Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
LMP: Bob, I Just probably ought to qualify, all those remarks about the Earth's weather. It's purely novice talking about something he is very un- familiar with, except for having a longstanding interest in it. And I think the one philosophical point, if any, that comes out of it is that some- body, probably 3-1/2 billion years ago or so, could have looked at the Earth and described patterns not too dissimilar. And it was within those patterns that life developed, and now you see, I think, and obvious to everybody, what that life has progressed to doing. And I certainly think all of us feel that it has not stopped doing that progression, and we'11 probably see it do things that even you and I can't imagine them doing. I certainly hope so.
LMP: Bob, you always wished that you had a poet on board one of these missions, so he could describe things that we're seeing and looking at and feeling in terms that might - might transmit at least a part of that feeling to everybody in the world. Unfor- tunately, that's not the case. But he certainly couldn't look at that fragile blue globe and not think about the ancient sails of life that are crossing its paths and wonder ahead to the - up to the present, to the modern sails of life that are represented by men that developed out of that life that are sitting there next to you and that are the country in all sorts of different guises and working towards the same end, and that is to put that life farther into the universe. I cer- tainly hope that someday, in the not-too-distant future, the guy can fly who can express these things.
CC: Roger, Jack. You're doing a pretty good job expressing them.
CC: Jack, Houston.
CC: Jack, we'd like to go to select OMNI Bravo, and stow the high gain the the normal stowage. It's customary we do not use the high gain for t_C going TLC.
LMP: Okay, Bob. I'm sorry, but the checklist indicated that you do all go back to OMNI Bravo.
CC: Roger. It's probably ambiguous. If you end up going up on the checklist, up to the top of 1-28, it shows you where you want OMNI Bravo.
LMP: Ambiguous is the best word I can think of for it.
CC: Roger. We - I concur. I should have probably called you earlier and Just pointed out on the Flight Plan where it says presleep checklist. And then there's the word "comm," and it says "omni," and that leads you into the checklist and makes sure you use the OMNI setup for - for the sleep configuration.
LMP: Ho, ho, ho. Tricky fellows. I guess you're right.
CC: Yes, it's something we don't - we don't - sim Fmcs, TLCs, and TECs very often. That's for sure.
LMP: Well, that's because we have a whole day to learn out here.
LMP: Okay, Bob. I think I'11 hit the hay. How does everything look to you?
CC: Looking pretty good, Jack. We'd like the S-BAND NORMAL VOICE to OFF, and S-BAND SQUELCH ENABLE, please.
LMP: Yes, I'11 get that. I Just want to make sure that PTC and everthing looks good.
CC: Yes, it looks real fine, Jack.
LMP: Okay. Talk to you in the morning - or to somebody, anyway.
CC: Roger. Par - Parker will wake you up, I think.
LMP: Oh, gosh.
CC: Have a good sleep. APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION REST PERIOD - NO COMMUNICATIONS 24/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: That's not very good either. Give us a call when you want to talk to us.
LMP: Good morning to you.
CDR: How's everything look, Bob?
CC: You guys look absolutely super. No problem at all.
CDR: Nice way to wake up. Maybe we'11 just sleep in for a few more hours.
CC: Stand by. I'11 check on that.
CDR: Bob, 17. How do you read?
CC: 17, this is Gordo. Bob Just finished up his work- day with that last call, and I'11 be on now. 25/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
LMP: Good morning, Gordy. How you doing?
CC: Real good. How about you?
LMP: We all feel pretty good this morning. Got some reports for you.
CC: Okay. Ready to copy. LM_ Okay, on the CDR. PRD is 17025; 6-1/2 hours good sleep. One Seconal, which is the one I reported last night, so that's Just one now. Had a - yesterday, midday or so - he had a nausea pill for gas. And we hadn't found the other gas pill, so he tried that one. And he drank, since I last reported, two and a half containers of water.
CDR: food intake, as with all of us, is a little bit random, and I don't know exactly the best way to report it, unless you want it all in detail.
CC: Let me check while you - Go on, and I'11 see if they want a detailed description of the food or not. Okay.
LMP: medical. PRD 24036; 5-1/2 to 6 hours good sleep, 1 intermittent. Again, I had a Seconal but that's the same Seconal I mentioned last night. And since last report - I guess one - two and a half containers of fluid. Water.
LMP: And Just for checking on the water intake, you should have me down for six containers of water.
CC: Roger. Six total.
CMP: medical. PRD is 15023; 7-1/2 hours very good sleep. He had the same Seconal we had. And, since last report, has three water containers for a total of six now.
CC: Jack, I guess we do want an accounting of all the food° Whatever you think is the best way to re- port it.
LMP: Okay° The LMP: cinnamon toast bread, mixed fruit, instant breakfast, coffee, lemonade, peach an_rosia, one vitamin, one slice of bread, grapefruit drink, gingerbread, orange drink_ And I have one com- plaint. Somebody slighted me on a caramel candy in meal C.
CC: Roger. We'11 start an investigation.
LMP: Yes, it was not there. Okay. CMP_ the spiced oat cereal, mixed fruit, instant breakfast_ and coffee, potato soup, and peach ambrosia. That's all for breakfast. And then later on, he had chocolate pudding and a grape drink. And let's see - we all - You might log him for a vitamin pill and me for a vitamin pillo
CC: Okay°
LMP: Oh, yes, I forgot. It's here; one frankfurter, _or lunch.
CC: Roger. 25/3 Tape canister
LMP: And we just changed LiOH as per the Flight Plan.
CC: Okay. And
LMP: in a minute, I'11 have weather report for you.
CC: Very well.
LMP: Gordy, the null bias check. Plus 0.9 and 100 seconds.
CC: Okay, one question G&
C: had. Do you do that null bias at plus 100 or minus 100 on the EMS counter?
LMP: Plus 100.
CC: Okay, and it's increased up to 101.9, right?
LMP: No, it increased to 100.9.
CC: Roger. Miscopied you; 0.9. Okay; thank you.
LMP: Yes, okay. Seems to me like last night it was 100.7.
CC: And for our part of the postsleep checklist, I have the consumables status, if you'd care to listen.
