Spacelog Apollo 8

Roger.

We're mostly interested in looking at the secondary loop.

That's what I was going to say. I can't see any reason to check anything other than the secondary loop, can you?

That's affirmative.

Now in that cabin cold soak, we won't have any cabin fans.

Roger. I understand.

Jerry, this is Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, go.

Roger. I just got on the sextant and now looking at Texas, and the weather man is right, it looks like a pretty good day. Full of clouds down there, but not bad.

Real fine, Jim. Can you see the kids out in the yard waving?

Would you tell Pete Conrad to get his kids off my roof?

Wilco.

Jim, do you see the bright spot out in the Pacific Ocean through the sextant?

I'll try. We saw it, of course, through the windows and through the monocular. I'll see if I can spot it.

Roger.

Yes, Jerry, I can see the bright spot. It's—I guess it's the subsolar point. It's off of South America, it appears to me. It is a grayish spot compared to the blue waters surrounding it. It's undefined in diameter, though I mean, it's not a clear round spot at all; it's just a raggedy one.

Roger. That showed up real well on the TV's picture.

Apollo 8, Houston. We'd like to delay that request for a secondary loop check to a little better point as far as thrusting is concerned.

Fine. We can wait for a long time on that.

Okay.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead, Houston.

Roger. Jim, we've got some bird watchers in the viewing room.

Sounds good. Who are they?

Marilyn.

Oh, well, good. Say hello to her for me.

Yes, and she's got a few troops with her, too.

Did she see the TV, I wonder?

Affirmative. Barbara and Jay are with her.

Good.

Apollo 8, Houston. We're replaying your television pictures now. We can see the Chilean coast and Florida.

Very good.

That's a pretty good little television camera, isn't it?

It sure is. With the right filters on it, it's great. That was a Schmitt input.

He must be a Jack of all trades.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, Houston. Go.

Bill would like to ask the friendly Flight Surgeon's permission to take a Seconal so he can sleep.

Roger. Copy.

Apollo 8, Houston. That's a “yes.”

Apollo 8, Houston.

Go ahead.

Roger. Before Bill falls asleep, we'd like to have him go ahead and do that secondary EVAP check now at any time at his convenience, and if we don't happen to be able to monitor it with high bit rate, just let us know when you did it.

Roger. I'll tell him that evaporator check at any time.

Apollo 8, Houston. BIOMED switch to the CDR. Over.