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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay, Deke. All the windows in the command module are heavily coated with water right now. So I don't know what kind of pictures we'll get out of them, but I'm going to try and clean them off and do the best I can with the 250-millimeter lens on the Hasselblad.
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Deke Slayton
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Roger. That's why we have the top priority stuff in the LM. We figure you've got a much better chance of getting it through there.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Jack, before we start reading the procedure, we'd like—We find that BAT A is topped off and in great shape. Like to switch over and top off BAT B some more. Give it 2 more hours of charging. Have about a seven- or eight-step procedure here to give you, if you want to copy that. We're switching before we start recording the entry procedures.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Panel 3: switch BATTERY CHARGE to OFF. Panel 5; MAIN BUS TIE BAT A/C to BAT A/C; CB BATTERY CHARGER, BAT A CHARGE to open; CB BATTERY CHARGER, BAT B CHARGE, close. Next, panel 250; CB BAT B POWER ENTRY/POSTLANDING to close. Panel 5; MAIN BUS TIE, BAT B/C, off. Panel 3; BATTERY CHARGE to B. Advise; well, stand by. Jack, advise that we have a backout procedure for this, but we'll read that up to you later, in about 2 hours. And, also, that this procedure is a DELTA to your—the first battery charging procedure that we gave you. In other words, it's a DELTA from where you are right now.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay. This is the procedure for charging BAT Baker. Panel 3; BAT CHARGE, OFF; panel 5; MAIN BUS TIE, BAT A/C to A/C; CB BAT CHARGER, BAT A CHARGE, open; CB BAT CHARGER, BAT B CHARGE, close. Panel 250; CB BAT B POWER ENTRY and POSTLANDING, close. Panel 5; MAIN BUS TIE, BAT B/C, to OFF; Panel 3; BAT CHARGE to B. This is a DELTA for the first battery charging procedure; you'll give me the backout procedure in a couple hours.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay. I'll put it in work right now, then come back and stand by to copy the rest of—well, I—not the rest—everything.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay, Vance. I put BAT Baker on charge; I don't think it quite had stabilized. It was reading 1.1 amps, 39.6 volts when I left up there.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay, Vance. You're kind of weak, but readable.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Jack, we're going to need readings on the BAT volt and charger amps about every 10 or 15 minutes for a while, so is there somebody else that can be reading them out while you're copying? Over.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Yes. Jim will take a run up there. Fred-o is sleeping right now. We're trying to get some sleep here, and Jim'll run up and take a look at voltage and current whenever you call.
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Jim Lovell (CDR)
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Vance, we've got to realize that we've got to establish a work-rest cycle up here, so we just can't wait around here to just read procedures all the time up to the burn. We've got to get them up here, look at them, and then we've got to get the people to sleep. So take that into consideration when you get ready to send up the pads.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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I know, Jim. We're very conscious of that. We—we should be ready to go in about 5 minutes. That's all I can say. Stand by.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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And, might as well bring the COMM up to a higher fidelity for this long period of checklist reading. That requires, panel 16: CB PRIMARY S-BAND POWER AMP, closed.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Okay. And next step, panel 12: S-BAND FUNCTION to VOICE and RANGING FUNCTION to RANGING.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay, Vance. The S-BAND FUNCTION is at VOICE and the RANGING switch was at RANGING.
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Okay. That makes it so we can hear you better, Jack.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay. Can we—Since the first part of it, you're just going to read and I'm going to copy and we're going to have a question and answer period later, can we get started?
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Vance Brand (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Procedure's coming back in again. Multicopies for distribution. And Ken's back. He's a local expert on this now, so we'll turn you over to him and he'll read it off.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay. Stand by. I'll give you volts and amps. Okay. The voltage is 39.1; amps, 1.75.
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Ken Mattingly
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Okay. Let me take it from the top here. Just—there might be some overlap, but to make sure we're all on the same signal. We're starting off with a set of time line procedures that are going to give us—end up with the normal entry checklist. There will be some checklist changes into the book, but the bulk of what I have for you is the time line stuff. And it starts at 6 hours and 30 minutes prior to EI and assumes that we're getting LM power to MAIN B in the command module. I think you already have the numbers for the LM pads and the command module pads; I mean the types of pads we'll be giving you. And if you have a question on what they'll be doing or what they're for, I can go over those now or when we get through.
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Jack Swigert (CMP)
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Okay. Yes, I'll make a little note there, and we'll discuss it when we get everything copied, huh?
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Ken Mattingly
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All right. And the first item, then, after you get ready to start this checklist, is to install lithium hydroxide canisters and to stow ORDEAL. On panel 8, we want to turn the FLOODLIGHTS to FIXED.
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Ken Mattingly
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Okay. I'll tell you. I'll go line at a time and wait for your verification before I go on to the next one. I have panel 8, FLOODLIGHTS, FIXED,
Spoken on April 17, 1970, 1:17 a.m. UTC (54 years, 6 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet
