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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.
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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?
00 18 43 50
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Fuel cells are all looking good.
00 18 43 54
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 …
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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.
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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.
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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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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim. We understand. We'll go ahead and work in that direction, and we'll quit bothering you. Good night.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. At 19 GET, we're due for another cycle through on the cryo fans. Over.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Give us a call when you're complete.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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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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Frank Borman (CDR): Give me a call when it is time to quit charging the battery, will you? I can't watch it very well over there.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Wilco.
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Frank Borman (CDR): And I'm starting with the fans now.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Copy.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Hydrogen 1 first.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay, Houston. We cycled through the fans 2 minutes each, and we'll stand by for the call for battery charges.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. The battery charge will be complete around 21 hours.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. Just give me a call.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay.
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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, Houston. Go.
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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, Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
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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, this is Houston. Go ahead.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger, Houston. Crew status report here. We're behind on water and food, and we don't seem to have too much of an appetite. We're trying to stay up with the water, but the food is—not that there's anything wrong with the food, but we're just not very hungry.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand, Frank.
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Frank Borman (CDR): The CDR got 5 hours of fitful sleep and rest, and the other two people are trying to sleep now.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger.; No contact for 1:24:10
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. At 21 hours, we'd like you to terminate the battery B charge and start battery A charge and then begin an O₂ purge. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Understand; terminate battery B, start battery A, and an O₂ purge.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. O₂ fuel cell purge.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. We are now charging battery A, and say again about the purge.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. Copy your battery charge setup; now begin a fuel cell O₂ purge. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Fuel cell O₂ purge. Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, the fuel cells are all purged.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank.
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Frank Borman (CDR): How's the tracking going, Jerry?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8. Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): How's the tracking looking?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): It's looking good, Frank. We just took in another batch of data, and we are processing it. It looks initially like we won't even need a midcourse number 2. As soon as we process this data, we will have some confirmation for you. It should take anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes to finish the job.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8. Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead.
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We are showing your pericynthian 64 nautical miles. Your next midcourse at 28 will be less than 1 foot per second. We will have a firm confirmation on this in about 2 hours.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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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): How do you read?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Reading you loud and clear, Frank. Good morning. How are you doing?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Just fine. We just broke lock for a minute, and I wondered why.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Your break lock is due to the fact we switched our antennas over from Honeysuckle to Madrid. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Thank you.; No contact for 1:28:20
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. We would like to bring you up to date on your trajectory. This midcourse coming up at 28 hours GET turns out to be very small, 0.7 feet per second, and we would like not to do it. Our data is looking extremely good and extrapolating it forward; it shows the midcourse number 4 at LOI minus 8 hours would be about 4 feet per second. In the meantime, the free return trajectory is looking very good with a water splash point off the coast of Africa. So it looks like you are right down the old center line, and we propose not to do the next midcourse. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Fine with us.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. And in regard to your timeline here, we suggest that you let Bill and Jim sleep for an extra period of time and don't wake them up until 26:30 GET, and that would cause deletion of P52 and P23 at 26 hours GET. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Understand. Delete P52 and P23.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Affirmative. Delete those at 26 hours, wake the other two guys up at 26:30 at which time they can eat, and then chlorinate the water supply after they have eaten.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): That would put us back on our nominal flight plan at 28 hours GET. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): How's all that grab you?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Fine.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston, Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, we're switching antennas again at 23:40 GET. You can expect a momentary break lock, and also we would like to bring you up to date on the passive thermal control. We expect to keep the same PTC attitude until 28 hours GET. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Fine; thank you. How is the thermal control working?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Working good, Frank. I can give you some details if you want it.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead.
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Frank Borman (CDR): I am all ears, Houston. Go ahead with the details.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. Stand by one until we switch our antennas, Frank. We'll be right with you.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): On your PTC, quads A, C, and D seem to be just about identical. Quad B is running slightly cooler, but only very slightly so. The temperature readouts in all respects are normal, so apparently the PTC is working well from a thermal viewpoint. And as far as the fuel consumption goes, it's minimal, just about like we expected. Have you got any comments about PTC? How does it seem to you?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Seems fine. Seems to be working all right, just like you said. I was just wondering how the readouts from the SPS were, too.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. The SPS temperature is normal. If anything, it's slightly warmer than we expected, so you are in real good shape in that respect.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Frank, the PU valve temperature is running about 72 degrees, which is better control than we got here in this room.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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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. It is time to do a cryo fan cycle, Frank, on all four fans, a short burst from each of them as you did before.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Understand, 2 minutes each on all cryo fans.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Cryo fans OFF and cycled, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): I said the cryo fans are OFF and completed the cycle.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. Thank you, Frank.
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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. Just a COMM check, Frank. Do you read me all right?
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Frank Borman (CDR): Loud and clear.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Same here.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Go.
01 00 43 03
Frank Borman (CDR): How've you been reading our tape dumps?
01 00 43 06
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Stand by one, Frank. We noticed that you've got your PTC attitude peaked up a bit, and I'll check on your tape dump.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. The quality of the tape dump has been very good. We have about 15 minutes to dump, which we will do the next time we get high gain. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): How's the voice quality been?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): It's been very good, Frank.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. We'll send you something down here shortly.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Frank, on this tape recorder, we have the tape motion stopped right now. If you would like to record some, we will give you the tape in motion so that you may do so. Is that what you would like? Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Houston, why don't you just give us salvo so we can control the switches here.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. Stand by.
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Frank Borman (CDR): … PCM LOW and stop.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): You should have it now. Over.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Houston, Apollo 8. Over.
01 00 54 05
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Are you capable of taking a high-bit FM dump for voice on the OMNI's?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): That is negative, Bill. Not quite, on the OMNI's.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. We will catch you next time around then.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Thank you.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Good morning, Mike. How are things going down there?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Hi, Jim. Things are going real fine. How are you doing up there? Did you get a good night's sleep?
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Oh, you know. The first night in space all the time; it's a little slow.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): The old man woke you up earlier than he needed to.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Well, we just couldn't sleep any longer.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. The next time you are locked up on the high gain, give us a call, and we will configure for a dump. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. We would like an evaluation of the voice comments. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand. So far, it's been very good. We will evaluate this one as soon as we can.
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Bill Anders (LMP): How are the systems looking down there, Houston?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go ahead.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. I've been in the sack. How do the systems look?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Everything is looking real good, Bill.
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Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. How much longer do you expect on charging battery A?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Stand by, Bill. We will get you an exact number on it.

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