roger. I need to make a correction. It looks as if that storm area that was in New Zealand yesterday has moved up across the two islands and is now sitting northwest, it's getting a little hard to identify the sma] l(_r is]_lds in the pacific_ but - pretty sure l've got it in th_ right place now looking at the map. And it is northwest of New Zealand. And it looks like New Zealand is probably having reasonably good weather today, although I suspect it rained last night.
CC: Roger, Jack. That's interest2ng because on _V prog it doesn't show a thing down that area. This just may not be up to date here yet.
LMP: Well, there may be nothing down there except some cloud patterns and - but that's all I can see, of course. The front that's south of Australia now - I presume front - just looking at a fairly well-developed, although narrow, cloud line, is about 5 - about 10 degrees south of Perth right now, southwest of Perth and runs on a northwest- southeast line - over to a point about 10 or 15 degrees southwest of Tasmania. And then it intersects a curved front that runs from there up to - to Tasmania, and then back around down south of New Zealand about 10 degrees.
CDR: Say, Bob, this is Gene. I got some new sensors on. You might want to take a look at them.
CC: Roger. Good show, Gene. We were just wondering about that, and I'11 bug the guys on my left here and make sure they're looking at them.
CC: We're not getting any data yet, Gene.
LMP: Bob, we're starting to get ... from just off I,uzon on the northeast trend ... seen so far a shadow line of fairly thick high clouds overlying some thick lower clouds behind the front.
CC: Roger. You might have - be of interest on board there, the FIDOs
CC: Jack, we've been having comm dropouts here on this OMNI. Have you swing around on us?
LMP: Okay. What - where did I leave you, Bob?
CC: Well, I'm not sure because we picked up a number of different bits, and then we dropped it a21.
LMP: Did you get the overcast over Korea and Manchuria bit?
CC: Negative. I didn't get that.
LMP: Okay. That generally - South China looks clear. I haven't had a real good look at it yet, it's out on the limb. It's clearly, however, overcast over Korea and Manchuria. It does not appear to be frontal weather there, though. The dominant front in the northwestern Pacific stretches on a north- west line from just off Luzen on up as far as I can see to the terminator. And it seems to be an extremely strong front with what I would guess is heavy air-mass weather all along it. And up to the east-northeast of Japan, there's an excellent example of a shadow line from some fairly thick high clouds on solid overcast of lower clouds. Don't see any major cyclone development alon_ _t_ or wave development. It just loeks like a very strong air-mass front.
CC: Roger, Jaak. We_ve got it on our prog here. Me don't show the one on the northeast part of Japan, but we do show a front prog for tomorrow morning going off of Taiwan and - right from Taiwan east- ward - past the Ryuk_2u Islands and just on into the northern Pacific there. Looks like pretty heavy cloud mass over there.
LMP: Roger. That's the one I'm - Roger. That's the one I'm looking at. Extremely heavy. Amd right now it - in fact starts about at Luzon. It looks like Taiwan is almost on the back side of it.
CC: Yes. That's what our prog - it shows it right on Luzon and then Taiwan's clear.
CC: We'11 keep up with you yet there, Jack. Say, you may be interested. We've got 9 hours of good tracking on the - after the midcourse - and we show a perilvane of about 52 miles which confirms a good midcourse.
CDR: Sounds outstanding.
CDR: You can cross off the canister, by the way; it's changed.
CC: Okay. EECOMs happy about that now, finally. And, Gene - the CD - your data looks good.
LMP: Okay. I never had a chance to tell you, Bob, but you - as you see - I presume - I - the LHP no longer has sensors on.
CC: Roger. We confirm that. the sensors that we put on at the Cape. And they still seemed to he in good shape when I took them off. I figured I'd let things rest a while, and then I'11 put them on again tomorrow.
CC: Roger. Looks like you've got eat period scheduled here for an hour, and then into the presleep checklist.
LMP: Whoopee! The old preslip [sic] checklist.
CC: Apollo 17, Houston.
CDR: Go ahead, T.P.
CC: Yes. I was going to say, is that talkative commander on hoard?
