Otrobonita/noicy-space-talks huggingface dataset:
CMP: The double umbra on the back side of the Moon - Yes. The double umbra on the back side of the Moon is even better than the simulator (laughter)
CC: Okay. We copied that.
CMP: That's for the COAS cal.
CC: All righty. That thing flies a little better thml the simulator on that, doesn't it?
CMP: Yes. It sure does. It's outstanding, as a matter of fact. You can even see the star out here.
CC: Yes, it's a rather wondrous thing. When you get around to it, I've got a HYDROGEN tank 1 call. I'd like to have you turn that to OFF.
CMP: Okay. Let me get started here in the P2O attitude.
CC: Okay. That's HYDROGEN tank number i should be tUrned OFF.
CC: Okay. And I missed seeing you set the VERB 44. Did you get that one in?
CMP: Yes. I did it while I was doing the P52 for pericynthion. I'11 do it again.
CC: Okay. And Olso's [?] standing here with baited breath.
CMP: He's ready to go to work, isn't he?
CC: Yes. He's chomping at the bit. DEPLOY/RETRACT.
CMP: Okay. We're in Circuit breakers are IN.
CMP: SM/AC POWER's ON, and those circuit breakers are IN. So 181 's squared away.
CMP: IR is going ON.
CMP: UV is going ON. Okay. Let's open a few covers.
CMP: Okay . MAPPING CAMERA. LASER ALTIMETER. Barber pola, and then a gray.
CMP: IR; barber pole, and a gray.
CMP: I'11 watch it. Okay. B, 2, i -
CC: Yes. We're commenting on the same thing. We don't have any data yet, but ... - -
CMP: (Laught er ) CHi° Hey, it went gray.
CMP: About B minutes and 20 seconds, wasn't it?
CC: Yes, sir. 03:21. Okay, Ron. And before we get started this morning, we skipped the Lithium canister, and that was back at 108 hours and 10 minutes on page B-109. So, at your convenience, you might want to catch up on that one.
CMP: (Laughter) Okay. Do you have it handy there? What it is? Which one?
CC: Yes. Just a second. I'11 read it to you. CMl° Can you just tell me?
CMP: Into A-9. Okay. That must be where 11 is then.
CC: _ E_even _should_be.i_n - Yes, okay. Get all of you in A-9 now, hopefully.
CMP: And, Ken, can you give me a hack on Houston time there? Or Greenwich mean time or something so I can set my watch?
C: has noticed that you've got the OPTICS not in ZERO, and next time you're down that way, it would make everybody feel better if you'd put it there. It's not - not some- thing that you have to do right away.
CMP: (Laughter) Okay. Will do. Good way to keep me honest.
CC: And a ... to that.
CMP: Do-de-do-do. Looks like we're about to acquire.
CMP: 33:18 is stop time. No, no. That's better than having a trail. Let's try it. Cantaro [?]. Whoops. Good work. There it goes. Just about to make it.
CMP: MAP CAMERA is STANDBY.
CC: America, Houston. We're reading you. How us?
CMP: Okay. Just about have you, Houston - - 75A/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: Roger, Challenger. That's super. L_P-LM Okay, Parker valves - Boy, you bet it is, Gordo.
CDR-LM: Boy, when you said shut down, I shut down and we dropped, didn't we?
LMP-LM: Yes, sir. But we is here; man, is we here. How does that look?
LMP-LM: Pressure - pressures look great. Tank 2 is down just a little from before.
CDR-LM: The ENGINE OVERRIDE is OFF ... - -
LMP-LM: Manifold is great. Manifold is right on. Get - go to JETS.
LMP-LM: Okay. That side's complete. Houston, you can tell America that Challenger is at Taurus-Littrow.
CC: We'11 do it.
CDR-LM: Ron, I had the meatball all the way. Jack, are we going to have some nice boulders in this area.
CDR-LM: Oh, man. Look at that rock out there. LMP-_ Absolutely incredible. Absolutely incredible.
CDR-LM: I think I can see the rim of Camelot.
CDR-LM: Epic moment of my life. IzMP-_ Where'd you land? You never let me look outside at all. Hey, you can see the boulder tracks.
CC: Okay. You're looking great here so far.
LMP-LM: There are boulders all over those massifs. Gosh, look at that propellant. We could have gone all around and looked around.
CDR-LM: We should have hovered around a little bit; gone and looked at the Scarp.
LMP-LM: No, thank you.
LMP-LM: I like it right where we are.
CDR-LM: Okay, Gordy. While you're - while you're waiting on that GO, I had to - I - I shot for a spot, around 2 o'clock from Poppy. There's a number of boulders out at 12 o'clock from Poppy, and I really think I'm probably not more than about 100 meters out in front of it - and slightly to the north. Actually, I may be a little bit closer to Trident than I expected Poppy to be. I - I think I've got Trident right out the left window. Aud our first cut at the mobility around here in the Rover. It ought to be super.
CC: Okay. Sounds good. LMP-_4 But I tell you, the massifs and Bare Mountain are two different products.
CDR-LM: Do look it, don't they? LMP-_4 Of course, they're different slopes, too. CDR-_ I think you're looking - probably - that may be Rudolph, right there, Jack, out your window. I was looking more at those boulders and trying to stay in the spots in between them than I was - -
LMP-LM: Yes, you did great, Gene.
CDR-LM: - - relationship to that crater. Man, there was practically no dust, just a little hit of a film; you had the ground, all the way to the ground.
LMP-LM: Yes. I could call touchdown on the shadow. Look at that. Really here.
LMP-LM: It better be a GO. I'11 check everything again. Let's just doublecheck.
LMP-LM: That hasn't changed.
CDR-LM: Okay, that's good.
CDR-LM: Oh, my golly.
LMP-LM: Only we have changed.
CDR-LM: You know the - you can't see into Camelot, Jack; that rim is - is Camelot out in front of us.
CDR-LM: You ... - -
CDR-LM: Gordy, you're a smooth talker, you know it?
LMP-LM: Okay. You can forget all I told you about VERB 22 NOUN 46.
CDR-LM: What was that? (Laughter)
LMP-LM: Okay. Let's find out where we are. Engine stop is reset.
LMP-LM: Okay. I need a P12 time as soon as I get 60 - -
CDR-LM: Okay, Gordy. You're looking at NOUN 43. Copy that down, Jack, right here.
