Spacelog Apollo 13

Roger, copy.

And Apollo 13, Houston. Over.

Go ahead.

For the PTC, recommend that you disable quads A and B. Over.

Okay. Disable quads A and B, will do; and soon as Jack gets finished thrashing around, we'll be going to that PTC mode.

Okay, Houston. We're starting PTC. We're disabling quads A and B now.

Roger, Apollo 13. Houston copies.

Apollo 13, Houston. Over.

Go ahead.

Jim, we'd like to verify that the high gain is secured, that the S-BAND antenna is on OMNI, and OMNI B should be the right antenna. Over.

Okay. You want the high gain secured and you want the OMNI on OMNI Charlie, huh? Or Baker?

That's affirm. And this'll be maintained in the PTC.

Okay.

Houston, Apollo 13.

Roger. Go ahead.

Stand by for another Earth weather picture. I'll give you a mark.

Okay. Standing by, Jim.

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MARK.

Houston copies.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Houston here. Your rates look very stable. It looks like your rates are damped out completely here. As far as we can see, it would be alright to start the PTC.

Hello, Houston. This is 13. How do you read?

Hello, 13; Houston. Loud and clear. 13, Houston is reading loud and clear. How do you read?

Okay. And do you have any estimate, Vance, on how long we'll be charging battery B?

Stand by 1, Fred.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead.

We'll be charging for 4-1/2 to 5 hours yet, Jim.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead.

Fred, recommend that, when your window comes around facing the Earth again, that you catch another one of those pictures, and at the same time, you should probably start PTC again. We might have sent a confusing bit of info up to you. The “disable two quads” only applies to an early step in the procedure. We didn't mean that for the latter part of the procedure where we have the statement “enable all jets.” Over.

Houston, Apollo 13.

Apollo 13, Houston. Go ahead.

Vance, Fred said that you had some more information about PTC and a different way of establishing it or something, huh?

Roger. Referring to the procedure on G/8-2, if you have that open, I'll tell you what we had to give you.

Okay. Stand by and I'll get it out.

Okay.

Okay. Go ahead, Van.

Okay. On checklist G/8-2 under step 5, there's a statement, “disable all jets on two adjacent quads,” and that's what we were referring to when we called up saying “disable quads A and B.” So that's all fine; however, going down now to step 7 where it says “enable all jets,” we hoped that you didn't think we meant leave A and B disabled there. In that case, it's as written. All jets should be enabled. Over.

Okay. Our checklist has “all jets” scratched out, and it says “enable couples on all axes.” So what we'll do is—we'll reestablish this thing and come down to that step 7, and we'll enable all jets. That means enable quads A and B. Is that right?

That's affirm. You'll have A, B, C, and D enabled for step 7.

Okay, real fine. I'll start on it now.

Okay. Understand you're going to reestablish it.

And Vance, on that picture, I was all set to shoot it just a little before you called, and the Earth hasn't showed up in the window yet. I don't know if we got too far off the bellyband or what.

Roger. Copy, Fred.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Vance.

Roger. On the photo, you'll probably have to reestablish the attitude for PTC and then whenever it comes into the window again, why we'll just be standing by for the photo.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, …

Roger, You're coming in a little weak. Have a recommended roll rate for this PTC, if you could copy.

Alright. Go ahead.

Okay. Recommend that you put in R₁ the following: 03750, and that should give you exactly a rate of 0.3 degrees per second. Over.

Okay. Enter 03750. Is plus or minus our choice?

Roger. The same direction you rolled the last time, which I believe is plus.

Hey, Vance, would you monitor our rates and kind of give an idea of when you think they're stable enough to start PTC.

Roger, Jack. We'll take a look and let you know as soon as they look stable enough.

Okay. I've got quads A and B disabled here.

Roger.

Have they come up with an idea of how much fuel I used on the docking and also the P23 session at 5 hours or 6 hours.

I think we can give you something. Stand by a minute.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead.

Okay. It's looking good so far as RCS consumables are concerned, Jack. You're standing about 20 pounds above the curve right now. Looking at the TD&E, you expended 65 pounds or—Stand by—55 pounds, correction on that.

How much?

And 14 pounds on P23s. You used a little more out of quad A than out of the others.

Okay. Thanks, Vance.

Roger.

Hey, could you say again the TD&E fuel? We've got a different—we all heard different things.

I said 65 and then corrected that to 55 pounds.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Okay, Jim. Your rates look good. It's okay to start the roll again, if you'd like.

Hello, Houston; Apollo 13.

Apollo 13, go ahead.

Okay. Ready for a little count here, Vance, and I'll shoot another picture. We found the Earth again.

Okay. We'll be standing by, Fred.

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MARK.

Hey, Houston, 13.

Roger. Go ahead.

Okay. Stand by for a mark on another picture.

Okay. Standing by, Fred.

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MARK.

Apollo 13, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Jim, Houston here. Two items: first of all, your PTC is looking very good and it should carry you through the night; second point, have a procedure to give you, if you're ready to copy. We'd like to set three bits in the computer, and I'll explain why.