CC: How are you doing down there?
CC: Well, I feel lots better. Like I told you, Geno - I think that you were the jinx on Gemini 9 for all the delays. Over.
CDR: No way; you got a longer history than I do.
CC: Everything's looking great.
CDR: Yes, it's looking good on hoard. We're - I think we're pretty well squared away. We've got our stowage in shape, and we're in the house-cleaning routine. And that's about 50 percent of the battle.
CDR: The weather down there didn't look too good today. How's it been?
CC: Well, as it started out, it was below minimums this morning and finally, this afternoon, it cleared up. But it was strictly zilch this morn- ing and starting last night. There's another front due in here later tonight.
LMP: Yes, we've been watching that one.
CC: Well, Jack, you're turning into a very trained weather observer besides being a geologist.
LMP: Oh, I'm enjoying it immensely, Tom, as you may have gathered.
LMP: Very interesting place to watch_ I'11 tell you.
CC: Absolutely superb.
CDR: How are things on the home front, T.P.?
CC: Geneo, things couldn't be better.
CDR: Well, you might sound all the good words from us.
CC: Oh, will do. I plan to drop by and bum a cup of coffee tomorrow.
CDR: I'd love to invite you up here for supper.
CC: And I wish I could Join you. I could make another couple of remarks, but they'd be X-rated; so I shouldn't.
CDR: Okay. I'11 accept that.
CDR: You notice I haven't yet.
CC: (Chuckle) I'm very well pleased, Geneo. Your - your language is superb.
CC: 17, Houston. Just a couple words. We'd like you to know we're real satisfied with all the LM data that we saw during the LM activation work today. And, looking at it, the data looked real good.
LMP: Great, Bob. I was - you had me worried there for a while with the comm. Do you have a good idea what caused that?
CC: Yes, we're sure about 99.9 percent of it was Just ground linkup.
LMP: Yes, that's certainly the way it acted onboard.
CC: I guess there won't be any need to go back and change the Checklist on that, but there's a lot to be said for maybe going to a real good stable condition and then getting a good firm checkout before you go into that downvoice backup mode and things like that. And I think that's what we'11 do in the future.
LMP: Houston; 7 - 17.
LMP: Say, I'm just a little curious about the difficulty on holding the omnis. Is that about the same as past missions, or are we losing a little bit more than usual?
CC: We're going to have Ed here give us a description for a minute, so let me stand by.
CC: Jack, according to that - to our stalwart INCO over there, due to this new 210 down at Tidbinbilla we're holding actually longer than in the past history.
LMP: Okay. I just guess I've never been on this end before.
CC: Roger. Do you - do you hear it onboard when we break lock there?
LMP: Yes, matter of fact, with our SQUELCH ENABLED, we lose all the background noise. And we know when we're picking you up because we start to get back- ground noise again.
CC: Roger. In other words, you - you are able to stop talking or something when you - when you know we're breaking lock then?
LMP: Well, if we happen to be talking when you break lock - no, unless we're watching the meters we won't. We lose you when you get about 55 - say 60 percent signal strength. And apparently we're not talking to you when we have less than that.
CC: Roger. Yes, INCO gave me a briefing tonight and showed me what chart to watch so I can look at numbers when to talk. I've been talking to myself too much, lately.
LMP: Yes, they have a beautiful chart there for that purpose.
CC: I never really wanted to be an INCO, but I guess I was forced to tonight.
LMP: There are lots of comments for that one, Bob; but I'd better not say anything.
LMP: You'd never speak to me again.
CC: Well, that's all right. We can't X-rate the trans- cripts, so we'11 just have to take - take it easy.
LMP: Ssy, Bob, I've got another question about the Challenger.
CC: Go ahead, sir. 34/3 Tape
LMP: (Music) Yes, sir. The battery voltage on low taps, strangely enough, was just like the simu- lator; but I had expected that the simulator might have been wrong - that we would have seen higher voltage there. Is that - is that about what you guys expected?
CC: Roger. They said they expected that because the extra time on the pad that they're running. That 2-hour-and-40-minute delay is coming into play again.