CC: Yes, we are; go ahead.
LMP: Africa, looks in pretty good shape. There is a - except for an area probably around Zambia and Rhodesia in the tropical convergence zone there, where it looks pretty cloudy and probably quite rainy. There's a very strong circulation pattern and presumably a storm off - Just off the coast of northwest Africa. Very spectacular spiral forma- tion of clouds in a cyclone development. It looks like there are probably two fairly weak cyclones - Southern Hemisphere cyclones in the South Atlantic. One, southwest of Cape of Good Hope, and the other about due west of - of the Falkland Islands, maybe a little bit north of that. South America looks to be in quite good shape weatherwise, except pos- sibly Uruguay and maybe northern Argentina which appear to have a - at least some fairly thick clouds there, although no strong circtulation as- sociated with this ....
CC: Jack, we got the - at least the f_rst part of your weather report fine up through the clouds in northern Argentina_ and then the switch in o_is cut you out.
LMP: Okay, that was about it, Gordy. That's - i'11 talk to you some more later about it. I guess the main thing I need now is - are your consumables.
CC: Okay. By the way, you were looking back from more than halfway to the Moon. You're about 125,000 out now. On the consumables, the RCS is running at 1.3 percent over the Flight Plan line. On the 02: tanks 2 and 3 are right on the line, and tank 1 is about 4 percent below the line. But it's been there all the way since launch, that same bias on tank 1. On the hydrogen: tanks 1 and 3 are right on the line, tank 2 is about 3 percent above the line, Ail in all, you're looking real good consumablewise.
LMP: Okay. That's hardly worth writing down, i guess.
CMP: That's the way we like to see it.
CC: Same here. The only other thing I have in the way of updates is a PIPA bias update. You can load it yourself, or we can load it when we come up with the up-link prior to the burn. Your choice. And then we'11 have an update to the erasable load update and a supplement to correspond with that bias update.
CDR: Gordy, why don't you go ahead and load it yourself when you send up the vector?
CC: Okay, and I'11 give you that update for the sup- plement. It's on 1-43 whenever you're - whenever it's convenient.
CDR: Okay, Jack's getting that out. I ran another PIPA bias at minus 100, and it confirmed the first one. It ended up at 99.2.
LMP: Go ahead with your update on 1-43, Gordy.
CC: Okay. It's in the load A of the octal ID of 03, which now reads 77252. Change that to 77655.
LMP: Did you copy, Gordy?
CC: I didn't copy your readback; no. Okay, 306 03 and Alfa 77655.
LMP: Okay. For the reference on - on those menus, at least for the LMP, I think I'm probably putting 8 or 9 ounces of water in the citrus drinks and those kind of things, rather than 7, which has probably upped my water intake some.
LMP: And I think that probably goes for everybody. That probably goes for - it goes for Ron and probably Gene also.
CDR: Okay, mighty fine. Send it up.
CC: Okay, front page first. In Paris, Henry Kissinger met for 30 minutes this morning with French Presi- dent George Pompidou at the E_Tseg Palace just hours before his scheduled conference with North Vietnamese Politburo member Le Due Tho - _o, that is. North Vietnamese spokesmen accused Eissinger of attempting to force a peace settlement by threatening further escalation of the war. As both U.S. and North Vietnamese negotiators expressed disappointment at the continued deadlock, Chief American delegate William J. Porter traveled to Brussels to brief Secretary of State William B. Rogers. Rogers will - will return later today from the NATO Conference of Ministers. This one is datel - date - datelined Brussels. Diplomatic sources indicated today that NATO allies will re- quest negotiations with the Soviet Union and its allies on mutual troop reductions in central Europe. Exploratory talks expected to begin about Janu- ary 31, with full-scale negotiations to follow sometime next fall. In Kansas City, vital life signs for Harry S. Truman appear to have stabilized. But the 88-year-old former President remains on the critical list at Kansas City's Research Hospital. Truman is suffering from lung congestion and heart weakness. In Argentina, aides to popular Argentine politician Juan Peron said that Peron will refuse the nomination to the presidency of Argentina and will return to exile during the coming week. And, on the sports page, Rice coach A1 Conover is ex- pected to reveal today - sometime today his deci- sion to either remain at Rice as head coach or move to his alma mater Wake Forest in a similar position. The Owl head coach has said that he has been offered the job and promises a yes-or-no decision today. There is some speculation that head coach Joe Paterno of Penn State may move to a head coaching job in the pros next year. Paterno is busy pre- paring his Nittany Lions for a Sugar Bowl meeting with Oklahoma and is refusing to discuss the matter until after the game. Locally, the state high school football playoffs - -
CDR: Lost you, Gordo.
LMP: Gordy, you cut out since the Nittany Lions.
CC: Okay. Did you hear about the - the high school playoffs?
LMP: No, the last we heard was the Nittany Lions.
CC: Okay. (Laughter) Paterno, the head coach at Penn State, may move to a head coaching Job in the pros next year. He's busy setting up his Nittany Lions for a Sugar Bowl meeting with Oklahoma and is re- fusing to discuss the matter until after the game. Here locally, the state high school football players are - playoffs are underway with a whole host of games scheduled for this weekend. And the final item, the - the Major League Baseball Players' Association and the Commissioner's Office are going at it again, which means it must be getting close to time for spring training.
LMP: No editorials, please (laughter).
LMP: Gordy, film update on ma_ November November. I'm on frame 138, and that includes a couple of pictures I mentioned to Bob I took Just before I went to sleep. And also, two pictures this morning at about 33:30. Those are the Earth_
CC: 17, Houston. A reminder. We need the H2 PURGE LINE HEATERS, ON, now. And I do have a maneuver pad for the midcourse when.you're ready to copy. Over.
CDR: Okay. I've already got the HEATER, ON. And give me about 5 minutes, and I'11 get the pad.
CC: Okay. And if you'11 give us ACCEPT and POO, we'11 get the up-link started Just after the next antenna switch. We want to catch it between switches. Over.
CDR: Okay. You got POO and ACCEPT.
CC: 17, it's your computer. You have a state vector, VERB 66, and a target load, and a PIPA bias update.
