Spacelog Apollo 8

On second thought, how's the evaporator outlet TEMP doing?

Forty-six degrees, Bill.

Cancel that outer space first.

Roger.

How's Magellan coming along?

I am getting a crossed eye looking at this thing. Hey, Mike, just as a matter of interest, I have been just looking at the earth the last hour and a half and there are two tremendous storms down there. I am not sure just where they are, but the vortices are huge.

Roger. Understand.

That's your first space weather report at the manned weather forecast from space, and he's not so sure where it's raining, but it is raining somewhere.

Roger —

I'd also like to point out that Magellan is not a good analogy. I would also like to point out that Magellan is not a good analogy. I don't think he made it around.

Very good.

How about Alford Chitister?

Roger. Alf.

I don't know how much detail you can see, Jim, but your subspacecraft point is out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean about halfway between Australia and South America.

Roger. The next time I take a look, I'll see what I—we are maneuver to the moon now. We'll see if we can see our shadow.

Seriously, has anyone been able to see the spacecraft from earth? Optically?

We don't think so, Bill. We haven't been able to confirm that they have.

Okay.

You are coming right down the center line of the airways. If you see the airliners going the other way, you better move over.

That's the first time old Lovell's been on track for a long time.

Roger.

Mike, an interesting viewpoint of the NAV sightings: maneuvering with the minimum impulse controller on the way home is a lot more difficult than going out because of all the fuel we don't have now. Every little pulse really moves the spacecraft around.

Roger. Understand. You have too much control for you.

Now, yes.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead.

Howdy, Jim. Dick Underwood is over here. They're getting their film processing all prepared for your film when you get back and tentatively, can you give us some idea of how much you exposed?

Let me — let me introduce you to the great film man. He will tell you all about it.

We never did have a chance to do any earthshine photography.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead.

Apollo 8, Houston. How are you coming along with your P23 marks?

My eyeballs are getting square. That's what we have been doing most of the day, Ken. Are you receiving the data down below?

Roger. Looks like you are getting some pretty good marks. We have a pretty good hack on the vector and the matrix, and looks like if you wanted to terminate at this point, that we do have good data.

Sounds good. I'll terminate after this —

Roger.

— trying to do star 01 again.

Ken, did you have a nice Christmas?

Houston, Apollo 8.