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02 18 27 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Roger. Copy.
02 18 42 01
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, how do you read? Apollo 8.
02 18 42 03
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Loud and clear.
02 18 42 11
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay, Jerry. At 67, we are going over to the LOI 1 attitude, do a sextant star check, and then we will have to go back to PTC. I want to know if you want us to go back to the same attitudes we are at now?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. That is affirmative, Frank. We are getting ready to ask you to do an erasable dump, VERB 47. We are ginning up to get ready for it now, and we will call you as soon as we are ready to copy.
02 18 42 41
Frank Borman (CDR): Understand. VERB 47 when you call.
02 18 42 45
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Negative; VERB 74.
02 18 42 50
Frank Borman (CDR): Okay. VERB 74.
02 18 43 43
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We are setting up for the dump now. It will take about 3 minutes and 20 seconds once we start the dump. Over.
02 18 43 54
Frank Borman (CDR): Understand.
02 18 47 09
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
02 18 47 12
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Go.
02 18 47 17
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. Can you point out the position of this Zeta Persei to us a little better? We don't have it marked on our charts. We have got Mirfak, and we know Algol, but which one is Zeta Persei?
02 18 47 30
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. Persei Zeta is just about exactly between Aldebaran and Mirfak.
02 18 48 40
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. We are ready for your CMC erasable dump. Key VERB 74 ENTER. Over.
02 18 48 51
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 18 49 02
Jim Lovell (CMP): VERB 74 ENTER.
02 18 49 06
Frank Borman (CDR): Did you get it?
02 18 49 26
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8. Are you getting the dump?
02 18 49 29
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Indications are that we are getting it; we are checking. You will have to leave the computer alone for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Over.
02 18 49 39
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger. We are.
02 18 49 49
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We are getting your dump low bit rate through Honeysuckle.
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02 18 49 56
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 18 50 05
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Persei Zeta is a third magnitude star same as Enif. Over.
02 18 50 15
Frank Borman (CDR): Same magnitude as Enif.
02 18 50 17
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
02 18 51 14
Frank Borman (CDR): Jerry, when are you going to send us the TEI 1 and the rest of that block data?
02 18 51 31
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. PC plus 2 does not need an update. We'll have your TEI 1 and 2 in about 10 minutes. Over.
02 18 51 41
Frank Borman (CDR): Roger.
02 18 53 53
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
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Frank Borman (CDR): Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 8.
02 18 54 00
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. The dump is complete; you can have your computer back. The reason for the dump was to investigate further the P52 anomaly you had about 4 hours ago. We will try to have some words for you in about 20 or 30 minutes. Over.
02 18 54 18
Frank Borman (CDR): You mean when it wouldn't come up with the proper star?
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02 18 54 22
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative.
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Jim Lovell (CMP): Okay.
02 18 54 30
Frank Borman (CDR): We are going to go ahead and start our maneuver to LOI 1 attitude.
02 18 54 34
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger. Standing by to monitor.
02 18 54 42
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
02 18 54 45
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Houston. Go ahead.
02 18 54 50
Jim Lovell (CMP): During the flight, I noticed that the AUTO optics wouldn't drive to the star pick-a-pair selected. Example, it picked Alpheratz at one time, wouldn't drive there, drove to a spot that had no star; and I went back and reselected the program and came back, and it worked okay.
02 18 55 11
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim. Copy.
02 18 55 26
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Jim, is this anomaly you are talking about—was that 4 hours ago when we did the REFSMMAT align?
02 18 55 37
Jim Lovell (CMP): This happened, I think, yesterday. When we—we were doing a regular REFSMMAT alignment. Alpheratz was the first star selected, and it didn't drive to Alpheratz; and I ran and reselected the program again, and it worked okay.
02 18 55 54
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Okay, Jim. Thank you.
02 18 55 56
Frank Borman (CDR): Jerry, this is Apollo 8.
02 18 55 57
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Go ahead.
02 18 55 59
Frank Borman (CDR): Apollo 8 here, Jerry.
02 18 56 01
Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Go ahead, Frank.
02 18 56 06
Frank Borman (CDR): Our PAD here is—Roger. Our PAD here hasn't been correct. I understand the gimbal angles for LOI 1 are roll 0, pitch 200, and yaw 5. Is that correct?
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Jerry Carr (CAPCOM): Affirmative, Frank. That is correct.

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