CDR-LM: Okay. For T-2. For T-2, the time is ll3 - -
CDR-LM: 14 - -
LMP-LM: 1_.
CDR-LM: 24.91. I_-I_ 4.91.
LMP-LM: I can't feel any difference between 1/6g and anything else right now.
CDR-LM: Well, you still got your restraints on. (Laughter) Okay. 113:14:24.91. You happy with that? T_v'iP-LM That looks good, sir.
LMP-LM: I got to change these numbers. You didn't get an update on NOUN 76, did you? I don't think so.
CDR-LM: No. No.
LMP: -LM Ok ay.
CDR-LM: No. Okay; 5515. Hello, Gordy. How would you like me to handle R-3 of NOUN 76?
CDR-LM: Okay. Oh, that radar performed super.
LMP-LM: How was the view on the way down, Gene? (Laughter)
CDR-LM: You know, after we pitched over, I was just looking for a place to land. I'm not sure. I Just didn't want to hit one of those boulders out there which would have been as easy - and look at that. Look at right in front of us. I didn't want to land there either.
LMP-LM: I see that one right in front of us.
CDR-LM: You see that? ... a boulder, a hole.
LMP-LM: Where's the hole? I can't see the hole - -
CC: Challenger, Houston. R-B, cross range, is okay as is. LMP-I_ Okay. Okay. We're coming up - -
CC: Roger. CDR-L_ Okay. I can see the Scarp, I can see Hanover. Good thing we didn't plan to go to Hanover. (Laughter) It's steep.
LMP-LM: Look at the boulder - halfway up the hill.
CDR-LM: Yes. LNP-LM Not halfway, Just enough - -
CDR-LM: Yes, the boulder tracks - they're beautiful.
LMP: LM It's sitting right there in the end of the tracks. There are tracks all over that hillside. There's a boulder came right down to the surface there. See it?
LMP-LM: That one right through that little crater -
CDR-LM: Yes. LMP-L_ - - sitting right there for us to sample. Look at it.
CDR-LM: Yes, sir. I'11 bet Bare Mountain and the Sculptured Hills are the same. LMP-_ Yes. They - Well, the slope's different. We'11 have to look at it from outside. You may be right. Now I see why they call them sculptured. MY gosh, they're so h_mmocky that there's shadow all over them. CDR-L_ Yes.
LMP-LM: Gosh, there are some holes and rocks around here. Who told me this was a flat landing site? CDR-I_! It is flat. For crying out loud. What do you want, an airtight guarantee?
CDR-LM: We're about what - about 100 meters from Trident?
LMP-LM: Yes - yes, less than that, I think Trident's right here. Our shadow's about 100 feet, Geno, I think.
CDR-LM: Yes, we're only about - yes, less than 100 meters then. It doesn't look that long, but it ... - -
LMP-LM: Yes, there are some holes I'm glad I didn't land in around here, I'11 tell you.
CDR-LM: Now, if you look at the massif, Jack. I don't know if you can see it over here. You see, they're almost like a series of linear boulder tracks, but they come crossways down the slope. So it looks like there may very definitely be some - some jointed - There's outcrop on top the massif, too.
LMP-LM: Oh, it sure looks like it, gray outcrop. _d there's a bluish gray compared to the - the brown or tan gray of the massif side.
CDR-LM: And a lot of that boulder is - a lot of that out- crop down on the bottom is boulder.
LMP-LM: Yes. Do you know what that reminds me of, way up where you could just get a little piece of outcrop around the corner.
CDR-LM: Okay. I just looked at them.
LMP-LM: Okay. Ascent looks good.
CC: Roger. CDR-I_4 And the QUANTITY light came on somewhere, I believe, after we landed.
LMP-LM: Yes, it did. I noticed the QUANTITY light also. I was thinking reg light, though, when I saw it. Oh, man.
CC: Challenger, we'11 have a story on that for you later. We don't think we were really low level.
CDR-LM: Okay. It doesn't make any difference now, Gordy, expect to talk about when we get home.
LMP-LM: We better hurry if - you're going to give - they're going to give us the GO.
LMP-LM: How about some water?
CDR-LM: Yes, you can zap me.
LMP-LM: Oh, I tell you. That's something everyone's got to do once in their life. I want to - We're not going to have much time for T-2 - -
CDR-LM: Okay. Understand. STAY for T-2, and GO for the DPS vent. Let me get out of - Okay, we can't hack that. I'm going to get out at 12.
LMP-LM: Excuse me, Gene.
CDR-LM: Okay. You can unzap that water, if you'd like. And let's go off VOX. Let's go on PTT.
CDR-LM: Okay. REG i is CLOSED, Houston; OXIDIZER FUEL VENTS coming OPEN.
CDR-LM: MASTER ARM, ON. MASTER ARM's coming ON. Okay, Gordo. I got two good lights.
CDR-LM: DESCENT VENT, FIRE. Okay -
CDR-LM: MARK it. Now we did not hear anything on that one, Gordy.
CDR-LM: ... pressure's coming down, though. Pressure's coming down.
LMP-LM: Okay. MASTER ARM, OFF. Okay. We'11 monitor oxidizer pressure until 20 to 40, and then OX VENT, CLOSED; fuel pressure to less than 8. FUEL VENT.
CDR-LM: DESCENT QUANTITY light - REG light. Excuse me.
CDR-LM: Okay. MODE CONTROL, two to ATT HOLD. Well, we just keep going, I guess.
LMP-LM: Yes. Hey, we can press on. Okay. Okay. Now wait a minute. Here we go. Let's get that. Go up here first, because I haven't selected it.
LMP-LM: Okay. ECA CONTROL is CLOSED. Three is back on. OFF/RESET, and
LMP-LM: BATTERY 5 is it's off the line.
LMP-LM: BATTERY 6, it's off the line. INVERTER number 2 breaker is IN. INVERTER 2. Let me cheek the voltage. Voltage is great. Okay. Keep going.
LMP-LM: DESCENT ENGINE OVERRIDE's OPEN. ASCENT ECA CONTROL's OPEN. CWEA cycling, cycled; both lights are out. Okay. Cabin pressure is good. Okay.