LMP: Oh, yes_ yes. That's right. Good. I forgot all about that. Something made that slip my mind.
CC: Well, things have been going so well that I c_'t blame you forgetting that.
LMP: ... Stanley Holloway's crazy Flight Plan updates that we've just forgotten that we were ever late.
CC: Roger. Say, by the way, we like the music in the background. Sounds pretty good.
LMP: Yes, we sort of - didn't - we didn't get it out at all until today_ [Music: Whipped Cream by A1 Hirt] I don't know whether we forgot about it or too many other learning things going on. It's - it's quite pleasant.
CC: Roger. I don't think you forgot about it. I think you were just glued to those windows.
LMP: Well, I still am, as a matter of fact. _e old Earth's coming by. And, say, I mentioned a couple of fronts that joined together about 20 degrees south of - of - the south coast of Australia. And it looks like that's a fairly healthy storm center developing down in there - conceivably may migrate up across Tasmania and maybe up - up the Sydney- Brisbane coastal area in the next few days.
CC: Roger. Where is the exact center of that, Jack? It took me a second to get my prog out here.
LMP: Well, just a second. Let me give you better ... from the map.
CC: While you're looking at your map, I just might mention to Gene. I just talked to your - your better half over there, and everybody's fine and happy.
CDR: Great. Always like to hear news like that, Bob.
LMP: Bob, did you get that - 15 to 20 degrees south southwest of Adelaide?
CC: 17, Houston. Are you into your pre - presleep checklist yet?
CC: 17_ Houston. Are you into your ...
CC: 17, Houston. Are you into your presleep check- list now?
CDR: We're just about ready to get started, Bob. We're running a little bit behind, but - we'11 catch up here.
CC: Okay. No sweat.
LMP: (Music) Trying to get some more of this good food down.
CC: Roger. Keep saying those words. The people on my left appreciate that.
CDR: Yes_ but it does take awhile.
CC: I'm sure of that.
LMP: You know what we really need is Rita to fix it for us.
CC: That's affirmed. I'11 go along on that.
CDR: Okay, Bob, I'm going to cycle H2 FANS 1 and 2.
CC: Okay, we're watching.
CDR: FANS are OFF.
LMP: Bob, we're still on November November frame 140, and I'm going to take two more pictures before I go to sleep.
CC: Roger, Jack. We copy that. November November frame 140. And you ought to be on 142 when you go to sleep, I guess, huh?
LMP: Roger. One final word. I got those pictures; and, I tell you_ that typhoon off - north of Borneo - looks like it's right off the coast of - the east coast of Vietnam now. And it's about as tightly organized and solid as anything I can remember seeing in photographs. It looks as if, from yesterday, it's moved quite a bit to the west.
CC: Roger. We concur. The prog for 12:00 - Let's see, that's about 6 hours from now - shows it to be right over the Vietnam area, the Viet - Vietnam peninsula there. So it looks like it's moving the way they're progging it, huh?
LMP: Yes; well, it's right there. Yes, it certainly is. It's - it's moved from just a little bit west of Luzon over to the coast there. So it's a pretty healthy storm.
CC: Roger. It looks - on the prog chart here - it looks real tight. It's a very - very centralized thing and real tight circular.
LMP: Oh, yes, you better believe it. It is really - it is tight. It - itVs real±y - really no hlt_r than the - in terms of cloud pattern - no big_r tham_ the - say, South Vietnam itself.
CC: Roger_ How're you getting that, Jack? Are you looking with Llle monocular now? That's affin0_ Monocular still gives real good resolution on the cloud patterns. [,_usic] Ns2_ed eye, you just see the masses_ but with the 10-power monocular, it's perfectly adequate for seeing the kind of patterns we're ta_lking about.
CC: Roger. I understam_d.
CC: Well, guys, I guess I won't get the chance to say goodnight to you because Parker's going to come in to put you to bed.
CC: _md we'd - we'd ]ike you to clear - -
LMP: You can still say goodnight, Bob.
