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Bill Anders (LMP)
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We always have the same smear to look through. The rendezvous windows are okay, but they're so small and looking in the wrong directions here so far.
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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It certainly looks like we're picking the more interesting places on the moon to land in. The backside looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time. It's all beat up, no definition. Just a lot of bumps and holes.
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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The area we're over right now gives some hint of possible volcanic, though I really can't eyeball it at the moment to pin that down. There are some craters and buildups that just definitely suggest volcanic activity.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger, Jim. We have you on the high-gain antenna. We'd like you to take the DSE and dump it over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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That's affirmative, Jim. We'd like to—stand by one, and I'll tell you when to go to P00 and ACCEPT.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Jim, would you please go to P00 in ACCEPT, and we'll send you a P27 and run a state vector update.
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Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Houston, this is Apollo 8. We have a little piece of useful information if you're interested in deliberating over it.
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Jim Lovell (CMP)
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Roger. Our first control point is very near the terminator, and as the optics were tracking it, I had occasion to watch the sun come up. And at about 2 minutes before sunrise, you get—the limb begins to brighten up into sort of a fine white haze, a fine glow completely over the space just behind the limb.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. I understand. About 2 minutes before the sun comes up, you get a fine white haze radiating out from behind the limb. How far out does it extend?
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Jim Lovell (CMP)
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It goes up quite a ways. It takes a fan shape, unlike the sunrise on earth where the atmosphere affects it. This just sort of is a complete haze all over the local area. It's concentrated at the exact spot where the sun comes up at ignition and then goes away from the sun spots. Very interesting.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Okay. When you get your—before you get your map book out, the Houston COMM TECHS have got a little word for an old ex-CAP COMM. They say they consider you in NONREMOTE. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Your map update for REV 6/7: LOS 80:57:24, sunrise 81:06:57, prime meridian 81:13:02. Are you with me?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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AOS 81:43:05, sunset 82:13:54. Remarks: IP-1 TCA for B-1 82:07:39, and now I've got four more times for you which—acquisition times for when various things come over the horizon. Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Okay. Control point 1, acquisition time 81:09:05; control point 2, acquisition time 81:21:48; control point 3, acquisition time 81:43:17. B-1 acquisition time 82:03:54. And I say again all those ACQ times are when they first come over the horizon. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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Just a matter of general interest, Houston: everybody is feeling good, and the CDR is taking a snooze.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. Glad to hear it. We were just talking about a water dump down here. We've got one coming up, and it looks like on this REV prior to the time around LOS or just prior to LOS, would be a convenient time to do it. Do you concur?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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That's affirmative, and we'd also be interested in any comments about what these various dumps have done to your optics, if anything, and how long the effects last after a dump.
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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Don't seem to have done anything to the optics, but they've definitely got in some of the windows. There are a few little chunks of ice on window number 1, which is nearest the vent, and also on window number 5 a little bit; windows 2 and 4 remain amazingly clear.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Alright. Weight 45701, minus 040, plus 157 083:18:20.80, plus 32346, minus 01168, plus 05730. Are you with me so far? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. I got down through DELTA-V, minus X, minus Y, and minus Z. Did you copy those? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Roger. Let's go back to the weight: 45701, minus 040, plus 157. Are you with me? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Okay. GETI 083:18:20.80, plus 32346, minus 01168, plus 4—correction, plus 05730. Are you with me? Over.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Thank you. 179 009 001, not applicable, plus 00187 32870 307 32676 42 0880 253 033, down 121, left 27, plus 0790 minus 16500 129 73 36238 146:44:14; same north set Sirius and Rigel, roll 129, pitch 155, yaw 010, four quads for 15 seconds, horizon on the 2-degree mark at P ignition. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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Roger. TEI 7 SPS/G&N: 45701, minus 040, plus 157 083:18:20.80, plus 32346, minus 01168, plus 05730 179 9—correction, 009 001, NA. Are you with me?
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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Plus 00187 32870 307 32676 32—correction, 420880 253033, down 121, left 27, plus 0790, minus 16500 12973 36238 146:44:14; same north set Sirius and Rigel, 129 155 010; four-jet, 15 seconds, 2 degrees, now horizon and peak.
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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That's all correct.
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And also, Jim, we are—That last P27 we sent was for the LM state vector only, and it will require a VERB 47 ENTER to transfer to the CSM slot. Over.
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Bill Anders (LMP)
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Roger. How much longer do you think we have to go into battery charge there, Mike?
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Mike Collins (CAPCOM)
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Apollo 8, Houston. We estimate the charge will be complete in another 45 minutes. Over.
Spoken on Dec. 24, 1968, 9:12 p.m. UTC (55 years, 8 months ago). Link to this transcript range is: Tweet
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