LMP-LM: And then, A and B going to CABIN. A is to CABIN. B is to CABIN. PULL-EGRESS. RETURN is EGRESS. REPRESS going to AUTO. Stand by for a noise.
LMP-LM: There you go. It's in AUTO. Okay. Now it's your turn. Verify - Wonder where it's going? (Laughter) Out, I guess.
LMP-LM: INVERTER 2 is selected. Okay. And DECA POWER, OPEN. And guess what? Take your helmet and gloves off.
UNKNOWN: Okay, Gordy. We're in 1-1. He]mets and gloves are off. DIVERTER VALVES are IV.
CC: Okay, We're right with you.
LMP-LM: And you're looking at NOUN 20.
LMP-LM: Window shades are going close. I Just - I'm using it instead of a light switch because I've got it covered up.
CDR-LM: Gordy, you got NOUN 20?
CC: That's affirmative. We copy NOUN 20.
CDR-LM: Okay. Jack's going to pick up the AGS - on the right side of that page, and I'11 part the antenna.
CDR-LM: P20's in work. Correction, P57's in work.
CC: Challenger, Houston. Your DPS OXIDIZER PRESSURE is 40 or less. You can close it.
CDR-LM: Thank you, Gordy.
CDR-LM: Gordy, while the P57 is doing its gravity work, let me say that the LNA and the landing site, 'from a relief point of view, I - I think, are identical. I - I couldn't say enough for the LNA. I actually didn't look around nearly as much as I thought I would, or as I wanted to, because I had fixation on - on a reasonable spot to land. They're not all reasonable in that there's some very subtle hl_mmocky-like craters right in and around where we are. And there's not a - a lot of boulders laying on the surface, but there's a lot of what appear to be boulders that are covered up by some of the dark mantle. Numerous enough that you would not like to take a chance at putting a - a pad down on one of them or in one of those hnmmocky subtle craters. As a result, I really didn't have a chance to look all around at where I wanted to except to put the bird down where I wanted it.
CC: Okay. We've got no complaint with that.
CDR-LM: I guess the thing that probably - probably sur- prised me most about the site, as far as landing is concerned, is the fact that there were these - these - I hesitate to say they're outcrops but certainly they're buried massive pieces of rock - whether they're boulders or not, we'11 have to find out - out here in the plains area, partially covered and filleted by the dark mantle. And I expected to find a number of craters, but I guess I really didn't expect to find - to find the - the rock types around. And we're talking about anywhere from i to 2 meters down to - oh, 2 or 3 feet, which when they're sticking out and on the sides of some of these subtle craters look pretty menacingly. But that probably is the one thing that surprised me most.
UNKNOWN: The visibility prior to pitchover was such that i could see Nansen. I could see the Scarp. I could see Lara. I could not see Camelot until after pitchover. However, once I had pitchover, if I could have froze it right there like we do in the simulator occasionally, I could have picked out everything there was to see. Even at 6000 feet, the small triangle with Frosty and Rudolph and Punk were visible to me. I had - I had Poppy from orbit, as a matter of fact, so it was - easily - easy to see. Barjea was a very sharp round crater Just as depicted on the LNA. The thing I really didn't get a good look at, because I didn't pay too much attention to it, was from Trident on to the south.
LMP-LM: Gordy, this is the LMP. Let me say - Gordy, this is the LMP. Let me say that the inside of the spacecraft looked just like the simulators.
CC: Very good, Jack.
CDR-LM: Another interesting thing, Gordy. All the way through PDI prior to pitchover, Jack and I had - had the real America - or the other America - right out - smack out the front window all the way down, which was pretty spectacular.
CC: I bet it was. And you can consider yourself STAY for T-3.
CDR: Thank you, sir. You're getting smoother all the time. If you're happy with NOUN 22, I'11 PRO.
CC: You're clear to PRO.
LMP-LM: Okay, Gordy. I had the angles m_tched on the steerable and went to SLEW, and they - it held for a few seconds and then dropped off.
CC: Okay. It looks pretty good. You might try to peak it up Just a little more.
UNKNOWN: No, we're on an omni now.
LMP: I'11 try the steerable one more time here.
CC: Okay, you should be - -
LMP-LM: Okay. We're on the steerable, and I'm not going to touch it.
LMP-LM: It's steerable and SLEW, and I got 3.8.
CC: Okay. That looks good to us, Jack.
CC: Jack, we'd like you to verify the TAPE RECORDER, OFF.
LMP-LM: Yes, that's verified, Gordy.
CC: Okay. Looks like 8 to us. You can go ahead and close it.
LMP-LM: Anyway, it - Okay. I already did.
CDR-LM: Gordy, I - I guess I'm puzzled on that one. I had the right star. You see anything we did wrong?
CC: Gene, our only guess is that you might have loaded NOUN 88 wrong. We'd like you to start over, and we'11 watch you real close again.
LMP-LM: Gordy. Listen, I think we know what we did. We loaded SPRL for CRSR, and CRSR for SPRL. How would it be if we went through the P57 again and - Yes - we'11 - I guess we got to do it all over. Those old numbers are no good anymore.
CC: Okay. loaded CRSR for SPRL, and SPRL for CRSR.
CC: Okay. And it's our fault, too. We should have watched that.
CC: Jack, this is Houston. We do have the pre-PDI AGS cal numbers. You won't need to read them to US ·
CDR-LM: Gordy, you going to want a recycle on this gravity measurement? I doubt if it'11 need it.
CC: Stand by. No, no recycle necessary this time through.
LMP-LM: Gordy, ED BATs are 37.2.
CDR-LM: Gordy, let me con_nent about the handling of the around bird. After you once fly it in orbit a little bit, you get accustomed to the thrusters, and it - it came back to me quite a hit from 10, And anyway. you get a feel for acceleration and deceleration as well as the attitude hold capa- And bility. it really - the response, even with a heavy descent - descent stage near the surface - is phenomenal. Responded exactly in the direction wanted, I held attitude very good. And, let me tell you, the LLTV plays no small part in this landing as far as I'm concerned.
LMP-LM: Okay. NOUN 22 again. I'11 go ahead and torque them.
CDR-LM: Okay, Gordy. It's a little better.
UNKNOWN: Computer is NOUN 93.
CC: Okay. Torque it.
CC: Challenger, Houston. We're standing by for the dumps.
LMP-LM: Okay, Gordo. I'm ready to give the E-mem - Coming at you -
LMP-LM: MARK it. It's on the way.
CDR-LM: Gordy, one other thing about the landing. I saw the light, I think. And I heard Jack call it - the CONTACT light. I think I waited about a second and - and hit the stop button. She shut down immediately. And, of course, you could feel the fall. I don't really feel we fell that much, but it was quite a change in acceleration at that point.
CDR-LM: And I guess I had, from what I would guess, a foot or 2 for - per second forward on that one.
CDR-LM: And let me know when I can have the computer, please.
CC: Okay. It's your computer. And I'm standing by with parking angles when you're ready to load them.
CDR-LM: Okay. We'11 be ready in a second.
LMP-LM: Go ahead with the angles.
CC: Okay. These are the IMU parking angles. Plus 295.86. I see you're loading the radar. Do you just want to load these or write them down?
LMP-LM: Go ahead. I'm writing.
LMP-LM: Okay. NOUN 20 will be plus 295.86, plus all zeros, plus 084.14.
CC: That 's correct.
CC: Not yet, Jack. We'd llke you to read out 047 and 053 to us.
LMP-LM: Okay. You want the new ones.
CC: We 're happy.
CDR-LM: Okay. And it just dawned on me. I'm sorry about the zero on the NOUN 69. (Laughter)
CC: That's okay. You're forgiven.
CDR-LM: I appreciate that.
LMP-LM: Okay. Am I GO to PULL the breakers?
CDR-LM: Okay. Are you happy with NOUN 20?
LMP-LM: Okay, Houston. We're at the bottom of 1-8, and I'm standing by for your lift-off times.
CC: Okay, Jack. Lift-off time for rev 15 is 116:55:51; 16 is 118:54:28; 120:53:04; 122:51:40; 124:50:17; 126: 48: 53. Over.
CC: Roger on that.
CDR-LM: Okay, Gordo. I think we can give it to you. Why don't you wait? We're Just getting the - the mag bag out and jett bags out from behind the engine cover here, to give you an idea where we are.
CC: Okay. No hurry at all.
CDR-LM: I had it pinned down for you, until I got to about 500 feet, when I changed my mind.
CDR-LM: And I'11 bet on that one. But we'11 get with you in a minute.
CC: Okay. 150 north-northwest of Poppy.
CDR-LM: Yes. Mostly west, but slightly north.
CDR-LM: I'11 tell you the - we're abeam, I think, just about abeam of Trident 1. I can see it out there, but I can't really define Trident i from Trident 2. And the thing that is a little different is that I appear to be closer to it than I normally would have expected to be.
LMP-LM: That's probably as close as the Navy Captain could ever guess where he is anyway.
CC: Roger. (Laughter) APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CMP: Just about to make it.
CC: America, Houston, We're reading you; how us?
CMP: Okay; just about have you, Houston. But not quite.
CMP: Not quite.
CC: Roger. Ron, you're looking great. We need a - words on the spacecraft condition. We got a couple of rockets out at White Sands ready to launch for a UV calibration, and we need the GO from you on that.
CMP: (Laughter) Yes, I'm great up here. They're not going to try to hit me, are they?
CC: No, babe. We wouldn't do that. These are a couple of calibration rockets on Aerobee.
CMP: (Laughter) Okay. Sounds great. Tape motion has stopped, by the way. And I'm ready to charge battery B.
CC: Roger. That's a GO on that.
CMP: By the way, battery - Okay - the battery compart- ment pressure went up to 0.8 after 3 or 4 days here.
CMP: Okay. BUS TIES are OFF; PYRO BUS TIES are OPEN. Let's see about BUS A and B. I think those are OPEN. Yes, they're OPEN.
CC: Ron, we're ready for bat - PAN CAMERA POWER, OFF.
CC: Got about B minutes on that, Ron. (iMP Okay.
CMP: You know, all I did was eat for 3 days. And now I don't even get a chance to eat.
CC: Roger. You getting hungry?
CDR: I've had two gingerbread bars and a brownie, so far.
CC: Yes. We're going to keep you busy.
CMP: (Laughter) Okay. That's good.
CC: I understand they left you some scissors so you can eat. Huh?
CMP: Yes, fortunately. I still got them. I even got them tied down this time.
CMP: Did Challenger figure out where they are? Are they pretty close to - the center of the ellipse?
CC: They look like they're a couple of hundred meters short, Ron. No problem. They landed in a smooth area. And that's what counted.
CMP: Oh, that's great.
CC: Thank you, Ron. I've got that pan camera photo pad any time you want it.
CMP: Okay. Let's see, 116:30. Huh? 75B/3 Tape
CMP: (Hl_mmlng) Okay; ready to copy.
CC: Okay, Ron. T-start time: 116:31:10. T-stop time: 116:59:46.
CMP: Start: 116:31:10. T-stop: 116:59:46.
CC: Good readback, Ron.
CC: Ron, we'd like the HIGH GAIN to AUTO.
CMP: And, Houston; America here. I'm ready to do the LUNAR SOUNDER EXTEND test here for a while, if you want. Whenever your ready.
CMP: Would you believe number 1 stuck out there?
CC: Roger, Ron. We're seeing stall current right now.
CC: Ron, we'd like to go OFF on HF ANTENNA 1. And standby on number 2.
CMP: Okay; it's OFF, and, of course, it went gray again.
CMP: You say standby for number 2?
CC: Stand by on that, Ron. Don't do number 2 yet.
CMP: Okay. I won't do it yet.
CMP: Okay. We'11 try that. HF number l, EXTEND. 1001, 1002, 1003. It's OFF. And, of course, I got a barber pole as it was going up. Okay; you want to try RETRACT again?
CC: Ron, we'd like you to turn it OFF now.
CMP: Okay; it's OFF, and the talkback is gray.
CC: - - it's - it's according to the Flight Plan, barber pole plus 2 seconds.
CMP: Okay; we'11 go barber pole plus 2.
CC: Okay, Ron. You're GO for the extending, and just a reminder on the Flight Plan, there's a RECORDER, ON, prior to the EXTEND there.
CMP: Oh, okay; that's good.
CMP: Okay. RECORDER's going ON. And we'11 extend number 1. Let me get the clock going here. Okay; 3, 2, i-
CC: Currents are looking good. The extension is looking normal, so far. And the Aerobee rocket had some problem - -
CMP: Okay; great.