CC: - - the DBKY, if you wilL1.
CC: Say goodnight, Dick, huh? One last word. You know, we're always hounding you guys - really don't mean to - but we - we'd like to see a clear DSKY so something doesn't buru out. Don't know the exact words on that, but -
CDR: Okay, we - we'11 giw_ you a clear DSKY.
CC: Ro_ler.
CDR: Goodmight, Robert.
CC: We'11 see you tomorrow, troops. And we had a good show today, and we'11 have more tomorrow.
LMP: Ron says gooSmight_ Bob.
LMP: Robert Parker, are you there?
CC: That's affirmative. I'11 give you one last little old observation here. Extremely bright zero phase point right off the northwestern corner of Australia right at Carnarvon. It's as bright as I've seen. They must have a pretty good surf or something going in there.
CC: Okay, 17, we copy all that; and I gather you're going to sleep at this point.
LMP: Well, we're going to try, Bob. I don't think any of us are real sleepy right now, but we're going to give her the old space try, here; and I'm sure we'11 be asleep before long. Ron is on watch; and, if you don't wake him up with your voice, give him a crew alert. He says he'11 wake up with a MASTER ALARM.
CC: That's a healthy sign. Ail right, guys; if I stick around long enough in the morning, I'11 wake you up.
CDR: Okay, Robert, are you happy with your high - antenna configuration?
CC: That's affirm. INCO is happy.
CDR: Okay, you have anything else for us? I'11 take care of our sleep configuration if you don't.
CC: Okay, stand by. I'11 go around the MOCR here with white.
CC: Okay. A lot of happy people down here with nothing to ask you.
CDR: Okay° Nice to have eve_?body happy. And you - that includes the - tlse biomed on the commander, hu_?
CC: Okay, I guess they're happy.
CDR: Okay_ are you going to sin_ to Ron in the mor_ing vo wake us up?
CC: Depends on how soou you g_zs decide vo wake up in the morning, I'11 be aro,_d for $ hours anyway.
CDR: ¥_at's your e×!_ected ?,ET of aws]ze?
CC: Stand by, Okay_ 17_ it skm_,ld say 56 - -
CDR: .... 56. ebead.
CDR: Yes_ we're just going to' say the s_me thing.
CC: Oxa,?. Should show 56 on your clock.
CC: In fact_ Dr_ _ra!_z_ here: just decided that you guys get another half hour _n the morning if you wanted it. B_t you better tell us now because we'11 wake you up at 56 and ask you if you want the other half hour then, _u01ess you tell us.
CDR: Yes, why don_t you g_ve us another half hour; s_nd if we happen to wake up and vlant to move aro'_d, we!l_ we?11 do it°
CC: 0kay_ we'l} wake you _ at 56:30. Tapes 35-39/1 TRANSCRIPTION REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS 40/1 Tape
UNKNOWN: Jayhawk Fight Song) Over.
CC: Good morning, Apollo 17. It's Houston.
CC: Apollo 17, Hoqston. Good morning.
CC: Apollo 17, this is Houston. Good morning.
UNKNOWN: Javhawk Fight Song)
CC: Apollo 17, Houston. Good morning. Are you with us this morning?
CC: Good morning, Apollo 17. It's time to rise and shine. Over.
CC: Apollo 17; oh, Apollo 17; it's morning. Time to get up. Over.
CC: Hello, Apollo 17; do you read? Over.
UNKNOWN: Jayhawk Fight Song)
CC: Hello, 17. Hello, 17. How do you read us this morning?
LMP: We're asleep. understatement
CC: That's the of the year.
LMP: Never let Evans be on watch.
CC: I think we'11 go along with that from here on.
CDR: ... good morning.
LMP: (Laughter) That was some party last night, Gordy. Man, that was a humdinger.
CC: Must have been.
CC: Okay, we're starting out late, as you know; but there's nothing aheadthat we can see that's time-critical. So you might try to hurry a little, but don't - don't go to any great lengths to try to catch up with the Flight Plan. We can slip the _ telemetry activation without any problem. Over. Okay, we got you. Our biggest problem this morn- ing is keeping Ron from going back to sleep. Roger.