LMP: Believe it or not, Gordy, I'm ready for your pad. SP_/G&N;
CC: Okay, Jack. It's a midcourse 2_ the weight is 66786; plus 1.21, minus 0.13; ignition time is 035:29:59.09; minus 0003.4, plus 0002.1, minus 0009.8; attitude is 132, 194, 343; HA and Hp are NA; DELTA-V T 0010.6, burn time is 0:02, 0006.5; sextant star is 25, 233.7, 16.4; rest of the pad is NA. Ullage, none. Other remarks: LM weight, 36281. High gain angles: PITCH, minus 21; YAW, t81. And this will give you a perilune of 53.1. Should make everybody onboard feel a little more comfortable. Over. 25/9 Tape
LMP: Okay, Gordy. We haven't been particularly uncom- fortable, but kmowing no way we would hit the Moon. Here's MCC-2, 7 - SPS/G&N; 66786; plus 1.21, minus 0.13; 035:29:59.09; minus 0003.4, plus 0002.1. And you cut out on DELTA-V Z. Give me that again, please.
CC: Okay. DELTA-V Z is a minus 0009.8.
LMP: Okay. DELTA-Vz, minus 0009.8; 132, 194, 343; NOUN 44 is NA; 0010.6, 0:02, 0006.5; 25, 233.7, 16.4; rest of pad is NA. No ullage. LM weight, 36281. High gain PITCH, minus 21; YAW, 181. Perilume, 53.1.
CC: 17, Houston. You can go back to BLOCK now.
CDR: Okay. We're in BLOCK.
CC: Jack, a couple of quick items. We would like for you to terminate the BATTERY A charge now, and also turn the H2 tank HEATERS for tanks 1 and 2 OFF.
LMP: Okay. H2 tank HEATERS 1 and 2 are OFF, and I'11 terminate the charge.
CC: Roger. E_D OF TAPE
CMP: And you're looking at NOUN 93. Okay, you're looking at NOUN 93.
CMP: Houston, Apollo 17. When we ran the DELTA-V test, we - we're reading minus 22.2 and I'm having a little trouble finding the SPS cue card. Wonder if FAO know exactly - knows exactly where that is?
CC: Stand by; I'11 check.
LMP: Gordy, we finally found that thing. It was way back in the back; sorry.
CMP: Hey, I doubt if we can get the star sextant check, but you can try it.
CMP: Okay. Okay, 35:29:59.09 for the time. NOUN 81 - okay, NOUN 81s are loaded good.
CMP: Just the burn time's good.
CMP: Okay. We'11 see if we can get the DET started here.
CMP: Okay; got the DET started.
CC: Jack, you can bring up the high gain any time now.
CMP: In 10 minutes, Jack's ... good shape. Okay, got that ....
CMP: Yes, he's dumping waste water. It's about 15. Yes. Yes, straight up to RELIEF, Jack.
CC: And, Jack, also we're showing 10 percent on waste water, now.
CMP: ... 86, LM weight. Okay, ..., OFF; ..., OFF. That's what I'm doing now. To what? One three, okay. Here we go. Set ... IMU. Okay. Realign the old GDC a little bit.
CMP: Okay, GDC is aligned. STAB control breakers. Ail IN and good shape.
CMP: MANUAL ATTs are RATE COMMAND; DEADBAND, MIN; P_TE to LOW. Yes. LM/CSM
CMP: Okay, TVC is in RATE COMMAND. is in LM/CSM. GIMBAL DRIVE is in AUTO. Okay.
CC: Jack, this is Houston. We're ready for the high gain.
CC: 17, Houston. Do you read?
CMP: I think there's no trim on this ..., ...
CC: Apollo 17, Houston. How do you copy?
CMP: Okay, so that's ... trim, to 0.2.
CDR: No trim if it's greater than 2 feet per second.
CC: Apollo 17, Houston. How do you read?
CC: Okay, we weren't getting through there for a minute or 2. We're ready for the high gain now.
CMP: Okay. Minus - minus 21 and 181.
CMP: And, Jack, you ready for GIMBAL MOTORS - I mean the BUS TIES?
LMP: Ready for the BUS TIES.
CMP: Check your HELIUM VALVES and check your N 2.
CMP: Okay. SERVO POWER 1 and 2, we got.
CMP: Okay, got SERVO POWER. AC1 and AC2.
CMP: AC, DIRECTs are OFF.
CMP: BMAGs, 1/2. Okay.
CMP: No hardovers. Okay. We'11 go to SCS. Okay, PITCH 1, Jack -
CMP: MARK it. YAW 1 -
CMP: MARK it. Okay. Got a minus - plus 1.1, okay. A minus 0.13; that's almost zero. Okay. Whoo! Man, bounces it around! (Laughter) little difference.
CMP: Okay, we'11 give it to the computer. Clockwise. Go TVC TVC. Okay, PITCH 2.
CMP: MARK it. Got it. YAW 2.
CMP: MARK it. Got it? Okay, got the trim, about a plus 12 and a minus 0.1. TVC, TVC, TVC, TVC.
CMP: Okay, give it to the computer. Returns to zero. Go TVC TVC. Okay.
CMP: AC/DC. DIRECTS are MAIN A/MAIN B.
CMP: Okay, zero BMAGs.
CMP: Okay, 50 18. PROCEED.
CMP: ENTER it.
CMP: Okay. Uncage BMAGs.
CMP: Okay. Let's try a gimbal test. Plus 2, minus 2, 0, plus 2, minus 2, 0.
CMP: Okay, she went to trim. 02:38 to go. Okay, we'11 reach - SCALE was 5 what?
CDR: 39.
CMP: Okay. RATE to HIGH.
CMP: Okay, MS NORMAL at 1 minute. Yes, we use bank A.
CMP: This second burn, use bank A only. Okay, so in 3 seconds, Jack.
CMP: Okay, cycle to ..., MIN, RATE to HIGH, DIRECT, CMC AUTO; uncaged, RATE COMMAND, GIMBAL MOTORS, LM/CSM and GIM - AUTO.