CC: - - and didn't get a chance to look at the Sun. CMl° Uh-oh.
CC: And they're going to try and launch a couple more the day after tomorrow.
CC: Roger. Interesting, interesting comment.
CMP: It's between Sherlock and Camelot - between -
CC: Roger. We got it. And we got - we copy it's all the way out down here. You can to go OFF on that one.
CC: Okay, Ron. The currents look normal on number 2 while it extends.
CC: Roger. That's good show. It's going to be moving, Ron.
CMP: All the way out there. It is?
CMP: My window's all fogged up here, and can't see a thing.
CC: Okay, Ron. We show it all the way out - -
CMP: Fogged up on the ... side ...
CC: - - so you can go ahead and turn it off.
CC: Go ahead, Ron. CM_° I didn't have my map there, but I was looking at the landing site, and as close as I can remember, it had to be somewhere around about DN 83.3 on the 200-meter scale, the TL25-8.
CC: Okay, Ron. I'm coming up on some Flight Plan operations on the mapping camera that you might want to check.
CMP: Probably dark down there. M_PPING CAMERA to OFF.
CMP: Okay; MAPPING CAMERA to STANDBY. LASER ALTIMETER, OFF. IMAGE MOTION, OFF. Barber pole; gray.
CMP: Let's see. PAN CAMERA SELF TEST, OFF. And it's after sunset. UV, OFF. IR is OFF. DATA SYSTEM is OFF. SM/AC POWER, we're going to get that OFF. SM/AC POWER is OFF. Okay; it looks like 12. LUNAR SOUNDER to OPERATE. 75B/7 Tape
CMP: It was Dog November, and maybe just a little bit to the right of Dog November.
CC: Okay; Dog November. Thank you. And you think that's where they are, huh?
CMP: Well, there's the - there's a real white spot down there, you know. And I didn't have - I only got a short - I only got a look at that thing for about 30 seconds before I had to so something else. But I'm just re - re - recalling in my mind where the - where the white spot is with respect to those - there's Camelot and there's Sherlock, and them from Camelot to Sherlock, there were two other craters, and they were just a little bit closer to Camelot, but between those two other craters there.
CC: Good show. Roger. CMl° There's a white spot - yes, there's a white spot on the - like it might have been dust blowing or something, you know.
CC: Roger. That may be the - the rocket exhaust. It might be just a little off that light spot.
CC: Okay, Ron. We're ready for LUNAR SOUNDER, OPERATE to OPERATE. And if you'11 give me a mark, I'11 time it out for you.
CMP: Okay; she's STANDBY. MODE has gone to HF. I'11 select, I'm going to need Bravo. Too bad. Do old HIGH GAIN, MANUAL and WIDE. That's 12 and 211.
CMP: Okay; standing by.
CC: Okay, Ron. You can go LUNAR SOUNDER OPERATE to OPERATE.
CMP: Okay. OPERATE at 15. Barber pole and then a gray.
CMP: May as well pull some film for - Okay; we'11 stand by.
CC: Okay, Ron. LUNAR SOUNDER OPERATE to OPERATE. We're all set.
CC: Roger, Ron. Just for your information, whatever we could read down here was looking great.
CMP: Hey, great!
CC: Both HF and VHF look good, and we saw no visible interference on the CSM telemetry.
CMP: Hey, outstanding! That's great.
CMP: Now, if the old antenna would come back in, we'd be in good shape, huh?
CMP: Okay; we're maneuvering to VHF test attitude.
CC: Stand by on that, Ron. Okay, Ron. We are all ready to press on.
CC: Okay, Ron. We're ready for LUNAR SOUNDER OPERATE to OPERATE.
CMP: Okay. OPERATE at 28.
CMP: Boy, you talk about night flying, this is the kind of night flying you want to do, by the full Earth.
CMP: Beautiful out there.
CC: Okay, Ron. We're still riding you - reading you loud -
CC: We just want to give you some fair warning, Ron. When you come around AOS next time at 116:30, it's a - Flight Plan update. We got quite a lengthy update on the Flight Plan - all orbital picture work, but quite lengthy.
CMP: Okay. Are you going to try to pull that antenna back in first before we completely change the Flight Plan?
CC: Ron, we're going to take a good hard look at that, and see if we can generate up either a test on that or what. That's kind of in limbo right now, Ron. These Flight Plan changes - -
CC: - - these Flight Plan changes I've got for you coming up later will be all some items Farouk has on camera pictures on the - that spot Jack thought he saw the light spot and a few other changes.
CC: And, Ron, just for your information, regardless of what we do on that antenna, we won't have any Flight Plan changes until after 144 hours due to that antenna.
CMP: Oh! Okay.
CC: Ron, we would like H 2 tank 2 FANS to ON.
CC: Okay, Ron. You're lucky you're up there tonight., Ron. We're having really ratty weather down here. Low clouds and rain and drizzle and cold.
CC: Yes. You walk - you walk outside, you Just about can't see the top of building 2.
CMP: Gee whiz! Guess I picked a good time to be gone.
CMP: Right at the end of the rille.
CC: Any chance of - -
CMP: That's on the east of Orientale.
CMP: You know, you don't suppose it could be - Vostog [?]
CMP: I'11 be derned. I've got to mark that spot on the map.
CC: Ron, just before you leave, you're too bad to hear. You're looking good as you go around the horn, and we'11 pick you up at 116:30. Voices will be pretty marginal the rest of the way out.
CMP: Just about to lose you. 76A/1 Tape APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
LMP: is 24117.
CC: Would you verify your BIOMED, RIGHT?
LMP-LM: Yes, that's verified. How does it look?
CC: Okay. We're wondering if you can give us estimate of the angular position, clock position of Rudolph. And can you line up Rudolph with a horizontal feature out beyond it?
CC: I - I should say horizon feature - out in the distance, not horizontal. CDR-I_4 Okay. I thought Rudolph was right out there at 3 o'clock. Jack's looking at it and he said, yes, that is Rudolph right at 3 o'clock out his right- hand window.
