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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Looking good here.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Read you loud and clear, Frank. How us?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Loud and clear. We are taking pictures of the S-IVB; the postseparation sequence is completed, and we seem to have a high gain.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay; fine.
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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): Roger. Is Bill reedy for his VHF test? We can configure any time he is.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. Stand by.
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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): Roger. We would like to ask whether you did a VERB 66 ENTER to transfer the state vector from CSM to LM slot. We didn't copy that down here.
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Frank Borman (CDR): We did not.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Do you want us to do that now?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): At your convenience.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): We see the earth now, almost as a disk.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Good show. Get a picture of it.
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Frank Borman (CDR): We are.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Tell Conrad he lost his record.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): We have a beautiful view of Florida now. We can see the Cape, just the point.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): And at the same time, we can see Africa. West Africa is beautiful. I can also see Gibraltar at the same time I'm looking at Florida.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Sounds good. Get a picture of it. What window are you looking out?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): The center window.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Are your windows clear so far?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): How about your VHF check? We would like to get that done before you get too much further away.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay.
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Frank Borman (CDR): We are listening on VHF alfa Simplex.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Say again.
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Frank Borman (CDR): We are listening for VHF alfa Simplex.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay, good. Thank you. VHF alfa Simplex, and we will get configured for it; and in between times, give us a clue as to what it looks like from way up there.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Well, Mike, I can see the entire earth now out of the center window. I can see Florida, Cuba, Central America, the whole northern half of Central America, in fact, all the way down through Argentina and down through Chile.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): They picked a good day for it.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Stand by. We are going through the separation maneuver checklist here.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, this is Apollo 8. We've lost sight of the S-IVB here. The separation maneuver may be delayed slightly, or else we will go ahead and make it without having her in sight.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand, Frank.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
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Frank Borman (CDR): When does the S-IVB do their blowdown maneuver?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Stand by one.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go on.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Your blowdown will be 1 hour from now, a little more that 1 hour from now.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We have the S-IVB in sight again now. We have done the separation maneuver.

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