C: got telescope it still good picture of the site and we don't have the laser. Elliot, but it's not coming in loud and clear. ground station and that was all. of fact we're approaching the approach now. TEXAS down there, transmitting. the lOO-pulse beam? approach, but he unfortunately didn't have ... of lasers. I saw it twice. read_ to copy, and you're finished with your track- ing. Mode 01; pitch 30 degrees down, yaw 13 degrees left. MSC-2 and 3: Time, 206:42:00; off; the MSC-2 and 3 off. Time, 206:42:00: fuel cell purge at Antigua and the same time BIO MED Recorder _,mber 2 off. Do you copy? the green filter for daylight acquisition is about completely useless, because it's impossible to recognize any of the terrain around the light. Understand filters so _ch it causes you to lose terrain de- finition around the light, trying to locate the laser light. the daytime. to operate without it. The news is imminent. Would you like some local news meanwhile? press conference here a minute ago and they have not set a definite time on the recycle, that I estfm-ting -nnounce- could hear. I was - they're an meritabout 4 or 5 o'clock this afternoon as to the recycle time. An electrical plug dropped out or fell out at the bottom, starting a lift-off sequence, but we had actually not lifted off yet, and that caused the whole kill. So it's Just a question now of a re- cycle time. you're ready. news in this morning. Texas and G-mtni the papers A & M been put on probation for some of its has athletic practices, and he adds that's not Just · another Aggie Joke. Oklahoma University has offered Daryl Royal the head coaching Job there and he says he's willing to talk about it. Thank you. misses it. in a barrel. and lived before. too. We'11 keep btm informed. if you're interested. looking? learning something every day on them. CONFIDENTIAL 577 yet. We still have deposits in our windows and we're not too sure whether it was caused during the SECO, or staging, or caused by the urine dump on my side_ or whether its on the inside of the outer pane. Roger. Understand this both marily on your window? has some. It looks like little grease spots with greasy little spots in it. Understand. fireflies. the coast of lower California. statement this morning co,w-entingon the Gemini VII/ Vt mission, reflecting favorably on the planning of it and the contingency operations, and specifically citin_ Wally and Tom for their correct analysis and cool planning under the circ,,matancesthere - not ejecting at the whole-kill. ready to copy. ascension 9:52:21. Do you copy? 191:30:45; Rev 120; 140.6 degrees east. And what is the right ascension, please_ incorrect. It is 191:3_:45. Do you copy? ascension. us? message here we think you'd be interested in. onds - MARK, you have Just exceeded the world's manned space flight endurance record and, by sheer coincidence, we are pleased to inform you that you are cleared to go to whatever suit configuration you would like. Keep us informed. good work. CONFIDENTIAL 579 TANANARIVE is? put the Green Bay-Baltt-_re game on if you think you would prefer that to the music. What's your opinion on that? would think that be great.' hour yet before it will start, but when it comes in we'11 put it on. CANARVON the ground. r-m_vip_ this time. HAWAII for you. We'11 be standing by. but we'11 have to stand by. Hang loose here. suit. He's in suit's-off configuration. HAWAII I Just turned in on. first quarter. CONFIDENTIAL 581 - drinking get some into ham by the time he gets to the States, he's going to have the Flight Surgeon on his back. and will take you much closer than that till in your sleep cycle, except perhaps the 122nd and we'11 look into at least scheduling one for you Just to look atit, and see if you can acquire the beam and perhaps not use any fuel. GUAYMAS here on the ground. HOUSTON G-mini You do you to back to the other? it looks like you've got a very good sternal here. Did you replace the sensor already? struggling out of the suit. now, so let's leave it alone for a while, and see what happens. If it deteriorates again, what we _uld like for you to do is Just r-mnve the tape and clean the sensor out, and start ,11 over with new tape and new Stoma Seal tape, and then the new tape over it so we ,11 start off fresh. It should CONFIDENTIAL 283 that lower Jim. be sensor, your way down, Jim, we'd like for you to keep at it. And are you having any thirst at all? Do you