CDR-LM: I don't know if it'11 mean anything to you, but the shadow of the LM, the rendezvous radar antenna is pointing about one-third of the way down from the peak of Family. And that, I know, is pretty gross. And, Gordo, I - I must be right here abeam of Trident 1. The only reason I hesitate is that I'm so close - but it's probably, well I guess it's close to 100 meters - 80 meters anyway - to where the - where the rim of Trident i falls off. And I am abeam of the center of Trident l, and that's the only possible thing it could be. And that would put Poppy just about where I ex- pected it to be.
CC: We just want to confirm. You're referring to Trident 1 as the easternmost part of Trident, is that right?
CDR-LM: No, sir, Gordo. It's always been the westernmost part of Trident. The - the landing site was on a line between Trident i and Rudolph and judging from what Jack's got on his right-hand window and what I got on my left-hand window we're right there, except possibly a skosh further south on that line.
CC: Okay, understand. And
LMP-LM: the target point that was in the PGNS was right up where we all had expected it to be about halfway between here and what we're calling the rim of Camelot. We can't see into Camelot; we can just see the rim of it. It's several - oh, at least 200 meters - 2 to 300 meters up there, expect. I
CC: Okay, what o'clock position is the west - the nearest part of the rim of Camelot? Or maybe if it's better defined - -
LMP-LM: 12 o'clock.
CC: - - Define the south rim. Can you see the south rim of it?
CDR-LM: Yes, Gordy, but it - it blends in so well; all we're seeing is a - an undulating high as the rim. And to the best of my knowledge, we've got the south rim at - or correction, the east rim right at 12 o'clock. Hey, Gordy, right at 12 o'clock also is a boulder that's at least 3 meters and maybe 5, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if you can find it. It's on a line between us and the intersection of the South Massif and the Family Mountain Moun - horizon. Just slightly left of that line or south of that line. And that boulder ought to show up on your best photography.
CC: Okay, Jack. We'11 take a look. One other Question - - LMP-L_M And it's at - it's at least - that boulder's at least 200 meters away.
CC: Okay. Can you see the west rim of Trident, and can you give us a clock position on the west rim of West Trident?
CDR-LM: Okay, Gordy. The west rim of Trident, which, by the way, is full of outcropping-looking boulders, is at 10 o'clock.
CC: Okay, Gene - -
CDR-LM: Okay, I can look back around the corner now and I can - I can see where the east - where Trident 1 rose up to its rim on the east side, and I would say we're abeam of a point - abeam of a point one-third the way from east to west up the center of Trident; that is, we're - we've covered one- third of Trident I and we're abeam of a point of a line that goes through the one-third point from east to west of Trident 1.
CC: Okay, Gene; that' s very clear. I think we 've got you pretty well nailed down. And you're pretty close to the - the planned landing site.
CDR-LM: Yes, I think it's very close to our planned land- ing site and I - I'm (chuckle) - I'm anxious to see where Poppy is, because I think what I said earlier is true.
CC: Okay. That's all the questions now. Enjoy your dinner.
CDR-LM: He went to captain's mast for eating that the other day.
CC: Whoever you are; you're loud and clear.
LMP-LM: I took the binocs and looked at some large boulders at our 12 o'clock posit_on. They're probably on the order of a half meter to 2 meters, buried but without strong filleting. And most of them that I could see had the same mottled light-gray and medium-gray texture, and it looked like there's a lineation in it. And whatever the mottling is, it's on a frame size or fragment size of a - or a few centimeters, and it looks as if it's very uniform in that mottling; that is, there's one - one fragment size.
LMP-LM: There are a few near one crater out at 12 o'clock - dark-gray rock that may be glass coated. Matter of fact, one of them looks like it's right at the rim and might have been part of a projectile that made the crater.
LMP-LM: That boulder ought to be very close to the ALSEP site.
CDR-LM: Gordo, in reference to these boulders, everywhere I can see out of my left window and out ahead of me in referring to that boulder Jack's talking about which is just a little bit on my side at 12 o'clock, it appears that the dark mantle has filleted and, for the most part, covered - or it has covered part of or is up on top of some of the crevices and the crannies in the boulders them- selves, with the exception of - Well, I'11 take that back - even the very small ones. I'd say from a population point of view, boulders of the size Jack's talking about that are visible through the surface anywhere from i to 2 to 3 meters - a very small percentage, but when you look at them at our level, it looks like they are quite popu- lous. I'd say there are maybe about 25 of them in view between myself and the - where the horizon falls off down away from us towards the South Massif. The area back towards Station l, at least the other side of Trident, looks like it's more heavily strewn with some of these filleted and partially mantled large fragments.
CC: Roger, Gene. L_P-LM To say that there is a boulder, as such, actually sitting on the surface, I can't - I really can't find one, unless they're along - around something very small and possibly younger craters. But I think for the most part everything is somewhat mantled.
LMP-LM: I don't see any general si - I don't see any general size, Gordy. I do have a crater out here that's - maybe a meter in diameter that - fairly fresh, although not bright halo - that has not penetrated to blocky material. And it looks like that the saturation crater size is very small in the area we can see; that is, there don't seem to be any old or very subdued craters - Well, let me - let me think about how to put that again. They're - It's obviously saturated with craters a few centi- meters in diameter, but when you get bigger than that, there seems to be more of a - a clear distri- bution rather than a saturation.
LMP-LM: There are. Go ahead.
CC: Okay. We're about 12 - 13 minutes behind the time line for starting cabin preps. And backroom is enjoying your descriptions, but we think we'd rather you press on with the preps and get ready to get out for a really good view. Over. LMP-L_I Okay, Gordy. We 're - we 're doing this and eating too - We're trying to do them both at the same time, and we are pressing. Just want to say one other thing about the Massif. I can see a couple of places where craters have - have penetrated very small craters and penetrated the Massif - craters maybe a meter or 2 in size, some 5 meters, and there's a lot of rock debris around them, which tends to believe that there is very little, if any, soft covering on that Massif.
CC: Roger. LMP-_ Gordy, just a couple more words about the North Massif. It looks like a good distribution of boulder tracks. Many of the boulders are acces- sible. They are - the tracks can be traced up, at least to midslope. That's at my 3 o'clock position. And occasionally, at that midslope position, par- ticularly northwest of Henson, you can see abun- dent boulders suggestive of outcrop. That's something that we had m_ssed seeing on the pre- mission photos. But - And it isn't as abundant as on the South Massif, but there are apparent ledge formers about midslope.