CDR: Okay, Houston. 01:30 and we're going on board for the burn.
CMP: Okay, Houston. No ullage.
CDR: Houston - Houston, I'm sure you've seen it. We're reading below the green band oxidizer pressure, about 163.
CMP: (Singing) Okay. Let's wait until 30 seconds and
CMP: CONTROL POWER is ON .... DELTA-V THRUST A switch. Get it and ES at 30 seconds. Ullage - no ullage.
CDR: ... an average G is coming.
CMP: EMaS to NORMAL. DELTA-V THRUST A is ON. Okay, no manuals to it. You'11 get the 99. Okay?
CMP: 10 seconds, Houston.
CMP: 99.
CMP: Uh-hoo! There we go. Lift-of fl
CDR: Okay. The burn is on time and - au - auto shutdown.
CC: Thank you. we trimmed it. Trimmed it to 0.2. Yes. Less than 2. Okay, plus 7 on the EMS.
CMP: I mean on the R-1. (Laughter)
CMP: Okay, we'11 trim it out to 2. Plus 0.3. One more chance. Okay, there we go.
CDR: Okay, Houston. You're looking at NOUN 85, and the NS is minus 3.3.
CMP: Okay, gimbal motors check. Two -
CMP: MARK it. Two -
CMP: MARK it. One -
CMP: Okay. SERVO POWER is OFF.
CMP: TRANS CONTROL POWER and DIRECTs are OFF.
CMP: ULLAGE circuit breakers are OPEN. Hey, we Just caught up with all the particles. They're all ... with us.
CMP: DIRECTs are OFF. PITCH and YAW. PITCH, ROLL, and YAW 1 are OPENED. Okay, you got the DELTA-V counter?
CMP: Okay. ]_4AGs are caged. BUS TIES, JACK?
CMP: Okay. BUS TIES are OFF. BIT RATE to LOW, while you're up there.
CMP: That shouldn't change, I don't think; should it?
CDR: Okay. America.
CDR: Okay, the burn was on time. Looked like it was about 2 seconds. DELTA-VGx was 0.7. ROLL was 132, PITCH was 193, and YAW was 342. Residuals after trim were zero - plus 0.1, zero, and minus 0.1, and DELTA-V c is minus 3.3. OX 007. FUEL is 009 and DECREASE 50.
CC: Thank you. 26/7 Tape
CMP: PAN CAMERA's OFF. MAPPING CAMERA's OFF, huh? SM/AC And POWER will be coming OFF, shortly.
LMP: You know, Houston, we must of caught up with every one of those partieles. Because we're right in the middle of them. They're going kind of in a random fashion. Most of them a_e drifting right along with us. Some of them are going against us and away from us. But before we did the burn - you know, the propulsion, they got out of the vent. Sent them all away from us in what looked like - in more or less the X-direction.
LMP: *** we really got a star field out there now.
P: is 1 - That's 1.0. You want me to go to TUNNEL VENT?
CC: Yes, that's affirmative, Geno. You have a GO for TUNNEL VENT valve, VENT.
CC: Okay, we do want to put BATTERY A back on CHARGE as shown in the Flight Plan. And, also, I have a new flyby pad. No hurry on this one, but it's a flyby pad post-MCC-2.
CDR: Okay, Gordo, how quickly should this tunnel vent?
CC: Geno, that should take about an hour. We'11 try to remember to occasionally remind you to look at it.
CDR: Okay. I'm glad you said that because I don't see any indication of it moving here yet, at all.
LMP: Never got to give you a 7-Alfa reading on a - after the last charge. It was 0.6 - decimal 6 as before.
P: in order to read the DELTA-P. Over.
CDR: Yes, Gordo, I'm - I'm aware of that, and I've done it. But in the about 3 or 4 minutes that I vented, I didn't see any change yet.
CC: Okay. It's a pretty slow process.
UNKNOWN: ° Okay, Gordy, battery A is being charged.
LMP: And I checked that 7-Alfa in the VENT position, and it's 0.6 also.
CMP: Okay, Houston. How's the CMP's "zippen" or _PN.
CC: Let me take a check to my left here.
CMP: I'11 take a deep breath for you.
CC: Okay, Ron. Your ZPN looks good.
CMP: Okay, I don't have the other one on yet. But I was a little bit curious because I left the electrodes in this thing, and - you know, the little sponges, I left those inside the electrodes, but they stuck to - to the back of the electrodes and kind of corroded the inside of it there a little bit.
CC: Evidently, it's working okay.
CMP: Okay, mighty fine.
CMP: I'11 put some new ones in.
CMP: Okay, Houston, is my heart beating?
CC: I'm sure it is, Ron, but I'11 check to my left.
CC: We'11 wait a couple of minutes. It takes that long to settle down and give you a reading on it.
CMP: Okay. No problem.
CC: Ron, your EKG looks real good.
CMP: That's all new, what you call it - those sponges and stuff, you know. And, Houston, I'm not - I'm not putting - putting any cover tape on it, so if it quits - you know, comes loose or some- thing like that, well, let me know and I'11 push it on again.
LMP: You might make a note that Dr. Evans was assisted in that operation by Dr. Schmitt.
CC: Roger, Doctor.
CC: Jack, I've still got this flyby pad standing by.
LMP: Nag, nag, nag.
CMP: Can't talk with a mouthful of bread cubes, it all come s out.
CC: Right. A regular maneuver pad.
LMP: Okay, and I guess the other one I can cross out, right?
CC: That's affirmative. That's obsolete now that you've done midcourse 2.
LMP: Okay, Gordy, I'm all set.
CC: Okay, it's a flyby. SPS/G&N; 66678; plus 1.21, minus 0.13. Ignition time is 081:14:43.49; plus 0043.3, plus 0211.8, plus 0453.2. Attitude is 128, 146, 317; HA is NA. Hp is plus 0021.1. DELTA-V T is 0502.1. Burn time, 1:18, 0497.6. Sextant star is 25, 189.3 27.4. Boresight star is NA. NOUN 61 is a plus 15.60, minus 175.00; 1101.6, 36242. GET at .05G is 153:24:03. GDC stars are Sirius and Rigel; 256; 152; 069. Ullage, none. Remarks: 1, burn docked; and number 2, assumes PTC REFSMMAT. And that's it. Over.
CC: Okay, that's a good readback.
CC: Okay, you want us to track those?
CDR: It might help. We have a beck of a time finding them in here.
CDR: Oh, you meant quantitywise.
CC: Yes, we'11 set up in a special back room.
CDR: We could call it the T-T room. Tissue and tape, of course.
P: again.
CDR: Okay; thank you. We'11 do that.
CDR: It's 2.2, Gordo; I put it back in VENT.
CMP: Hello, Houston; America.
CC: Roger, America. Go ahead.
CMP: Okay, Gordo. We're up to 2.5 on the tunnel and still venting.
CC: Okay. Is that music we hear in the background?
CMP: Yes, sir. (Music: Up, Up, and Away by Brazil '66) They've been making fun of some of my music ....
CC: Yes, it's coming down to us in living stereo.
CMP: Reminiscent of yesteryear. (Music: Up, Up, and Away by Brazil '66).
CMP: Music from America.
CC: Roger. Thank you for the concert. That was very appropri ate.
P: is now 2.6.
CC: Okay, Gene.
CC: Geno, we'd like for you to let it get up to 2.8 before closing off the VENT. (Music)
CDR: Okay, Gordo. We'11 m_ke it 2.8.
CC: ...., Houston. That was a slight handover, the rea- son we lost signal for a second there.
CDR: Houston, 17.
CDR: Say, are we going to have a pretty good view of the Earth out of any CSM windows at the LM checkout alt itude ?
CC: I'11 check on that.
CDR: We're sort of blocked right now.
P: ought to be about right now, about 2.8.
CC: We would like a reading.
CDR: We'11 check it.
CDR: Gordo, 2.9.
CDR: Gordy, the reason I asked about that view of the Earth, we were sort of thinking maybe we might go early, if it was all right with you, and watch the Earth a little bit more.
CC: Okay. We're still trying to get the answer on whether you'11 have a window. Stand by. I might have it here.
CC: America, Houston.
CC: Okay. The LMinspection attitude that you'11 go to results in kind of a marginal view of the Earth out of window l, about 60 degrees away from it, bore- sight line of sight. And we're - we can - what we've started to work on and if you wanted to do is you can go to kind of intermediate attitude, which will be the LM attitude except for roll which will be off by about 60 degrees, which will - will give you a good view of the Earth out of window 1. And then when we get ready to do the LM entry, you can roll that additional 60 degrees to get to the proper attitude, if you wish. Your choice. Over.
CDR: Yes, if that doesn't bother anybody down there, we'd like to do that.
CC: Okay. We'11 have something for you here in a few minutes.
CC: Okay. If you're ready to copy, I have a VERB 49 maneuver for you that will let you look at the Earth.
CDR: Wait a minute, Gordo, and I'11 Just let you load it as we go here.
CDR: Okay; ready to copy.
CC: Okay. Roll is 240, pitch is 089, and yaw is 0. And the high gain for that attitude, we think it'11 probably track to this attitude, is plus 29 and 27.
CDR: Okay. Plus 29 and 27.
CC: America, Houston. Until you get the attitude, OMNI Charlie will probably work better.
CDR: Okay, Gordy. We got you OMNI Charlie now.
CC: Okay; loud and clear.
LMP: Gordy, for your information, we have our LM transfer items in the jettison bag ready to go over. And we're pretty well squared away on the - all the command module stowage now, with minor exceptions.
CC: America, Houston. We'd like you to go ahead and get on the high gain again since - and stop it Just wandering around aimlessly. And how does the Earth look now?
LMP: Sorry, Gordy, to be so slow. Earth looks great, and we'11 get the high gain up in Just a second.
LMP: Houston, 17. How do you read?
CC: Go ahead. You're loud and clear.
LMP: Okay, Gordy, going from south to north on noon- time, at least our noontime weather, it looks like there is a fairly strong mass of polar air moving from the southwest up towards Tierra del Fuego. It's mixed with some cloudiness that extends from that area all the way down to the Antarctic ice shelf. But it looks like some pretty good move- ment patterns from the southwest, north - north- east. No strong weather waves or cyclone development on that yet, although one may be picking up about halfway between Tierra del Fuego and the coast of Antarctica, the - where the front, or at least the cloud masses, curve from the east-west direction to an almost due south direction. Most of South America still looks like pretty good weather. There is cloudiness along the Andean Ridge and also in the Amazon Basin, stretching from the eastern coast of South America on up about, oh, two-thirds of the way towards Central America. It doesn't look like frontal weather there. It's probably tropical convergence weather. Now there is this - still this small, moderately developed cyclone pattern that's hangin_ pretty much over Buenos Aires now, I think. Uruguay and Buenos Aires. I think I mentioned that earlier in the day. A_d that still is there, and I suspect those folks are getting a fair amount of weather out of it.
LMP: Except for scattered c_ouds_ Central America and Mexico, for the most part_ are clear - as is most of the Caribbean Islands° Cuba and the others are - all look like they've pretty good weather. There's a little cloud_ off - cloud pattern off to the east of those islands_ but it doesn't look like any major weather in that area. The eastern half and Midwest of the United States is completely cloud covered right now. _ere - however, the - extend- ing from Mexico to Sonora and up into Arizona and New Mexico, and possibly as far north as Colorado, is a clear band. But then there is more cloudiness to the north of that. _T_e Pacific regions west of - The West Coast of the United States is cloudy, at least west of Southern California. I cannot see Baja, so that cloudiness extends down south of - into Baja Califormia. I see no strong new frontal patterns, although I'm looking right across the limb at the Earth now. There may be one that would be lying maybe across northern California and - and into Colorado, with a little clear area ahead of it, possibly in Kansas. But then into this, a solid bank of clouds that stretches from Brownsville, at least, clear up to - well, along the Gulf Coast across the panhandle of Florida, up the East Coast and on out past Nova Scotia, I'm sure. Florida is clear. Florida - the peninsular portion of Florida is - it looks very clear and some of the deep turquoise green waters to the south and southeast of that area are - are very obvious at this time.