feel that you ought to be taktng more water? course I've Just taken about 13 or 14 ounces here in the last hour. eye on it and keep you posted. anywhere, you might as well tell _tm this is the only way to fly. days made this way, right? this one, we're going to get tired. wnn't you please, Chris? but nothing final yet. graphs starting at 192:12:00, ending at 192:12:56. Apollo Landmark ?0 and also some from 5. These were for Apollo LandmArk for S-5. They contained Magazine E - Exposures 1, or about 5, to 16. Un- fortunately, about five of those were taken without the IR filter. The first series also ... Magazine 13 12. ROSE KNOT VICTOR this pass. We're standing by. trips here of All. We've followed the South America All the way down. and guess 150 miles north of Rio. TANANARIVE CONFIDENTIAL 585 they're going to attempt to launch VI in 3 days, and if they don't make it then, of course, they will Just go the next day. The launch time on the third day, which will be Wednesday, is 8:37 Eastern StandArd Time. _11 the the world on _mAni VI .... we'11 be standing by. level of experiments for about 3.4 pounds pro- pellant per day versus an average of about 6 pounds that we had been scheduling for you. of the mintrm_mfuel-user-type passes as we can. ball game. It's San Diego 7, Houston nothing. We're going to give it a try right now. out of California on your Pacific pass, so you may get it a little better from now on. would be highly desirable to replace the cuffs ewery day. COASTAL SENTRY QUEBEC pass to systems. We have nothing to you. Standing by. at this time. Do you copy HF? NAWAII your blood l_essure. for CONFIDENTIAL 587 your exercise. your food and water report. 560 ounces of water. Col-mn 5 is 20; Columm 6, 3. The last meal was Day 11, Meal B. Did not eat the apricot cubes. The Co-win-ndPilot has had 651 ounces of water, same meal. Ate every bit. Col--_ 5, 21; Col--_ 6, 5. standing by. GUAYMAS like - we're read2 for you to start your fuel cell purge. Ouaymas. your you place in the ECS 02 position? still looking good here. We have nothing else for you. TEXAS Over. Over. slightly. We went from California transmitter to Canaveral transmitter. What's new, Houston? Anything? We have nothing new right now. We're still looking forward to Wednesday. all 1OOkJ_ Sarday. CONFIDENTIAL 589 from the Cape? EltOTVICTOR ROSE We're standing by for blood pressure. there. Real fine. We have it. sure. Standing by for your exercise. been any change in your food and water report since Hawaii? COASTAL QUEBEC SEF/_Y Standing by for your flight plan report. plan ·.. 17 and 500 ... The first item you reported. you up at 13 exposures of colo]-shifted IR. Any items prior to that with the exception of the one you Just repeated, I have not received. cause the IR would be the second item. run a cabin temperature survey since we've been without suits, and conditions are the same as they 'ye been for the whole flight. HAWAII CONFIDENTIAL 591 landing area update. Let me know when you're ready to copy. 12?-Bravo: 202:30:19; 128-2: 203:14:37; 129-2: 204:48:31; 130-2: 206:24:34; 131-1: 207:53:25; 132-1: 209:28:41. The RET at 40OK at All these landing areas is 21 plus 40. That one is marginal. the OSQ on Rev 123. by. wave clouds over the Andes near Volivia. That was M_gazine Exposure C, 59. ROSE KNOT VICTOR ready. This is essentially 26.5 percent actual and your gages read 24 percent. We 'ye seen essentially no usage of fuel the last 24 hours. We're planni-g to use a total of approxt-_tely 3 pounds of fuel per between day now and GT-VI lift-off. This will leave you the necessary reserve for contingencies. cuiting Section of 2 last night, the section came back strong. We believe it w_s because the water in the cell had time to fuse out. The ECS 02 vented night. probably-happen last It's predicted it will tonight again when metabolic consumption decreases. We'd like to leave the Quantity Read switch in ECS 02 tonight in order to calculate vent rate, to evaluate the heat rate on the bottle. that the water's out of it? Do you think it's going to load up again? at least on the curve we 'ye been running. light. I guess nobody really knows down there. _11 plus mission. rules ECS 02 Heater switch OFF; your Fuel Cell 02 switch to AUTO and your Fuel Cell H2 - we'd like you to pump it up to 510 psi; and your minimum for tonight will be 445. We'd like you to leave the Fuel Cell H2 Heater off. CONFIDENTIAL 593