Michael Collins (CMP)

Well, if the systems guys have anything they want chased down, we'll be happy to give you any readings or reports or what have you.

Owen Garriott (CAPCOM)

Roger. We'll think about that and see if there aren't some other tests to be usefully performed here.

Owen Garriott (CAPCOM)

11, Houston. I'll be turning things over to the Green CAP COMM at this time, and see you on the ground tomorrow.

Neil Armstrong (CDR)

Okay, Owen. I want to thank you and the whole Purple/Maroon group there for a good job helping Apollo 11.

Buzz Aldrin (LMP)

Thanks from us to all of you. It was really appreciated.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Michael Collins (CMP)

Go ahead, Houston. Apollo 11.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

11, this is Houston. With reference to your subjective evaluation that it felt cooler in side the spacecraft last night, we reported earlier that we did indeed see a drop of about 3 degrees over the previous night. Looking back, it appears the crew of Apollo 10 reported similar feelings during the translunar and transearth coast phases. We're wondering if you could give us any indication of the relative amounts of free or condensed water in the cabin last night and the night before from which we could infer humidity. Over.

Neil Armstrong (CDR)

Roger. That might be a little bit difficult to do. We'll take a look at the tunnel now. It does seem as though, between the dirt, we had a little bit more moisture in the tunnel. Of course, the LM hadn't been vented when we did translunar.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Roger. We were more curious about the relative amount of moisture between, say, last night and the night before, both of which would have the LM missing.

Michael Collins (CMP)

There's more moisture in the tunnel now than there has been at any previous time. Subjectively we have been unable to determine any change in—any buildup in humidity. There appears to be no moisture any other place in the spacecraft. For example, the windows are not fogging or—and various other cool spots around the spacecraft—all of them appear to be completely dry.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

This is Houston. Roger. Thank you.

Michael Collins (CMP)

How are all the “Greens” today, Bruce?

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Oh, the Greens are in good shape. The actual Green Team has been here for several hours. We're dogging the watch down here to position Ron for entry. Over.

Michael Collins (CMP)

Roger. Understand. Did Dave Reed get to explain the lunar … at the press conference?

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Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

No, but your comments about Bill Shaffer and the explanations were quoted in the paper last night.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Do you want to say anything more while you're on the line?

Michael Collins (CMP)

He's right. He's absolutely right.

Michael Collins (CMP)

How's old White, Bruce? Did he ever let you go get a cup of coffee when we were over on the back side?

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Oh, things have been going pretty smoothly down here. He's really not that hard to get along with.

Michael Collins (CMP)

Oh, he must be mellowing.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

We've only got two of them back here right now.

Michael Collins (CMP)

He always used to make me sit at the console through the back side passes, just for training.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Well, the word we have here is—that was because whenever you came back, you had to be retrained.

Michael Collins (CMP)

Houston, Apollo 11. Out of curiosity, on those 70 mm cameras, we figure we exposed around 300 in the LM and around a thousand in the command module; and both cameras—or all the 70 mm cameras worked just fine.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Okay. Very good. Thank you.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Apollo 11, this is Houston. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

11, this is Houston. Do you all have “Change Lima” for your entry operations checklist dated July 23? Over.

Neil Armstrong (CDR)

I'm not sure that we hung around long enough to pick that one up.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Okay. If you've got the entry operations checklist handy, then I'll pass it up to you. Over.

Neil Armstrong (CDR)

How can you make changes after lift off?

Michael Collins (CMP)

You sure you don't mean June?

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Negative. It just came up today. Over.

Michael Collins (CMP)

So, you're the first to get to us. Go ahead.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Okay. On page 6 1 of the entry out checklist down toward the bottom after “MAIN DEPLOY pushbutton,” we have three additional steps we'd like you to accomplish. The intent of this is to reduce the oxygen pressure in your manifold and to eliminate the oxygen bleed flow through the potable and waste water tanks during descent. Over.

Michael Collins (CMP)

Okay. We've got 6 1 out. Go ahead.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Okay. Down at the bottom, you've got “10,000 feet MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOY, MAIN DEPLOY pushbutton, PUSH within 1 second.” And after that step, we'd like you insert “SURGE TANK O2 valve, OFF; REPRESS PACKAGE valve, OFF; and DIRECT O2 valve, OPEN.” Do you copy?

Michael Collins (CMP)

Okay. Down at the bottom, after “MAIN DEPLOY pushbutton, PUSH; SURGE TANK O2, OFF; and REPRESS PACKAGE VALVE, OFF, DIRECT O2, ON” Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

Roger. And then down at the very bottom of page 6 2 where you see “DIRECT O2, OFF VERIFY,” delete that step completely. Over.

Bruce McCandless (CAPCOM)

And for record purposes, this will be “Change Lima.” Over.