CC: Roger, Jack. I'm following along on the satellite weather picture here that's taken from about your same vantage point and - although nowhere near the detail that you're describing.
LMP: Have you seen today's analysis charts of the United States or North America?
CC: No, I haven't. I was just told, Jack, that the - the weathermen and a lot of other people around here, too, are following your weather reports with great interest.
LMP: Yes. Does that mean they're right or wrong?
CC: You've got the better view, by far.
LMP: That doesn't prove much. Okay, Gordy, I'm - I suspect that that's a pretty healthy front. I don't know. Your weather must be cloudy and bad today. Is that right?
CC: It is. We've got about a half-mile vis and drizzly rain.
LMP: Okay. Well, I suspect comparable weather extends all the way across the eastern United States. That looks like awful dense clouds, although there's no obvious frontal pattern. It just stretches from the Midwest to the East Coast. And, also, there's no good indication of stratification of those clouds, as if they'd be fairly - fairly thick up into the cirrus levels.
LMP: Looks like Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Sonora probably have some - one band of high cirrus. But other than that, probably a beautiful day out in that area.
LMP: There's some transverse cloud patterns over the Mississippi-Alabama area. It suggests maybe that the Jetstream may be Just north of that region. But otherwise, there's no good indication of Jetstream position right now.
LMP: Gordy, there is one minor weather disturbance, pos- sibly just about over Puerto Rico or maybe Just - just to the east of that island. No strong circu- lation patterns, although there's a hint of a cyclone development. There might be just a small depression in that area. I don't know whether your maps are carrying anything down there or not.
CC: I think I see what you're talking about on the satellite picture, but I don't have a surface anal- ysis that goes that far. I do - I just now got a copy of the surface charts for the United States. And there's - there's a front stretching from northern Texas northeastward up through Tennessee and Virginia and another one sort of parallel to it. But, this ... southward from Louisiana along the Gulf Coast across northern Florida and on out into the Atlantic. And I guess the two are kind of blending together to make that irregular mass of clouds you mentioned.
LMP: Okay, Gordy. If I'd been a little more observant I could see that there was a little bit, looks like a decrease in at least the thickness of the clouds, vertical thickness, between the two areas you Just mentioned. So, there is some indication here of those two fronts, although they are contributing to a general weather pattern in the eastern United States.
LMP: I think, with a little experience in this business, you might have picked those two out of that mass. But it's not _m_ediately obvious.
LMP: You got anything on there coming in from the north- west now, say up in Wyoming and Colorado?
CC: The way it's drawn on this surface charts shows that - that northern front that I mentioned, just now, sort of curving on up through central Colorado, and then bending westward toward - through Utah. That's about the only other frontal activity. There's one, probably dry front, then a short one through central Arizona and southern Utah.
LMP: Okay. Well, that makes sense. That would match with that - what I was thinking was high cirrus in Arizona. And also I can see how you could bend - that's the northern front up through Col- orado and then back westward to explain the pat- terns we're seeing in the clear areas south of that.
LMP: Gordy, the zero-phase point now is off the coast of Chile and Ecuador - oh, maybe 10 or 15 degrees of longitude, and it is fairly dull. It does not seem to indicate any great amount of choppiness or wave action in that area.
LMP: And about 15 minutes ago, Gordy, I took two more Hasselblad shots of the Earth.
CMP: And, also, Houston, frame number - let's see, that's 16 and 17 - were taken of the Earth about 15 minutes ago, too. And that's magazine Sierra Sierra.
LMP: Okay, Ron. We copy that.
LMP: Gordy, with respect to the icepack off the coast of Antarctica, it's difficult to distinguish pack ice from clouds, in general. However, the clouds seem to pick up reflection patterns with respect to the Sun. And using that as a - and some shadows in below as the criteria, it looks as if the pack ice in the South Atlantic would extend to a latitude almost comparable to that of Tierra del Fuego. I don't know whether that - that's reasonable or not.
CC: Okay. I don't either. But maybe someone who's more of an expert can clear up your question on that. I'11 let you know.
LMP: Now to the southwest of Tierra del Fuego there's a - looks like a small cyclone developing, clock- wise rotation, just off the edge of the pack ice, and - but it does not seem to be closely associ- ated with the frontal activity that I mentioned when I started out speaking at this - this partic- ular time.
LMP: There is another - there is another one, maybe a front, a little bit ahead of that cyclone that's now extending north-south. Starts in the pack ice area and extends up - oh, about halfway from there to Buenos Aires - in the directiom of Buenos Aires. It doesn't look like a very major mass of air or frontal system. It may develop into something over the next couple days though.
LMP: And centered, Gordy, at about 45 south and say 30 west, there is another cyclone area that's ahead of the last front I talked about that doesn't look - Z think I talked about it yesterday - still does not look too strong, although the clouds, as I recall, the cloud cover is somewhat more well developed, and circulation patterns seem to be better developed. It may be an intensifying storm over what we saw yesterday.
LMP: I cannot see that it's associated with any clear frontal activity, however.
LMP: That, I presume, should be migrating in the direc- tion of the - of the southeast coast of Africa, so we'11 keep an eye on it.
LMP: _ld that reminds me, did you get any information on the - that - what looked like a very strong, concentrated typhoon or hurricane in the South Pacific between Borneo and the Philippines?
CC: Let me check and see what we got on that. I wasn't here when you first talked about it evidently.
LMP: Well, it was one that they didn't seem to be carry- ing, and it looked extremely well developed from here.
LMP: Gordy, yesterday that - the one I'm speaking of - hundred and was centered _t about 15 north and a - make that abo_t 117 east.
CC: Okay. I've been informed that they are - the satellite people are carrying that one now. I'm not sure whether they had seen it before or didn't see it ur_til after you did. But they are aware of it now and are tracking it.
LMP: Well, we're not competing. They just didn't have any information for me on it yesterday. We'11 probably be able to see that again late this afternoon.
CC: Okay. The one that you just gave the coordinates on is - does have a name, - that's Therese. Hur- ricane Therese. And - so the - the other one must be the - must not have the name.
