Spacelog Apollo 13

Roger. As you know, we're going to do this on LM power, so this reflects that.

Okay. Real fine.

Okay, and have at it. We—we'd like to have the TM up for about 5 or 10 minutes to look at the data from the CM; look at your temperatures, et cetera. And after that, we'll go back to charging the battery again, and the charge will probably go until around GET 126.

Okay. Do you want the same readouts from me that I gave you before?

That's affirmative, Jack. And just to make sure that there is no mistaking the procedure, it starts out for the backout part: panel 3, POWER AMPL, OFF; TRANSPONDER, OFF; AC INVERTER 2, OFF; then goes to panel 250, et cetera.

That's—that's the way I read it.

Okay.

Okay; going back up into the refrigerator.

Hey, I thought it was the bedroom.

Well, it's got a new name now, because it is about 30 degrees cooler.

Roger. Returning to the deep freeze —

— Hey, Vance. One thing that I wanted to ask you—is on the stowage list where you have us putting the black-and-white TV camera on top of A-7 in an A … decontamination bag, I was wondering if it would be possible or if you—there would be any problem in putting it into B-6 along with the two 70-millimeter Hasselblad cameras?

Jack, I don't think there'll be any problem, if you can get it in, but let us get—work that and get back with you. Okay?

All right. I was just thinking. I'm trying to get as much weight as possible down there in that LEB. We have no SRCs and then our waste tank is—you know—rather depleted. I think it's about down to 40 percent or so. So I'm trying to get as much L over D as I can, and any heavy items we can get down there, I'd be greatly appreciative of you bringing it to our attention.

Okay. We copy that, and we owe you an answer on your last question.

Okay. And I'm in work, going to give you some telemetry.

Aquarius, Houston. We're receiving CSM data now.

Aquarius, Houston.

Say again, Vance.

Fred, we just lost data on Aquar—on Jack. Would you have him select best OMNI, please?

Aquarius, Houston.

All right. Go ahead.

Fred, we have enough data; recommend that Jack take off the TM and power back down again, using his backout procedure. Just let us know when he does it.

Okay.

And, after that, we'll start the battery charge, and we'll have to know when he starts that.

Okay. He's starting to back out now. Just out of curiosity, what—did you all get a readout on what the cabin temp was up there?

Yes, we're getting 45 to 46 degrees.

Now you see why we call it the refrigerator.

Yes, it's kind of a cold winter day up there, isn't it? Is it snowing in the command module yet?

Is it what, Vance?

Is it snowing in there yet?

Oh, snowing. No—no, not quite. The windows are in pretty bad shape, and I guess the service module—we'll be trying to shoot out of the LM window, because every window in the command module is just covered with water droplets. It's going to take a lot of scrubbing to get those cleared off.

Roger. Understand. Pete says to tell you that you'll have some time on the beach in Samoa to thaw out after this cold experience.

Hey, that sounds great.

Just for curiosity's sake, are we still holding entry angle at 6.25?

Okay. Jack, right now we're told that it's closer to 6, and—But they would like to track it some more. Looks like your next midcourse will be in the order of 2 to 3 foot per second.

Houston, 13.

Go ahead, Jack.

Okay. We're still in good shape as far as water goes in the LM?

Okay. We copy.

The reason I ask is I'm assuming that we are, and I have no idea each time I pressurize the surge tank to get water out of the command module, how much I drop that surge tank and if we are in good shape as far as water goes in the LM, we'd like to fill a couple of drink bags to get some water for drinking purposes.

Okay. Have you run out of CM drinking water. yet, Jack?

Oh, no, we've got plenty of drinking water. I think the—I don't have any idea what the surge tank pressure is.

Okay. It's 750 —

— and I don't have any —

It's 750, Jack.

Okay. 750.

Aquarius, Houston.

Go ahead, Vance.

Okay. Stand by 1, Jack, and we'll give you an indication of how that water situation on the LM is—which is your question. Right?

Okay. But I guess what I was really asking is, if you'd have any violent objections if we filled two drink bags from LM water rather than repressurizing the surge tank.

Okay. Stand by on that.

Also, Jim is asleep up there and we didn't want to bother him, either.

Okay. We understand.

And, Jack, we'll be changing stations in 1 minute; so, we may have a temporary dropout in COMM.

Aquarius, Houston.

Okay, Vance. Go ahead. Loud and clear.

Okay, Jack. We're going to bargain with you on this one. Instead of two, would—wish that you would just get just one bag full. That shouldn't do any harm; however —

Okay.

— we are not all that fat on water that we want to do any drinking out of the LM as a regular thing after this one bag. So would you let us know when you get the water out and give us a mark on it so we can watch the TM. Over.

Okay, Vance. We've withdrawn—oh, about 8 ounces of water.

Okay, Jack. How's it taste?

Apollo 13, Houston—or rather, Aquarius, Houston. Over.

Go ahead.

Hey, Jack, we need another reading. Volts and amps.

Vance, you won't believe this, but Fred-o says it's 39.4 and 1.245.

Okay. Our EECOM is recording those numbers. Charlie Dumas, this time.

Oh.

Not changing very fast, is it?

How far out are we?

Okay. 953 and 6068 on velocity, per FIDO.

Okay.

Bill Stoval.