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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Alright, Apollo 8. You are GO for TLI. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We understand we are GO for TLI.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. We will have LOS in about 30 seconds, and we'll pick you up over ARIA 1 at 02:37:30.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, this is Apollo 8. How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. I hear you garbled but fairly clear.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Apollo 8, Houston. We're transmitting through ARIA 1, and you are also garbled.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Good; you're loud and clear through the Mercury, and you're looking good dawn here. Everything looks good.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Understand. Our O₂ flow is a little bit higher than I thought, but Bill says that it's just about what he expected.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Your He flow looks good down here.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You're looking good.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, coming up on 20 seconds to ignition. Mark it, and you're looking very good.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): IGNITION.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. IGNITION.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You're looking good.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Trajectory and guidance look good. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Apollo 8, looks good here.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We're predicting cut-off, 02:55:58, and it looks exactly nominal here.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. That predicted cut-off, 02:55:52, 52, and that's exactly as it should be.
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Frank Borman (CDR): 02:55:52.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You are looking good here, right down the center line.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Apollo 8.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Apollo 8, Houston. You are looking good, right down the old center line.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Apollo 8.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay—We got SECO right on the money.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand; SECO.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Looks like a good cut-off. Everything is looking real good down here.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Your cut-off looked very good down here. We have a whole room full of people that say you look good.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Thank you. The only situation we have here in the O₂ flow is high, O₂ flow is a bit high.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand; O₂ flow high.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): We'll get to first status report here shortly.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Your booster configured normally, and we're not concerned with the O₂ high flow. We think it's normal.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Go ahead, Apollo 8.

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