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05 04 21 46
Jim Lovell (CMP): Okay. I'm sorry. Yes, I have it here. I wrote it down, 146:46. Okay.
05 04 21 55
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 21 57
Jim Lovell (CMP): I guess the best way to terminate this is by going back to P00, is that right?
05 04 22 00
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
05 04 28 02
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8. It looks like a plus 2.8 foot per second correction at midcourse 7.
05 04 28 11
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim.
05 04 41 25
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
05 04 41 30
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
05 04 41 33
Frank Borman (CDR): Started the fuel cell purge, and I'm going to 183:15, and I'll start that three-tenths of a degree per second roll stabilization test for you.
05 04 41 42
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. Thanks.
05 04 41 55
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. There we are, and we are going to start rolling now.
05 04 41 57
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
05 04 42 16
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Frank, on this free pitch and yaw, if either one of them gets outside of 15 degrees from the nominal values, we'll call it off.
05 04 42 32
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay.
05 04 45 00
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. I would like to have the BIOMED switch left now, if you can.
05 04 45 09
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger, it's LEFT.
05 04 47 39
Jim Lovell (CMP): The fuel cell purged to complete, O₂.
05 04 47 47
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Say again, Apollo 8.
05 04 47 51
Jim Lovell (CMP): O₂ fuel cell purge complete.
05 04 47 53
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, thanks.
05 04 50 50
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
05 04 50 55
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
05 04 50 58
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Looks like you've exceeded your 15 degrees offset PTC attitude, so you can go to attitude HOLD in pitch and yaw.
05 04 51 05
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. I'll go back to the attitude. We didn't even get around once, did we?
05 04 51 09
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Doesn't look like it. So much for spin stabilization.
05 04 51 15
Frank Borman (CDR): Well, we tried that last night several times 0.5 to 0.2 degree per second.
05 04 51 51
Frank Borman (CDR): I think there is the phenomena known as inertial coupling that has something to do with that, huh?
05 04 51 57
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. That could be.
05 04 52 01
Bill Anders (LMP): Put a bigger rudder on it.
05 04 52 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Need some feathers, Frank.
05 04 52 08
Frank Borman (CDR): (Laughter)
05 04 52 35
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. On the P37 comparison; using the MSFN vectors, we get a minus 1.4 on that midcourse compared to your 2.8. We ran your solutions through our computer and we also get a 2.8, so your P37 looks good. We are busy still fiddling with the vectors and comparing them and we'll keep an eye on the difference.
05 04 53 03
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. It looks like we came up with a plus 2.8 though, and you say you came out with a minus 2.something.
05 04 53 10
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
05 04 53 28
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Jim, that 4 feet per second difference is worth 0.28 degrees on the flight path angle.
05 04 53 35
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Thank you.
05 05 07 10
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
05 05 07 13
Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
05 05 07 15
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. How is your cabin temperature looking now?
05 05 07 20
Frank Borman (CDR): It's getting cooler, thank you. We put those shades up, and that really helps.
05 05 07 22
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay. The primary loop down here still looks real good, so it looks like you are in fine shape. Your battery B charge ought to be done by about 127 hours, and we think you shouldn't even try to charge battery A, since it looks like, at entry interface, it is going to have 38 amp-hours on it.
05 05 07 45
Frank Borman (CDR): I'll tell Bill that.
05 05 07 47
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay
05 05 08 48
Frank Borman (CDR): How is the weather down there, Jerry?
05 05 08 52
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): That's loud and clear.
05 05 08 55
Frank Borman (CDR): Cold?
05 05 08 57
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): No, it's pretty balmy around here today.
05 05 09 13
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Yes, the temperature is about in the 70's here. It's a real nice day.
05 05 09 22
Frank Borman (CDR): Fine.
05 05 09 54
Frank Borman (CDR): Say, Jerry, last night, Jim was saying something about turning on VHF Simplex A about 20 00 miles out. I wrote it down, but I can't seem—I can't remember where I put it. …

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