LMP: Okay. Now which one has - is Therese.
CC: The one you just - the coordinates you gave almost exactly pinpoint Therese.
LMP: Okay. That's near the Philippines.
CC: That's affirmative. Between there and Vietnam.
LMP: Okay. Well_ then that sounds like - if that's an up-to-date position, it has relatively little movement since yesterday°
CC: Roger. They show it moving just very slightly westward.
LMP: Okay. Are they carrying anything south of Guam now that we talked about yesterday?
CC: Take a minute to get something on that. They don't have a current map showing anything in Guam right now.
LMP: And we also had a storm developing south of - or southwest of New Zealand. Might look at that one, too.
CC: Jack, are you making these observations through the monocular?
LMP: Although most of them - well, at this distance, Gordy, the circulation - detailed circulation patterns to say what's a cyclone and what isn't are not visible to the naked eye, at least not to mine.
LMP: The major frontal patterns are, however.
CC: Jack, that disturbance you mentioned near Guam isn't being carried on the current charts here as anything significant. They do show some cloudiness north of the tropical convergence zone, but just that.
LMP: Okay. Well, I had a feeling what I was seeing yesterday might have just been the remnants of Teresa [sic], which I think went - got into that area a couple days ago. It was not a very well- developed system, but did seem - seem to be iso- lated from the other cloudiness that I would have put into the tropical convergence zone. That was between Wake and KwaJalein.
CC: Roger. 28/9 Tape
LMP: Gordy, let me try to give you a description of something that is a little bit unusual than what we've been seeing. The - there's an axis that runs from, say, the outer portion of the Ross ice shelf along the - and just off the coast of Antarctica_ then bends up so that it would pass just to the east of Tierra del Fuego and - and then continues on that heading so that it would intersect the far east coast of South America, if it continued. Now along that axis, the - what appear to be multiple frontal patterns or at least linear cloud bands, bend very sharply and change from a heading that roughly parallels the axis around the one that is roughly north-south. And some of the front - frontal direction changes that I gave you earlier, down in that area, are - also bend around that axis.
LMP: And there just, oh, there are probably a dozen, if you tried to pull them out, cloud bands between the Ross Sea and Tierra del Fuego that bend around the same axis. Quite striking.
LMP: Now there's some indications, to me at any rate, that the jetstream in that area may be essentially east-west - oh, maybe 20 degrees of latitude north of the Ross Sea, and then bends down very sharply so that it intersects the - or approaches the coa - Antarctic ice shelf to the east of the Ross Sea, and then maybe it bends up and forms the axis that I just described that's causing that bending of the cloud patterns.
CC: Okay. Solmds like a good theory.
LMP: There's a linear clear area in that area north of the Ross Sea that - and to the north of that is a sharply defined front that I talked about earlier. And then, both the - that front continues. The clear area is cut off by the axis that I described, a cloud axis.
LMP: Now that should show up real well on the 250-millimeter pictures we took. Gordy, I'm back looking at zero-phase. And now, apparently, the exact zero-phase was partially obscured by a cloud pattern earlier. Now, when I - There is a very, very small bright spot in the center of the zero- phase area. Nothing comparable to what I described off the coast of Australia yesterday, but an ex- tremely sma2] spot. I suspect that the size of your bright spot in zero-phase has some direct - or indirect, at any rate, relationship to sea state.
LMP: Gordy, as you might expect, the whole coastline of Chile is - or all of Chile, practically, is clear. Beautifully exposed to us here, particular the Atacama Desert, which is noted for that particular characteristic, and - at least among geologists it is. And the coast of Peru is also clear with clouds following the Andean Ridge, probably the - certainly the coast side of the Andean Ridge. Lima ought to be enjoying a very nice day today. The - Ecuador, however, looks like it might have a little more cloudy weather, although it doesn't look like any major storm activity.
CC: America, Houston. We have a couple of words here on medications. Is everyone listening?
CDR: Yes; we're on, Gordo. Go ahead.
CC: Okay. Geno_ you mentioned taking a nausea pill for some gas yesterday, and we were looking into some of the side effects. You definitely don't want to use that particular pill for gas. One of the side effects is that it's an appetite depressor. And there are some pills loaded in A-7, along with the vitamin pills, specifically for the purpose of eliminating gas. We would appreciate if you'd give us a call in advance prior to taking any medications except the Seconal and aspirin. Over. 28/11 Tape
CDR: Okay, Gor_ r, will do. I was aware that those gas depressors were around. At the time, we couldn't find them in A-7. And so I took one of those other things, whatever it is. And while you're talking about that, as per the preflight food check, gas is very evident on - particularly on me - and I think I'm suppressing it slowly. But is there any problem, or what do you recommend on that Mylinol [sic] or Mylicon or whatever it is?
CDR: This goes hand-in-hand with the amount of gas that I experienced preflight.
CDR: And it's the kind of gas - it's the kind of gas that just stays in your stomach.
CC: Okay, Geneo. The recommended use of those gas pills is to chew one after each meal. And then, if needed, chew up another one before going to sleep at night.
CDR: Okay; fine. I chewed one after brea_kfast.
CC: Okay. A little water after you chew it up, I guess, helps its effectiveness.
CDR: That's a basic requirement, I believe. The effect of it has not been too obvious yet though.
CDR: Gordy, you want the 02 HEATERS 1 and 2 to AUTO now?
CDR: Okay. They're there.
CDR: Gordy?
CDR: I don't want to cause any concern on that gas. It's no real great problem. It's Just a slight discomfort; that's all.
CC: Okay, Gene. I think we understand.
CC: Roger. How was it?
CDR: What's that? Well, it was just as good as it was when I was growing up - which means it was great. I grew up on those things, as I recall.
CC: Charlie Duke's here with me and he - -
CMP: Miss the lettuce. Sure have missed the lettuce and mayonnaise on mine though.
CC: Okay. We're watching you. Punch it in there.
CC: America, before you open the equalization valve, we'd like one final reading on the LM/CM DELTA-P.
CMP: 0kitydoke.
CC: Okay, Ron.