CMP: By the way, my sleep report is - looks like I had about 7-1/2 hours of pretty good sleep.
CDR: And if you believe that, you're really a ...
LMP: Okay, Houston; 17. I don't know if you're ready for this or not, but we have a few reports for you.
CC: We're ready. Go ahead, Jack. Okay. On your CDR: PRD, 17028; he claims 7-1/2 hours of good sleep. He had a Seconal before going to bed, and since the last reporting, has had four containers of water.
LMP: Okay, with respect to food - Let's see, we gave you a - intermediate report yesterday. Do you want that repeated?
LMP: Well, I'm not sure I can differentiate what I I'E said yesterday, so Just better give it all to you. This is yesterday's complete report.
CDR: was scrambled eggs, three bacon squares, peaches, pineapple-grapefruit drink, peanut butter, Jelly, bread, chocolate bar, orange drink, apricot - that's dried apricot - one frankfurter, a third of a fruitcake, half a beefsteak, butterscotch pud- ding, orange drink, and tea.
CC: Okay, we got that.
LMP: Let me know if I'm too fast for you.
CC: No, we've got it all on tape. Go ahead. Okay, with respect to food yesterday - LMP: scram- bled eggs, four bacon squares, orange-pineapple drink, cocoa, potato soup, two peanut butter, two Jelly, two bread, cherry bar, orange-grapefruit drink, beefsteak, orange drink, and tea.
LMP: Okay, and the PRD is - -
CC: Jack, we're Just about to switch antennas now. Why don't you wait until we get through it before continuing.
LMP: Okay, Houston. You back with us?
CC: Okay, Jack. I think we're back with you again. 7-1/2
LMP: Okay; got you. LMP: PRD, 24064; hours very good sleep, i hour intermittent. Had a Seconal. I took two aspirins yesterday. And since the last reporting, I've had four containers of water.
CMP: - the man of the hour, one might say. Scrambled eggs, bacon squares, peaches, cinnamon toast bread, orange Juice, cocoa, peanut butter, Jelly, bread, cherry bar, citrus beverage, fruitcake, butterscotch pudding, orange drink, turkey and gravy, two frankfurters, and tea. You might say he was a little logey. Okay. CMP: PRD, 15027; 7 and a - let's - Make that 8 hours of very good sleep. He claims he didn't get to sleep for a while. Seconal, and he's had five con- tainers of water since the last reporting.
CC: Jack, if - future reports if it's any easier, we can go to negative reporting. If you're fairly close to the menus, Just tell us the differences. Whatever is easiest for you is fine with us.
CC: Okay. Well, now that we're eating well, that may be the best way to do it.
CC: Okay. I have the - your consumables status, if everybody that's interested is listening.
CC: Okay. Your RC S is running right along at 1.B per- cent above the Flight Plan line. On your cryos, the 02 tanks 2 and B are right on the lines. Tank i is still, as before, about 4 percent below - below the line but looking real good. On hydrogen, you're a little above on one tank - on tank 2 -a little bit below on tank B, but the average is right with the Flight Plan lines. So consumables look good. Over.
LMP: Okay. That's good to hear. And, I see that our old SPS oxidizer pressure has dropped some more. I guess the old - the helium is working it's way in there - or out of there.
CC: Okay. That's the way it looks to us. One final thing. Management has informed me that since you've been so late getting to work this morning, we are going to have to dock you all a day's annual leave.
LMP: loses a day - an hour. _0/5 Tape
CDR: Hello, Houston. This is America.
CC: Hello, Geno. Good morning.
CDR: Hello, Gordo. Request is that I handle the dis- ciplinary problems up here; how's that?
CC: Geno, we'11 have FAO work on a good time in the Flight Plan later here to work in a captain's mast.
CDR: Okay; (chuckle) that'11 be great. Hey, Gordy, for the record; I swallowed three of those - those gas pills yesterday.
CC: Okay. APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: Okay, Ron, we see the 9Bs; and you're clear to torque them.
CMP: Okay, we'11 torque them at 19:20.
LMP: And, Houston, we're going to dump A on the water dump - WASTE WATER DUMP.
CDR: Hey, Gordo, we'11 get everything cleaned up in the Flight Plan, including eating up to 59 hours, where we start checking the DELTA-
P: and pres- surizing the CSM for LM entry.
CC: Okay. We see you doing all that now, and we're just checking things off as you call them. Sounds good.
CDR: Okay. And then when we'11 clean all that up - regards to what the time will be - We'11 pick up the 59-hour mark then.
CC: Roger on the fuel cell purge.
LMP: Roger. While we're getting organized to eat a little bit here, I'11 give you your morning weather report, if you want it.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. That little storm - fairly big storm - that was off the coast of northwest Africa yesterday, has moved inland and presumably is giving those people up there some weather. Might even be getting some snow up in the Atlas Mountains. It's still fairly well organized and inland a few hundred miles - or the edge of it is inland a few hundred miles. The people at the Cape of Good Hope ought to be seeing some clouds that are forerunners of a large circulation system that's south- southwest of them- that, although large, it seems to have most of its heavy clouds to the southeast of the center. And they may not get any major weather out of this one. But they'11 probably have cloudiness for a few days. The storm that was over Buenos Aires yesterday has apparently moved out to sea and is now west - or east- southeast of that area. Otherwise the - except for those three storm areas, the South Atlantic looks relatively calm. The zero phase point is now off the - east coast of South America, and it looks fairly dull and gray. And I suspect no ex- tensive choppiness in that area.
CC: Jack, take a breather there. We got an antenna switch coming.
LMP: Okay, Gordy, I can't see you right now. I think that was about the extent of it. We'11 get some food; and, while I'm eating, I'11 look at it and see if there are any more details.
CC: 17, Houston. I have the morning news here, when- ever you'd like to hear it - if you would.
CDR: Go ahead, Gordo. We'd like to hear it now.
CC: Okay. First, a look at the weather in the local area. It's going to be mostly cloudy through Sunday, with a chance of showers here today - but much warmer. I'11 have to wait until we get through the omni switch here, and then I'11 be back with you.
CC: Okay, 17, continuing on with the weather. It should be - get up to the upper 60s here in Houston today. It was foggy when I came to work, but I understand the Sun is out now and the fog is burned off. On the international-national scene: There's another reported snag in negotiations between Dr. Henry Kissinger and North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho. The two have discussed the peace terms since Mon- day; but, so far, little news concerning the talks has been released by either side. They meet again today. A Judge in the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsburg has declared a mistrial. Judge Matt Burn has asked that a new jury be selected. Both sides in the cases must now go back to the beginning and prepare their arguments again. Former President Harry Truman is still hospitalized with a serious heart condition. Although listed in critical condition, the 88-year-old former Chief Executive has shown some improvement, accord- ing to his daughter, Margaret Truman Daniel. President Nixon has completed selection of his new cabinet by announcing that he will keep Richard Kleindienst as Attorney General. There will be a number of major changes, though, in upper levels of the Justice and Interior Departments. Life Magazine will be no more as of the end of December. The pictorial magazine lost over 30 million dollars during the past 4 years. No doubt some of the final pictures to appear in the famous 36-year-old publication will be those of the Apollo 17 mission. An airliner crashed at Midway Airport in Chicago, Friday. Of the 61 persons aboard, only 18 survived the crash. In other national and international highlights: Unemployment figures show a drop to the lowest level in 2 years; 5.6 billion dollars has been released by the Federal Government in the first revenue-sharing payment to the state and local governments; and the NATO foreign min- isters have urged the Soviet Union to cut down troop strength and allow freer movement of people o_er the east-west borders. In local and regional news: New hijack control devices have been in- stalled at Houston Intercontinental Airport. The new metal detectors are being installed in many air- ports around the United States. New inspection procedures will also begin in January - of all hand luggage carried aboard airliners. And on the sports page: A1 Conover is not going to re- turn to Wake Forest as rumored. The Rice coach has met with University President Dr. Norman Haekermau to discuss a firm 5-year contract agree- ment. Professional football highlights today's sports; the "Over-the-Hill-Gang" from Washington with Billy Kilmer and Larry Brown will take on the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium in Irving. The Cowboys will, no doubt, go with Craig Morton at quarterback. Dallas can ensure itself of a "wild card" slot in the playoffs with the Redskins, if they win. For Dallas, it's a revenge game. The Skins have won nine straight.
CC: Johnny Bench, the Cincinnati Reds all-everything catcher, has been hospitalized for tests. X-rays showed a spot on a lung. Doctors feel sure the lesion is benign, though. The University of Houston basketball team takes on Xavier tonight. The Cougars, with four wins and one loss, will face a Xavier team that likes to play slowdown basketball. The Houston Rockets beat the Portland, Oregon, Trailblazers last night in Hofheinz, ll4 to 108. The Big Eight Athletic Conference has Joined the Big Ten and the Ohio Athletic Conference in breaking relations with the U.S. Olympic Com- mittee. Back in Houston again: Bill Peterson, the Oiler coach, says he's not planning on new assistant coaches. He says, "The Oilers need more togetherness with their coaches, not new ones." And a final item: the Des Moines, Iowa, post office was emptying a mail pouch. One package 41/5 Tape fell on the floor, broke open, and spilled all over the place. The contents were Postal Service instructions on how to wrap and mail packages to insure safe transit and delivery."
LMP: Very good news report, Gordo -
CDR: Yes. That crash in Chicago, can you tell me a little bit more about it?
CC: I read real briefly in the paper, just before I came in, that it did crash in a populated area. It was a very brief report. I don't think the final details have been published yet. I'11 check to see if we've got anymore in.
CDR: Okay. And I guess you know where - at least nry wishes go for that Cowboy game, don't you?
CC: I'm not sure that I do.
CDR: I'11 just let you make an assumption.
CC: Okay. We've got an antenna switch coming here.
CC: 17, Houston. I have a little more on the plane crash, if you'd like to hear it.
CDR: Yes, sir, Gordy. Go ahead.
CDR: Okey doke.
CC: And a little news about your trajectory. Since the midcourse 2, you've been looking real good. You've - you're homing in on 53-1/2-mile parallel. We're discussing midcourse 4, which - if we do it all - it's going to be very small. It's looking like about a foot and a half per second right now. And I guess if we do it, it will only be because it will save us DELTA-V at LOI. Over.
CDR: Okay, I was just looking. Those dumps really knocked us for a loop, didn't they?
CC: Yes, it - it's driving your PTC out.
CC: Here, in Houston, it warmed up considerably last night - yesterday afternoon and last night. And this morning, it's probably in the 60s somewhere.
LMP: Makes it - -
CC: 17, Houston. I have some words about the troubles we had during the LM comm checks yesterday, if you have a free moment to listen.
CDR: Go ahead, Gordy. We're listening.
CC: Okay. We think we've got a pretty good handle on what the problem was - and that was, that the - the LM communications gear, we think, was jumping on the voice subcarrier, rather than the main carrier. And the symptoms that we had point to that. What would happen is, when I would try to transmit, then it would lose lock as soon as I put modulation on the voice subcarrier. During the checks today, we're going to try to verify that the system is indeed working okay. And we any can do it without changes in the onboard pro- cedures by - purely by procedures that will be ground handled at the site and here at Mission Control. And so that's what we're planning to do. We really don't - The problem that happened has been seen before, evidently; and it's not that unusual. We really don't think there's anything wrong with the onboard equipment. Over.
LMP: Sounds good, Gordy. We'11 just take her slow and easy when I get over there today and make sure we understand it.
CC: Okay, Jack. And there's no - real no voice check scheduled, and we don't think any are required. We can tell what we need to do without any voice checks ...
LMP: Gordy, you're breaking up. Talk to you as soon as we get another omni.
LMP: While I got you, I took three pictures of the Earth. I thought I might have moved one of them. And we're on frame 145.
