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00 17 52 09
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston, We'd like to go back to high bit rate in order to get this P23 data recorded. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Our checklist says low bit rate, Houston. If you want high, you can have it.
00 17 52 40
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. We're going high bit rate.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Okay.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Do you want us to turn off your DSE for you? It's probably about half full. We're getting good high bit rate down.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Do you want to get the rest of this data?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): We're getting good high bit rate down.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Go ahead.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay. And, also, we're—your state vector is now based on about 5 hours of tracking. We have you on a pericynthian of 69.7 miles with a free return. Your entry flight path angle looks like about minus 14. You will need only a few feet per second to get you back on a nominal entry angle.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Did you get the words on the state vector?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, did you read? Apollo 8. We got a lot of noise.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
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Frank Borman (CDR): 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 reading you fairly weak. I'll repeat the state vector information. Your state vector is now based on 5 hours, more than 5 hours of tracking. We show you on a pericynthian of 69.7 miles with a free return with entry path flight angle of minus 14 degrees. Will only need a few feet per second at the lunar distance to get you back on a nominal entry angle. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Copy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go. Reading you weak, but clear.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Our sighting schedule is complete, and I'm maneuvering to PTC attitude.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
00 18 42 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
00 18 42 09
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. I'm at the PTC maneuver now. Like a distance status from you—how the battery looks and how the fuel cells look and et cetera. Over.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Go ahead.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We figure battery B will be charged in about 2 to 3 hours. All your systems look GO; your RCS usage so far is about 60 pounds, six-zero pounds over nominal. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. How about fuel cell 2; is that looking all right now?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Fuel cells are all looking good.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. We're going to have two of us hit the hay now and one man minding the store so you might have everybody keep an extra sharp eye on …
00 18 44 09
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Bill. You think you're going to be able to sleep okay?
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Bill Anders (LMP): Yes. I think we kinda warmed up to a good sleep here by now.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston. Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Go ahead.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Onboard navigation indicates a pericynthian altitude of 38.4 miles.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Understand; 38.4 miles.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): That's affirmative. It's on the DSKY right now, if you're reading it.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Go ahead, Houston.
00 18 47 43
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Be advised your downlink now is getting very noisy.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston with some comments on navigation.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
00 18 50 02
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Good morning, Frank. Apollo 8, this is Houston. We're wondering about your GDC backup align; we'd like your opinion on the possibility of doing this align using Sirius and Rigel rather than Navi, as it's in the north set at this time. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Stand by one.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8. We concur. Sirius and Rigel would be two stars that would be much better than Navi and Polaris. However, I did Cassiopeia after I became adapted, but I'm afraid that the time required to do that type of alignment would be extensive if we ever had to go to that alignment.

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