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03 08 10 33
Bill Anders (LMP): 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.
03 08 10 42
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
03 08 10 43
Bill Anders (LMP): I think the vertical stereo will be okay.
03 08 11 10
Bill Anders (LMP): 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.
03 08 11 27
Jim Lovell (CMP): I'm looking at 2P-2 right now, Houston, and it's a great spot.
03 08 11 33
Bill Anders (LMP): 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.
03 08 11 52
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Understand, Bill, and understand Jim thinks the old 2P-2 is a winner.
03 08 12 06
Bill Anders (LMP): Yes, that backside doesn't look good at all.
03 08 12 10
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger.
03 08 12 15
Bill Anders (LMP): That's relatively speaking, of course.
03 08 12 18
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Of course.
03 08 18 52
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston.
03 08 18 53
Jim Lovell (CMP): This is Apollo 8.
03 08 18 56
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Jim. We have you on the high-gain antenna. We'd like you to take the DSE and dump it over.
03 08 19 05
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger, Houston. Are you going to use our computer to update our state vector?
03 08 19 34
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): That's affirmative, Jim. We'd like to—stand by one, and I'll tell you when to go to P00 and ACCEPT.
03 08 19 45
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Then I'll work my 52 around your …
03 08 20 05
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Jim, would you please go to P00 in ACCEPT, and we'll send you a P27 and run a state vector update.
03 08 20 12
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. You have P00 in ACCEPT.
03 08 20 16
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Thank you.
03 08 20 36
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, this is Apollo 8. We have a little piece of useful information if you're interested in deliberating over it.
03 08 20 46
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Go ahead. Say again.
03 08 20 51
Jim Lovell (CMP): 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.
03 08 21 23
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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?
03 08 21 34
Jim Lovell (CMP): 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.
03 08 21 54
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Thank you, Jim. Thank you.
03 08 22 36
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We're standing by with your map and TEI 7 updates.
03 08 22 48
Jim Lovell (CMP): Stand by.
03 08 22 54
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. You can go back to BLOCK with your computer.
03 08 23 02
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger.
03 08 23 31
Bill Anders (LMP): Okay, Mike. We're ready for the map update and then the TEI.
03 08 23 38
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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.
03 08 23 54
Bill Anders (LMP): Not permanently, I hope.
03 08 23 59
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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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03 08 24 29
Bill Anders (LMP): You cut out after the prime meridian. I got it, but not AOS.
03 08 24 33
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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.
03 08 25 09
Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Go ahead.
03 08 25 12
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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.
03 08 25 54
Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Copy, Houston. In about 2 seconds, I'll be ready for the TEI.
03 08 26 01
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Alright.
03 08 26 13
Bill Anders (LMP): I'm ready.
03 08 26 16
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): TEI 7, SPS/G&N—stand by one, Bill.
03 08 26 55
Bill Anders (LMP): Just a matter of general interest, Houston: everybody is feeling good, and the CDR is taking a snooze.
03 08 27 01
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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?
03 08 27 20
Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. We will. Down to 25 percent again?
03 08 27 24
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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.
03 08 27 38
Bill Anders (LMP): 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.
03 08 28 11
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Thank you, Bill, and I'm ready to resume the PAD when you are.
03 08 28 19
Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. Press on with the weight.
03 08 28 22
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Alright. Weight 45701, minus 040, plus 157 083:18:20.80, plus 32346, minus 01168, plus 05730. Are you with me so far? Over.
03 08 29 28
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
03 08 29 33
Bill Anders (LMP): Go ahead, Mike.
03 08 29 35
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. I got down through DELTA-V, minus X, minus Y, and minus Z. Did you copy those? Over.
03 08 29 44
Bill Anders (LMP): No, I didn't read a word. I'm still waiting for the weight.
03 08 29 49
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. Let's go back to the weight: 45701, minus 040, plus 157. Are you with me? Over.
03 08 30 09
Bill Anders (LMP): Sounds good.
03 08 30 11
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Okay. GETI 083:18:20.80, plus 32346, minus 01168, plus 4—correction, plus 05730. Are you with me? Over.
03 08 30 52
Bill Anders (LMP): Roger.
03 08 30 53
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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.
03 08 32 53
Bill Anders (LMP): 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?
03 08 33 28
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Yes, I'm with you, Bill.
03 08 33 32
Bill Anders (LMP): 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.
03 08 34 26
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): That's all correct.
03 08 39 12
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
03 08 39 18
Bill Anders (LMP): Go ahead, Houston.
03 08 39 20
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. You got your DSE back, and you are GO for the next lunar orbit. Over.
03 08 39 27
Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. How far did you want us to dump that water?
03 08 39 34
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Twenty-five percent, please, Bill.
03 08 39 44
Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. Twenty-five percent.
03 08 40 52
Jim Lovell (CMP): Houston, Apollo 8.
03 08 41 07
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
03 08 41 13
Jim Lovell (CMP): Are you receiving our tracking data?
03 08 41 24
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): That's affirmative, Jim. We are receiving.
03 08 41 29
Jim Lovell (CMP): Okay. Thank you.
03 08 41 33
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): 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.
03 08 41 48
Jim Lovell (CMP): Roger. Will do.
03 08 41 49
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Thank you.
03 08 45 39
Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. We're dumping the waste tank now, Houston.
03 08 45 44
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Bill.
03 08 52 57
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.
03 08 53 02
Bill Anders (LMP): Go ahead, Houston.
03 08 53 04
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger. We've got 4 minutes til LOS, and everything is looking good down here.
03 08 53 13
Bill Anders (LMP): Roger. How much longer do you think we have to go into battery charge there, Mike?
03 08 53 19
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): I'll find out for you.
03 08 53 26
Bill Anders (LMP): If you can wake up the EECOM, why don't you have him ask the back room?
03 08 53 33
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Oh, you really know how to hurt a guy.
03 08 53 41
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. We estimate the charge will be complete in another 45 minutes. Over.
03 08 53 51
Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. Thank you very much.
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03 08 55 59
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. One minute til LOS, and standing by.
03 08 56 05
Bill Anders (LMP): Okay. See you on the other side, Mike.
03 08 56 09
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Looking forward to it.
03 08 56 21
Bill Anders (LMP): Me, too.
03 09 43 58
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
03 09 44 34
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.
03 09 44 47
Frank Borman (CDR): Houston, Apollo 8.
03 09 44 49
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Roger, Frank. Good morning. You're loud and clear, how me?
03 09 44 54
Frank Borman (CDR): Loud and clear.
03 09 44 58
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Welcome back.
03 09 45 04
Frank Borman (CDR): Thank you.
03 09 46 51
Mike Collins (CAPCOM): Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

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