CC: That's affirmative, Jack. I copy. You may not be reading me through the omni switch.
LMP: Okay, that was mag November November.
CC: Houston, l?. Do you want us to go into a battery B charge?
CC: Let me check, Jack. That's affirmative. Go ahead. Okay.
CC: BATi'ERY B is being CHARGED. And, Gordy, different than the last time - the charger amps is moving up very slowly. Started out at about 0.02 and now is i amp - little more - It's still going up. Be- fore, it Jumped right up to about 2 amps. Is that expe cted?
CC: Oh ... we'11 check on that. Stand by.
P: is 0.6. You still want us to take the command module up?
CC: Geno, that'11 be fine. You will not have to Jack up the command module pressure.
CDR: Okay, I think I'11 maneuver at attitude then.
CC: Okay; sounds good.
CC: Jack, the way the amps are going to look when you put the charger on is the function of the state of the charge of the battery. And what you de- scribed is about what we'd expect, considering where the battery should be.
LMP: Okay; that's what I figured. It's up about one and three-quarter amps now.
LMP: And it appears to be stable. 41/9 Tape
LMP: Gordy, I'm in the process of - I'm in the process of putting biomed sensors on.
CMP: Hey, Houston; 17. Thanks to a little South Carolina boy we had up here last time, we've got some grits up here. And they're really not too bad. A little butter on them and - A little bit dry. Of course, you could add a little more water to them and they'd be a little better, but not bad at all.
CC: I can't believe I'm hearing that from a real Yankee.
CMP: Of course, Kansas is not exactly Yankee.
CDR: Let me tell you, that does not apply to the little old farm boy from Chicago.
LMP: As you students of American history may recall, Kansas caused a lot of the problem we had with those two people.
CDR: And grits is causing the rest of it.
CC: 17, Houston. We see that you're making a maneuver uncoupled in pitch, and we'd rather you make it coupled to keep FDO happy. Over.
CDR: Yes, that was my fault, Gordo. I screwed up here.
CDR: Hello, Gordy. You with us?
CC: Yes. How do you read?
CDR: We're reading you loud and clear. The EMERGENCY CABIN PRESSURE SELECT is OFF. And we're about ready to open the EQUALIZATION valve.
CC: Okay. And we're ready for the high gain.
CMP: Okay. APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CDR: Okay, Gordy. That's the highgatn. How do you like it ?
CC: Looking good.
P: and the hatch is cracked.
CC: And we '11 be handing over here in - - sensor
LMP: ... loose ...
CC: - - about 30 seconds.
CC: Okay. We '11 take a look.
CDR: ... on that one, Gordy. You've always been one of those smooth talkers.
CMP: There's all - yes - they're down there somewhere.
CC: Ok-y, Ron.
LMP: It's Just like a refrigerator.
CC: Okay. It's a plus 1.2. Right? That's affirm.
CC: Okay, Ron. When you get a - a moment, when it's convenient, we'd like you to go up to the latch number 4 there, the one that's been giving us trouble, and we'd like you - well, we think it's Just half cocked and we'd like you to stroke it. We think it will probably cock on one - with one more stroke. We'd like you to stroke it at least twice more to verify that it is really cocked. And as you do stroke the handle, we'd like you to notice approximately what point in the - in the throw that the resistance increases. I think that smlww,_rizeswhat we want you to do, if you keep us advised as you go along.
CC: We - we're going to leave it cocked then from here on until redocking after rendezvous. Well - we don't want to - we don't want you to fire it.
CMP: Sure. Understand.
CC: Roger. _P Okay, Houston. I'm going to give them I_ POWER. I'm going to go RESET and OFF.
LMP: And we have LM power.
CDR: Gordo, this is Geno.
CDR: Okay. While my compatriots are carrying out their respective tasks, I'm going to go off the air here for a - a few short minutes. And give you a call when I get back.
LMP: And I'm in step 3, Gordy, on 2-2.
CMP: Okay, Houston. Aw_rica here. I'm on my docking latch number 4 now.