CDR-LM: Give me that . .. throw away.
CDR-LM: Well, let me - I - I need these. 76A/9 Tape
CDR-LM: Gordy, thank you. You do outstanding work and we sure do appreciate it, babe.
CC: My pleasure.
CDR-LM: Go ahead, Bob.
CC: Okay, Challenger; we've Just lost about 16 dB on your high gain signal strength there. We're wondering if you happened to hit the switch there, has it moved, or could you give us a check on it?
CDR-LM: We're nowhere near it. Standby 1.
CC: Okay. And, Challenger, that should be a PITCH of 21 and a YAW of minus 45.
CDR-LM: Plus 21 and minus 45; Roger. Bob, about 2 minutes here.
CC: Standby on that.
CC: Leave it alone. It seems to have gone away, Jack. It may have been a ground problem.
CC: Did you guys adjust it, Jack?
LMP-LM: Yes, Bob. We had to fix the drink bags and a couple other things.
CC: No. Did you guys adjust the high gain antenna?
LMP-LM: No. I didn't touch it.
CC: Okay. Copy that .
CDR-LM: Buddy SLSS's in there?
LMP-LM: No. That's over there. Oh, did they? *** in there? I don't - I thought it was over on your side. Okay? Okay, that's over there. Bigger than it used to.
CC: And, Challenger, we have your hot mike. T_MP-LM Well, because I - -
CC: Okay. When you guys get to the top of page 2-5, and I assume you're down still in the - ETBs from what your comments were on the hot mike there. When you get to the top of page 2-5, we'd like you to put both DEMAND REGs to EGRESS. Over.
CDR-LM: Okay, Bob. Will do. We'11 give you a call as we go along.
CC: Okay. I copy that. Never did find Ron's, huh?
CDR-LM: No, sir, and I couldn't Just leave him up there starving to death.
CDR-LM: By the way, how's he doing?
CC: Challenger, Houston. Your buddy is doing great, and the sounder is also doing great, which is a surprise, I guess.
CDR-LM: I'm glad to hear that. LMP-_ That was no surprise, Bob. We wouldn't have taken it if it wasn't going to work.
CC: I thought about that after I said it.
CDR-LM: And the physical status of the crew is excellent, by the way.
CC: Beautiful. The Surgeon's happy.
CC: Okay. We'd like you to have D_kND REGs, both of them, go to EGRESS, please.
CC: Okay; we copy 5800.
CC: Copy that, Jack. LMP-_ Okay, eng.
CC: Copy that, Challenger.
CC: Okay. Copy that, Challenger.
CC: Roger. Copy that. APOLLO 17 AIR-TO-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION
CC: That's affirmative, America. We read you loud and clear.
CC: Did you get the pan camera start time there, Ron?
CMP: That's affirm. But, I got a 31:11 instead of 31:10.
CC: Oh, Roger. No problem. CMl° Okay. (Laughter) I'11 try to do better next time.
CC: America, is the bird in good shape?
CMP: So far as I know. want
CC: Okay, great. Anytime you to start taking a Flight Plan update, Just let me know.
CMP: Okay. (Cough) Give me a little bit of time to lead into the landing site there, and we can go ahead and do it now.
CC: The first thing is at ll9: OO, ll9: OO. Add the following words, Ron: "Configure camera." In parenthesis, "Earthshine photos. CMS, command module 5 window/November Kilo. Nikon/55/VHBW." That's Victor Hotel Bravo Whiskey.
CMP: Okay. f/1.2,
CC: In parenthesis; l, infinity, end of paren- thesis. Eighteen frames FR - 18 FR.
CC: Magazine Zulu Zulu.
CC: Okay. Go down to 119:24 and add the following. Let me just read it to you in - quickly here, so you can put in the words you want to. The words are "Point at target marked by LMP. Use same technique as for Copernicus central peak."
CMP: Okay. We'11 point at the target by the LMP. Use the same technique, which is starting out at i second- -
CC: Roger. Let me read it to you.
CMP: - -was it 30 seconds?
CC: Roger. 1 second, two frames; 1/2 second, two frames; 1/4 second, two frames; 1/8 second, two frames; 1/16 second, two frames. On Copernicus, we're using a 30-second interval. It's not im- portant, - the interval. It's mainly Just the stop settings on that. You're going to use a total of 10 frames.
CC: Okay, then add the following after that: After completion of above, switch to window CB3. For 8 frame of end of target, Papa 17 Delta. At 30-second intervals. Record frame number.
CMP: Okay, I've got to switch to window number 3 for end of target. Say again, the target number.
CC: P, as in Papa; 17 Delta, D as in Delta. 17 Delta.
CMP: Okay, Papa 17 Delta.
CC: As 30-second intervals.
CMP: Seems to me like Zebra Zebra only has 18 frames, doesn't it?
CC: That's affirm. Do not exceed 18 frames. The balance of mag Zebra Zebra was used for preflight calibration. Do not exceed 18 frames. You can put that down any way you want it.
CC: Okay. Under rev 17, I've got a note - a similar note, Ron, for rev 17.
CC: The note is, do not exceed 40 frames on earthshine mag Whiskey Whiskey. Balance of magazine was used for preflight cal. I'11 say again, do not exceed 40 frames on earthshine mag Whiskey Whiskey.
CMP: Okay, on mag Whiskey Whiskey don't exceed 40 frames. The balance is already on calibration.
CC: That's affirmative. And I've got three notes then, Ron, just general notes - may come up in the crew film area. Mag Papa Papa for crew option. Just use mag Papa Papa for crew option. Do not use Kilo Kilo for crew option. Do not use Kilo Kilo for crew option. The last one is save all the remaining VHBW on Quebec Quebec and Romeo Romeo for scheduled photos. We have a very small margin on each.
CC: . .. end of update.
CMP: That was - Okay, save all remaining on Quebec Quebec. And what was the other one, Jack?
CC: Romeo Romeo.
CMP: Okay, no extras on those two, then - on the VHBW, huh?
CC: Yes, we got a very small margin on those now. And, you're about 10 minutes prior to landing site orbital. Why don't you go over and start studying that, if you want?
