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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We'll maneuver at this present time and try to pick up that attitude and get Navi, although I think it's a waste of time, but we will give it a try.
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Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by for results.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We're at that attitude right now and looking through the scanning telescope. I can barely see any stars at all, and every time that the thruster will fire, you know, just completely blanks out my vision.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, 8. Understand.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Now the attitude is good, Houston, as far as not having glare on the optics, and it might be a certain amount of data adaptation is required here.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): 8, Houston. Roger. Copy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8 here.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. I've got a new PTC attitude for you when you finish P23. Give you a better look at the earth. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Ready to copy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay. Pitch 224, yaw 20.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): New PTC is pitch 224, yaw 20.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirm.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. We are taking our time going to this new P23 attitude; going to Navi is quite a ways away from the attitude we need for P23. I have a correction to make on 20—on Navi after getting dark adapted; you can pick out Cassiopeia and you can pick out Navi itself. It is difficult to see what stars are around. We still have quite a bit of particles that are floating with the spacecraft, especially when we move the optics and shaft. It seems to throw off a lot of particles.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. We copy that. What's your spacecraft lighting situation inside now?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): We have the center window—the round window covered, and we have—the other windows are opened.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, 8. Copy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Go ahead, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. While you're maneuvering for your P23, we have an update for DELTA-H for you if you're ready to copy.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Stand by.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger, Houston. You say you have a DELTA-H update for us? Just what do you mean?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. DELTA horizon update.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Go ahead.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): This is as a result of your P23 calibration; the update follows: VERB 24, NOUN 01, ENTER 1354, ENTER all balls, ENTER 214 50 ENTER; comment: continue to mark on the horizon destination that you've used previously. Your marks are looking very good.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. DELTA-H update as follows: VERB 24, NOUN 01, ENTER 1354, ENTER all zeros, ENTER 214 50 ENTER. Understand those are two octal numbers.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): That's affirmative; both octal.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. When do we get the maneuvers here? I'll go out on 23, and I'll put these in; then I'll continue.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. There's no requirement for you to leave P23; you can enter those right now if you want to.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, are we in low bit rate now?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You're in high bit rate.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. We'd like to record you this P23 stuff.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay.
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Bill Anders (LMP): How about commanding low bit rate record FORWARD.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Low bit rate, record FORWARD.
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Bill Anders (LMP): All right, Houston. Have you sent those commands yet?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. They have been sent.
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Bill Anders (LMP): All right, Roger. Thank you. I am on the other side, too lazy to go over and get it.

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