CC: Jack, Houston. We're ready to terminate the charge on battery A. APOLL0t7 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CDR: Okay, Gordo, I cycled the CRYO PRESSURE INDICATOR from up to down, back to SURGE/3. And we got a MASTER ALARM and there was no 02 HIGH FLOW with it at all.
CC: Roger, Gene. Although, the surge tank shouldn't have caused it.
CDR: Okay, let me give you one more try on it. Well, that time it didn't ._. it. Ail I did was go up to 1 slash 2 and the ALARM came on.
CDR: Okay, I went back to surge/3; it did not. So maybe it's coming on when I go up to 1 slash 2.
CDR: Yes, there it is, Gordy. It's definitely repeat- able. I can go up to PRESSURE CRYO QUANTITY 1 slash 2 and the ALARM comes on.
CC: Okay, Geno; understand.
CDR: You might note that - hey -
CDR: Gordo, you might think about the fact that we were getting them when the cabin pressure was high after launch. And there might be some association there, also.
CC: Okay, a good observation.
CMP: EMERGENCY CABIN selector to OFF. We got to unbolt it down there somewhere. Underneath the commander's couch. Okay.
CMP: REPRESS PACKAGE valve OFF, should be OFF.
CMP: Okay; verify DIRECT 02 is CLOSED. Okay; TUNNEL VENT VALVE, LM/COMMAND MODULE DELTA-P. Okay, it's greater than 3.1. It's up around 3.6.
CMP: Okay, we're going to open the pressure equalization valves.
CMP: Okay. DELTA-P is 2-1/2.
P: of 2. We'11 close the equalization valve. Yes, we'11 monitor for 3 minutes now.
CDR: That's affirmative, Gordo; none of the lights flashed at all.
LMP: When we get the cabin pressure down, Gordy, h_re, we might try one more time. Which Gene Ju_t did.
CC: Okay, and nothing happened?
CC: Roger. 29/3 Tape
CMP: Okay, still holding at 2.0 on the DELTA-P.
CMP: Okay, we'11 open the pressure equalization valve and when the cabin pressure gets to 4.0, hit the REPRESS 02 ...
CDR: DELTA-P is about 0.6, we might make it this time.
P: is 0.2 now.
CDR: 0kay_ Houston, the hatch is open.
CMP: Okay_ the EXTEND LATCH is ENGAGED. Red is not visible. GN 2 BLEED button. (Singing) Okay; GN 2 BLEED. Not too much in there.
CMP: Okay, PRELOAD SELECTOR lever - rotate parallel to the orange stripe. Okay. PRELOAD HANDLE, torque clockwise to unload the old support beams.
CMP: (Clanking noise) the probe is big. Whoops - Oh, okay.
CMP: Ah-hah, the probe is loose in the tunnel. Okay, rotate away from the orange stripe. (Singing) Torque -
CMP: Okay, we'11 probe _l_ilicals. Is the LM POWER OFF? Proceed - doesn't make any difference. DOCK PROBE CIRCUIT BREAKERS undone? ... That's good and tight.
UNKNOWN: noise)
CMP: Oops. Get the sergeant. Okay.
CMP: Son of a buck. Okays I'm trying putting those things back on now, just for the heck of it. It's brand new; nice and tight.
CMP: Can you smell nitrogen? Smell something up here.
CMP: Okay, probe umbilicals disconnected and stow. Electrical connector covers are closed. Yes, yes_ those are yellow ones. PRELOAD HANDLE, position against - against the umbilical connector. Okay, that's done.
CMP: SELECTOR LEVER is in the mid position. INSTALLA- TION STRUT.
CMP: Okay, INSTALLATION STRUT is unstowed. CAPTURE LATCH RELEASE HANDLE LOCK. Okay, the RELEASE HANDLE is unlocked.
CMP: Okay, RATCHET HANDLE unstowed to the full exten- sion; boost to the first detent. That's good and tight going back to the first detent. Okay. Fold probe, looks like. Yes, it's out. (Singing)
CMP: 0oooh! There it comes. That's just like in the simulator. It comes down by itself. It comes - pushes me out of the way, as a matter of fact. Okay. I'11 get it a little better.
CMP: Okay, RATCHET HANDLE pulled to full extension and then ratchet one stroke. Gets it so it gets it off the thing.
CMP: Okay, that's one stroke backwards now. Okay, RATCHET HANDLE and INSTALLATION STRUT are restowed. CAPTURE LATCH RELEASE HANDLE.
CDR: Okay, CAPTURE LATCH RELEASE HANDLE is rotated 180 degrees and it's back in the recess. Okay, let's see if it comes out.
CMP: Ooops. There it comes. I couldn't see it awhile ago. Let me look - the PROBE STRUT in the way. That's why you can't see it until now. Where do we want to go with this thing down over here at the -
CMP: Houston, it's a nice clean ... and release there on top of the probe. It's nice and clean down there. The button is depressed. There's play around the little button on the end of the probe there, too.
CC: Okay, Ron. In about 1 minute, we're going to have a site handover. You'11 be talking through Hawaii after that takes place.
CMP: Okay. What's the docking angle? Blew it, I guess. 1.2 degrees, huh?
CMP: Yes, I think I better ver - verify that, just to make sure. COAS looks great.
CMP: Hold a minute, Gene - wait a minute. You got - there we go.
UNKNOWN: noise) NOTE: During the period 01 16 00 XX to 01 18 21 XX, the CMl° aboard America was switched to the GOSS 2 net, for which time-annotated recordings are not available.
CMP: Am I not looking in the right place?
CMP: Let me look. I don't know where one is, right offhand. I'11 check here.
CMP: Well, just help me with some terms here. I was just looking again at sight of - underneath the power bungee.
CMP: Okay, Gordy; we're at the top of 1-13 and all switches, valves were in proper configuration.
CC: Okay, you could have asked me and I could have told you that.
CMP: We were just trying to give you a plug - WelU, _' you don't want them - Well, we'11 take it back. (Laughter) I shouldn't have said anything to the world's most experienced DLMP. Right?
CC: Ron, at first glance, it doesn't look like you have one on board ... We're still looking though, but I don't think we have one.