Spacelog Apollo 13

Aquarius, Houston. Say again, please.

Okay. We didn't answer back there, Jack. Check to see if you're on VOX.

No.

Neither am I, okay. Why the hell are we maneuvering at all now? Are we still venting?

Well, we're at ATT HOLD for one thing—I mean, we're at MINIMUM IMPULSE.

No, I mean why can't you null them out, somewhere?

Every time I try to—I can't take that doggone roll out. I got to wait until they get around to the bellyband.

Wait a minute. Do you—you fight roll by using the TTCA left right. That's what you need to play with.

Okay. We'll try that. Let me get around though. Let's roll. Let it roll all the way.

Yes, you can't let it roll all the way.

I know. I know. But I mean -

Okay. Then until it's upside down at least, huh?

Yes.

Okay. Well, should I ask him what the return time on that one is? Or are you interested?

Let's get the first things first.

Oh, you don't want to hear. Let me figure some times out here. That's at 79, and what are we at now? About—do we—do we—do we even know any better computer time, do we?

No.

Hey, Jack. Do you still have a mission timer? You don't? Okay.

I'll tell you what. Let's ask—let's ask Houston to give us a mission timer, computer time. They can up link it to us. Okay, hold it.

Go ahead.

Houston, Aquarius.

Go ahead, Aquarius.

You know, we don't have a—I don't think we have a computer clock going, and why don't you up link that stuff to us?

Roger.

And, Fred-o, I got some fast circuit breakers on panel 16 for you.

Okay. Go ahead.

Okay. On row 1 under FLIGHT DISPLAYS, SYSTEMS ENGINEER's CROSSPOINTER, OPEN. Under RCS B —

It's OPEN.

Open the TEMP/PRESS DISPLAY-FLAGS and PQGS/DISPLAYS.

Okay. They're both OPEN.

Okay, Fred. On row 3 under COMM, open DISPLAYS and under ECS, open DISPLAYS.

Okay. COMM DISPLAYS, ECS DISPLAYS, both OPEN.

Okay. And two more. In row 4 under HEATERS, open DISPLAYS and under EPS, open DISPLAYS.

Okay. HEATERS DISPLAY, EPS DISPLAY OPEN. And I've long since had all the lights off, floods, et cetera.

Where are those bags? Where are those bags for weighing water in the PLSS?

Why?

We're going to fill up command module water. We'll …

Hell, do you need a QD … Jim. No way to get ours in there. I don't think.

Hey, Jim.

I wonder if one of our water … jet is. Okay, let's control—What else can we fill up there?

Aquarius, Houston.

We're not—we're not going to —

We're not going to be able to up link your time because of the IU, and we have a frequency problem there. But what I'd like to do is give you a time to set up on your mission timer and give you a mark and then you can put it into the DSKY from there. Over.

Okay. Stand by.

Wait a minute. Why do we need a mission timer right now, anyway? I mean, that bad, they'd tell us.

Well, I'd rather have a timer going so that we—what are we going to put in the DSKY? Should we shut down the mission timer?

Is that what you want to do?

Okay. Closest approach, 60 miles, and I'm sitting on AFT OMNI now.

Houston, Aquarius. Over.

Go ahead, Aquarius.

Okay. We're thinking about rigging up the urine dump to the side hatch. We're thinking about rigging up the urine dump to the side hatch and save urine heater power. What do you think?

Stand by 1.

Better still so we won't freeze up our urine dump.

Roger. That sounds like a good plan, Jim. Why don't you go ahead with that one?

Okay, Aquarius. And down here we're getting regrouped, trying to work on your control modes and trying to set up something for PTC and taking a look at consumables as opposed to flight plan, and so forth, and as soon as we get all that information, we'll pass it up to you. We also have the 14 backup crew over in the simulators looking at dock burns and also trying to see what kind of alinement procedures they can come up with for looking at stars out the window. So if you ever are able to see any stars out there and think you can do an alinement out the window, why let us know.

Okay. Jack, right now we're not able to. The sunlight's reflecting off the thrusters and whatever debris came away at the time of the mishap is still with us, such that the stars are hard to find, and why—what respect do you want us to do the stars out the window—just to check the LMS run, is that correct?

That's affirmative. We'd like to correlate the information we get with your's, so that if we can use it to update the platform, we can. What we're really trying to do, Jim, is see if we can do a COAS aline so we can power down the platform.

That is Aquarius. We're getting an awful lot of static on the uplink now, and we're not reading you at all.

I have good signal strength and I'm on AFT OMNI.

How do you read now, Aquarius?

Hey, Jim, do you suppose that you could orient the LM so that the service module would be between you and the Sun? I believe you could see—recognize constellations out your front windows then.

Aquarius, Houston. Radio check.

Okay, Jack. How do you read now?

Okay. Hearing you 5 square now, Jim. And the question we have, is there some way you can orient the spacecraft so that the service module is between the LM and the Sun so you can recognize constellations out the window? And secondly, can you see anything out the AOT?

Aquarius, Houston. How do you read?

Aquarius, request FORWARD OMNI, please.

Aquarius, Houston. Request FORWARD OMNI. How do you read?

Okay, Houston; Aquarius. How do you read?

Hello there, Aquarius. Loud and clear. How do you read me?

There's an awful lot of background —

We get a lot of background static, Jack. You're down in the mud. You having a ground problem?

What we tried to do was to get the IU frequency shifted off a little bit so that we'd have less interference. I think it'll come up—What we want you to do is turn on your descent oxygen and turn off your ascent oxygen. Over. And request FORWARD OMNI.

You're unreadable, Jack. We've got our signal strength meter—right now it keeps wavering up and down, and the best I'm getting is about 2.4 AGC.

Roger. Request FORWARD OMNI.

I am on FORWARD OMNI. I've been on FORWARD OMNI.

Okay. How do you read, Jack?

I'm hearing you 5 square, Fred. How me?

Aquarius, Houston. How do you read?

Okay. We're up to about 2.6 AGC now.

Aquarius, Houston. Radio check.

Okay. Every time you transmit, Jack, the AGC starts to drop off and the static level turns up.

Okay, Fred. You're loud and clear.

I wish you were.

Fred, go to DESCENT O₂.

DESCENT O₂. Roger.

Hello, Houston; Aquarius.

Hello there, Aquarius. How do you read me now?

Hello, Houston. Aquarius.

Aquarius, Houston. Go.

Okay. That's the first clear word we heard from you, Jack. Do you think it could be my pitch attitude that's breaking up your incoming? I guess you've been hearing us.

We have been hearing you, and the problem is on the ground. I hope we have it corrected now.

Okay. That sounds good.