UNKNOWN: know you look at - next to Macrobius A, there is a lind of a dark halo-type crater there. Very And small one. it doesn't have the appearance of h_,mmocky a crater rim to it, at all. It looks like the material Just kind of spreads out all over the area, but it doesn't have a h_mmocky appearance to it. I'm going to take a look at that again when I come back - on back around on the other side. There's a small mound down in the bottom of the crater, also. It's a domical- shaped structure in the bottom of that small cra- ter. It's right next to J3. North of J3.
CMP: Coming in, I can see the landing site, now - quite well. The appearance of the slide area definitely shows up. The South Massif seems to have the Sun shining right on the walls. I'm looking for any type of layering, or anything like that. And can't see anything that - that would show that up. The big difference between the massif structures and the Sculptured Hills is that the massifs look like they are a steeper slope. And they - they don't seem to have that type of covering over them, like the Sculptured Hills do.
CMP: I'm right over now. The scarp definitely cuts up through the North Massif. I can't see continuation on into the South Massif at all. But, you can definitely see a vertical exaggeration as it cuts on around up over the North Massif. And it's A]most - I'd have to take another look at it for sure, but it almost looks like a flow coming from Family or in the vicinity - in the direction of Family Mountain - but from the direction of Fam- ily Mountain - lapping up on the side of the North Massif. That's the way it looks as you go on by it. I couldn't see anything that would lead you to believe that the slide area, so to speak, would come on across anything that would be the source of that slide area. I still think I can see the - one spot that has a lighter albedo than the sur- rounding area there in the Pentagon complex. And it's pretty close to the - Let me get my chart out here and take a look at it again.
CMP: No, it still looks like that area that's blown away there is Dog November - between Dog November and Dog Papa. And about 83.4 or something like that.
CMP: You know all those rilles to the north of - I mean to the west of Sulpicius Gallus. There is a bunch of crisscrossing. One is right on the edge of the Serenitatis basin - and I don't remember the name of that crater, I'11 have to look it up later - but they've got slightly raised rims around the rilles. You can see some layering down inside the rille itself, in the east-west and the one that runs in the east-west direction.
CC: Roger. You're talking about near Menelaus?
CMP: Yes, I'11 have to look on the map and see for sure what the crater is, but there's an impact crater right on the edge of Serenitatis basin - right on the terminator. Right now.
CMP: And then those rilles are just to the north of that crater.
CC: Roger. That's probably Menelaus - M-e-n-e-l-a-u-s - Menelaus.
CMP: I think it is.
CC: Okay, Ron. Is The PAN CAMERA, OFF? T-stop time. PAN CAMERA to STANDBY. T-stop time.
CMP: Okay. Is it now?
CC: Roger. You're just a little bit past it.
CMP: Oh, Okay, thank you. (Chuckle) Okay, PAN CAMERA - STANDBY. Thank you. That's the first chance I had to look at the Moon, you know. These guys - -
CMP: - - let me look at the windows.
CMP: (Chuckle) No, not in the least.
CC: Ron, I'11 give you a cue here shortly for PAN CAMERA - OFF. I Just want you to know, we will not be retracting the mapping camera; and, there- fore, we will not be closing the mapping camera, laser altimeter cover. But we will be dumping normally. Over.
CMP: Okay. We're going to dump with the mapper open, is what you're saying, huh?
CMP: You know it looks to me like it all disappears anyhow. It just kind of leaves the spacecraft. I don't think anything comes around or even sticks around.
CMP: You have HIGH GAIN to AUTO. · f
CMP: Okay, it's orbital science photos coming up here. Do you want to use magazine EX still? Or should we finish up Oscar Oscar?
CC: Stand by, Ron. Checking with Tommy on that one.
CC: Ron, they'd like you to use mag _ on that.
CC: While you're looking at the Flight Plan there, at 117:20 where that mapping camera stuff - Just delete mapping camera, retract; and mapping cam- era, laser altimeter cover, closed at 117:15. CMl° Okay. Delete mapping camera, retract; and mapping camera, laser altimeter, closed. Okay.
CMP: Okay. Bob, if - would you give me a call when you get ready for that mapping camera stuff? I was kind of shoved off this morning, and i got to sample their buses.
CC: Yes. Roger, Ron. We'11 give you a call - first one will probably be a pan camera call here shortly, and then I'11 call you when it's time for those H 2 purge line heaters - things like that.
CC: Okay, Ron, PAN CAMERA POWER to OFF.
CMP: Okay, PAN CAMERA POWER - Let's see. PAN CAMERA POWER is OFF.
CMP: Hey, this is not so bad, if you think of iced tea, I guess.
CC: Just for your information, Ron. Gene's out on the surface right now.
CMP: Oh, they are? Hey, great!
CMP: Did they confirm my position yet?
CC: I don't - Let me check here - I don't think we have it pinned down exactly. You're pretty darn close to it. That's for sure.
CMP: You know, it's funny. It wasn't as bright - That pass over - This last pass - as it was the time before.
LMP: is on the surface now, too.
CC: America, Houston. You can go with the H2O PURGE HEATERS now.
CC: Roger. You can go with the H 2 PURGE LINE HEATERS and the rest of that Flight Plan. The
CMP: Okay. What do you know? PURGE LINE HEATERS have been ON.
CC: Roger. We kind of suspected that.
CMP: Okay. (Laughter) Okay. Let's see. _v_%PP ING CAMERA can come OFF. Thirty seconds. MAPPING
CMP: Okay, CAMERA is going to STANDBY. iM PITCH MOTION is OFF. Altimeter - LASER ALTIMETER - is OFF. UV is OFF. IR is OFF. Okay, UV cover - box. UV COVER is CLOSED; barber pole, gray. iR COVER is CLOSED; barber pole, gray. Okay, MAP CA_ERA LASER ALTIMETER - we'11 leave that one OPEN. 76B/9 Tape
CC: Good show, Ron.
CMP: Okay. Then it's my understanding you don't want to do any dumping until I go on the back side of the Moon. Is that correct?
CC: That's affirm, Ron.
CC: According to the Flight Plan, you do it at 117:50. Right about that time.
CMP: Bob, one little notice. Supplies I had this morn- ing. Might made notes, so I wouldn't forget about it. It was when you go to tunnel vent, it takes a heek of a long time to vent that tunnel. In the simulator down there, you go to tunnel vent, and it flips right down and vents. And I was beginning to wonder if it - if it was leaking or something.