Spacelog Apollo 8

Go ahead, Houston.

Roger, Bill. We had an erasable memory dump a few hours back. I think it was while you were asleep, but anyway we've checked the computer's erasable memory bit by bit, and everything agrees 100 percent. Over.

Mighty fine. Glad to hear it, Mike. Thank you.

Roger. Are you going to brief Frank on your tape recorder before you go to sleep?

He can't handle it. It's too complicated.

Apollo 8, Houston. Give us a different OMNI, please.

Apollo 8, Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Go ahead, Michael.

Roger. We are going to switch our ground antennas in about a minute and a half. You can expect a COMM glitch then.

Thank you.

…, Mike.

Apollo 8, this is Houston through Carnarvon. Were you calling a minute ago, Frank?

Y'all in Australia, do you hear us?

Yes, we are reading you loud and clear now.

Carnarvon, how do you read? Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Reading you loud and clear through Carnarvon.

Hello, Houston.

Go ahead, Frank.

We are just listening to all the guys around the NET.

Can you hear them?

I could that time, all the way from Carnarvon to Texas.

How did they ever get an old maintenance officer on the midnight shift?

Frank, you are on GOSS Conference if you would like to be brave. Over.

Apollo 8, Houston. OMNI Bravo, please.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Have you noticed how long I've stayed locked in this PTC mode?

Just about an hour and a quarter looks to us like, Frank.

I haven't even touched the hand control here for about 20 minutes, and it just hasn't moved outside that zero; I've never seen it like this before.

Be sure and have your troops give me a call if it gets close to gimbal lock, will you? I'm snoozing a little bit now and then up here.

Yes, we sure will, Frank.

Thank you.

And if you'd switch the antennas, you'd really be good guys.

Apollo 8, Houston.

Apollo 8, this is Houston. Over.

Houston, Apollo 8.

Roger. Just a check on the radio, and if it's practical, BIOMED switch left, please.

Okay, Mike. We had a crew change in the watch again.

Well, that was quick. Did you decide you didn't want to sleep after all?

Well, it wasn't my decision.

Yes, that's what I figured.

Apollo 8, Houston. We will be changing antennas in about 2-1/2 minutes; you can expect a COMM glitch.

Roger. What are you changing to?

We're switching from Carnarvon to Honeysuckle, Bill.