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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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We can see your fuel and oxidizer gages and hydrogen/oxygen gages at the top of the picture and the PUGS, but it isn't coming in in focus too well. It's a little dim.
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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Okay. Vance, stand by for the main …
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Fred, the focus is good enough that we can see the position of your four ball valves at the top of the picture for the big SPS engine.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Hopefully, you'll see the—or we'll see the two on the left here, set A, go on here directly —
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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MAIN BUS TIES, two, ON, Fred. Okay. SPS HELIUM VALVE, two, AUTO and checked AUTO barber pole. TVC SERVO POWER is 1, AC1/MAIN A; 2, AC2/MAIN B.
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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TRANSLATION HAND CONTROLLER armed. Arm your ROTATIONAL HAND CONTROLLER. I've already got mine armed. Okay, Fred. TAPE RECORDER, HIGH BIT RATE, RECORD, FORWARD, COMMAND RESET. Standing by for 59.
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Fred Haise (LMP)
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TRANSLATION HAND CONTROL POWER, OFF.
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Fred Haise (LMP)
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Okay. Fuel is 1.0; oxidizer 0.25; the OX unbalance is reading on the decrease, which doesn't mean very much, and I guess that wasn't too much for a push there, Vance. I didn't see the accelerometer do a whole lot and it was a little surprising how slowly the injector valves opened, at least on the indicators.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Roger. That was a very short burn. Request you give us a sweep across the panel when you get a chance, Fred. Let us see Jack and Jim again. Over.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay, Vance, I was going to show you on—wonder if the folks might—down there might be interested in how we find out how far we're away from the Moon. Going to do that right now in program 21 here.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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I'm asking the computer how far away we are. And the computer is telling me we're 121 490 miles out.
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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And if you didn't see our residuals, it was 0.1 X, 0.2 on Y, and 0.1 Z, and DELTA-VC was minus 3.8.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Jack, Houston. We show you down here 121 thousand miles 520 out. So I guess we all agree.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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The big problem here is, when you move the TV around, this wire follows you like a snake here.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Yes, we have Fred now. Looks like he has a lariat there, getting ready to rope the checklist.
Spoken on April 13, 1970, 1:46 a.m. UTC (54 years, 5 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet
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