Spacelog Apollo 11

Okay, Houston. On descent 1, fuel and oxidizer are reading 10 psi; and descent 2, fuel is reading 10 psi, oxidizer 11 psi.

Roger, Tranquility. Thank you much. Out.

Houston, Tranquility Base is ready to go through the powerdown and terminate the simulated countdown.

Roger. Standby.

Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. You can start your powerdown now. Over.

Roger. It's in progress.

And, Tranquility Base, the White Team is going off now and letting the Maroon Team take over. We appreciate the great show. It was a beautiful Job, you guys.

Houston, Tranquility.

Go, Tranquility. Over.

Roger. Our recommendation at this point is planning an EVA with your concurrence starting about eight o'clock this evening, Houston time. That is about 3 hours from now.

Stand by.

Well, we will give you some time to think about that.

Tranquility Base, Houston. We thought about it; we will support it. You're GO at that time. Over.

Roger.

You guys are getting prime time TV there.

Hope that little TV set works, but we'll see.

Roger.

Hello, Tranquility Base. Houston. Was your eight o'clock Houston time a reference to opening the hatch or starting the PREP for EVA at that time? Over.

That would be hatch opening.

That's what we thought. Thank you much.

That might be a little later than that, but in other words, start the PREP in about an hour or so.

Houston, Columbia. Copy NOUN 49?

Stand by, Columbia.

Tranquility Base, Houston. That's fine. We are ready to support you any time, Neil. Over.

Roger.

Roger.

Break. Columbia, we see the NOUN 49. Stand by.

Columbia, Houston. We got the data. We would like a VERB 34. Over.

All right. Stand by one, Charlie, for the next one.

Roger, Columbia. Did—How did Tranquility look to you down there? Over.

Well, the area looks smooth, but I was unable to see him. I just picked out a distinguishable crater nearby and marked on it.

Roger.

It looks like a nice area, though.

Hello, Columbia. Houston. I understand you could not see Tranquility. What were you marking on? Over.

Houston, Columbia. I say again, I could not see him. AUTO optics pointed at a spot very close to the coordinates which you gave me, so I picked a tiny crater in that area and marked on it so I will be able to have repeatable data, but I was unable to see him.

Columbia, Houston. Over.

Columbia. Go.

Columbia, Houston. We noticed you are maneuvering very close to gimbal lock. I suggest you move back away. Over.

Yes. I am going around it, doing this CMC AUTO maneuvers to the PAD values of roll 270, pitch 101, yaw 45.

Roger, Columbia.

How about sending me a fourth gimbal for Christmas.

Columbia, Houston. You were unreadable. Say again please.

Disregard.

Columbia, Houston. Several items for you. Over.

Ready to copy.

Columbia, Houston. First of all, we'd like a waste water dump to 10 percent on the backside. Secondly, it does not look like we are going to need any plane change at this time, so we will not be uplinking a new REFSMMAT. Third item, I would like all of your CRYO heaters to AUTO, and we are ready for a battery charge, battery BRAVO; it will last about 7 hours. If you should go to sleep, we will be terminating that BATT charge, but at the moment, we can go ahead and start the BATT charge on BATT Bravo. And a final item, for your SM RCS configuration for your rest period, register 1 for the DAP is 11111; DAP register 2, 01100. And your AUTO RCS select switches, quad Alfa, pitch jets on only, quad Bravo all on, quad Charlie and quad Delta all off. Over.

Roger. Dump waste water to 10 percent on the backside. Use prior REFSMMAT, CRYO heaters on to AUTO, battery B charge until I go to sleep. DAP is 11111, 01100. Select quads A pitch only on, C and D all up. Over.

Columbia, Houston. Roger.

Columbia, Houston. We will have a state vector update for you a little later. We are not prepared with it right now; and on another subject, from Tranquility Base, they are prepared to begin their EVA early. They expect to begin DEPRESS operations in about 3 hours at 108, approximately 108 GET. Over.