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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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I'm afraid I didn't copy that, Fred, and while I was listening, EECOM told me that he'd like another battery charge … readout.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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It's not time-critical, Fred, but if you have the people awake now, you might go ahead and do it. Incidentally, you probably know this, but the next several hours are going to be pretty quiet from our point of view. We're working on the entry procedures and should be ready to read them up to you in about 8 hours; and between now and then there's not an awful lot going to be going on, so you guys could be catching up on your sleep schedule. Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Copy that, Fred. Thank you very much; 38.9 and 1.9. And EECOM is simply making as smooth a plot as he can to verify the amount of amps we're putting back into the battery. That's why he wants it at half-hour intervals. If that schedule begins to interfere seriously with your rest cycle or so, give us a call. Over.
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Fred Haise (LMP)
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Yes. Jim's sleeping now, and Jack and I are awake and I just finished sleeping around, I guess, about another 5 or 6 hours, so I'm not particularly inclined to go back to sleep right now.
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Fred Haise (LMP)
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Okay. We've got one of them ready to go, and it looks like we could do a pretty good job just using the tape strips. First combining them together and then just using a piece of paper and the bag … get a pretty good seal …
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Hey; okay, Fred. We suspected that you'd gotten at least one on. We've noticed a partial pressure drop from the 1.8 to 0.8, which is real good.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Roger. We're convening the CPCB on that change, Fred, but FLIGHT has given you an interim go-ahead. Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Roger that, Fred. And you're reading 0.1 again on the CO2. Incidentally, are you guys having good luck getting water out of the command module?
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Fred Haise (LMP)
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Yes. This is quite an apparatus hanging on to these hoses now. And that ECS design engineer … because it sure seems to work.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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And, Aquarius, Houston. At your convenience, we'd like another volts and amps readout.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Oh, sorry about that. Incidentally, Fred, if switching OMNIs every couple of minutes bugs you, you can skip it for now. We can always wait until you come around.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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No, it doesn't. This is Jack, Joe. Fred … It doesn't bother me at all.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay, Jack. The plot shows you about 130 000 miles out, which is about, gee, 10 000 closer than you were when I came on a couple of hours ago. And let me check with FIDO for your rate of closure.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Roger, Jack. Hate to keep bugging you, but we would like another volts and amps reading. Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Jack, I think you asked if the canister MOD was working and the answer is, it sure as hell is.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay. We had a handover, but that was about a half an hour ago, and I didn't call you on it. Let me check with INCO and see if he thinks everything's okay. Your COMM sounds just as good as it's ever been.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Roger. We're checking into it. We think we lost lock in Madrid for a while, and we've got it back now.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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You're getting a little weak. Did you say you wanted to verify what—what your vacuum perigee is? Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay. The good FIDO gives us a vacuum perigee at the present time of 23.6 with a flight path angle of minus 6.25 degrees. That's without a midcourse. He's kind of tossing around the idea of doing a midcourse-7 maneuver at 5 hours before entry. If we do it, it looks like it won't be more than 2 feet per second. Over.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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You can tell Jay and David that I went for a whole flight and didn't use the bathroom.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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(Laughter) He copies that. David's here; he says you've kept him so busy he hasn't had time to work on his stereo all week.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay, Jim. Good morning; and understand you relieved the watch, and the rest was kind of blurry. Did you have any questions?
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Okay. That was—That was loud and clear, that one there. Now we don't have a heck of a lot going on as you know we're working on the entry procedures. I've got preliminary copies, but we're not ready to pass—to pass it up to you. Looks like you're about 125 000 miles out, starting to—starting to really pick up speed, and the Astros won last night, and that's about all I've got. Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay, Jim. It's about time, at your convenience, for another volts and amps reading on the command module. For your information, we put 6 amp-hours back in the battery already and we've got about 14 to go. It's looking real good, and I also just got the word that the entry weather tomorrow is looking better all the time. Really looks great.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Roger. Just for your information, in case it happened when you were off watch, the master caution circuit breaker is still pulled, and we're seeing the—the malfunction indication on the descent battery now, but all the parameters still look just as good as ever, and that's just for information.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Copied 39.3 and 1.25. Jim, did Jack tell you what your trajectory looks like? Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay. We are looking at a vacuum perigee right now of 23.6; flight path angle of minus 6.25; and if we decide we want to trim that up, we're looking at a midcourse of about 2 feet per second. Your consumables, of course, are getting better all the time; we've got 163 hours of water, 230 hours of oxygen, and 172 hours worth of electrical power. Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Okay, Jim. We would like to get another check from you on the propellant tank temperatures, as we did yesterday. And the procedure is to, on panel 16, circuit breaker PROPELLANT, DISPLAY/ENGINE, OVERRIDE/LOGIC to close. Then go to your display and read the tank 1 and tank 2 temperatures for us, and then open the circuit breaker again. Over.
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Jim, I copied 63 and 64, which I think were the descent 1 temps, and that's all I got.
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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Okay. I'll go over it again. I'm on descent 1, now and fuel is about 64, and oxidizer is 65, and I'll go to descent 2 —
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Joe Kerwin (CAPCOM)
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Roger. We copy that, and once again we'd like to get the volts and amps check in the command module. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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Okay. I'm going to go up there and get it. Jack is—and Fred are asleep, so I'll be off the air a minute.
Spoken on April 16, 1970, 1:18 p.m. UTC (54 years, 6 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet
