Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Okay. One degree on the center of the Earth.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

That was a good TV show you put on the other night, Fred, during LM entry.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Yes. It would have been an even better one about 10 minutes later.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Yes. Things sure turned to worms there in a hurry after that show.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. The center of the Moon new is about minus 2 degrees LPD.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Minus 2 degrees, center of the Moon.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Charlie said to say hello.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Is he still around there?

Fred Haise (LMP)

Unless my watch is wrong, it says it's almost 2 a.m. back there.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

No. That's the bearded one.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Hey, tell Charlie that I'll be back down there personally to thank him for this baby.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. The Earth went by there, Jack, at LPD about 18 degrees.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger. We copy 18 degrees for the center of the Earth.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. The Moon—I'd estimate it up around minus—somewhere 17 to minus 20 degrees LPD.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Okay. Moon's minus 17 to minus 20.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

How would you like to spend a week on an aircraft carrier getting back?

Fred Haise (LMP)

If I can get on an aircraft carrier, I don't care how long it takes, Jack.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

They're going to take you by helo to Samoa. You'll spend the night in Samoa, get on a 141, and be at Ellington shortly thereafter.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. Kind of sounds like the original plans for the …

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Had you worrying that you're going to spend the night on the ship, helo to Samoa and directly to Ellington.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Boy, these thrusters are sure … …

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Fred, I'm not reading you. Maybe we'd better wait until we change antennas or unless you can speak up a little louder.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. The thrusters … and the … outside … and they hardly look like they … …

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Gee, I'm sorry, Fred. We're just not reading you right now. Maybe we'll have to wait a little bit.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Let's try it now. If you can speak up, the background noise has gone down a little bit.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. How do you read now?

Fred Haise (LMP)

I was just commenting—I've been looking here at the thrusters on quads 1 and 4. We've got a slight discoloration on the outside of the barrel. The nozzles look like they hadn't ever been fired,—like they're brand new. … of like those skinny things on the interior on the upper nozzle …

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

You say the coloration of the thrusters appears they haven't been fired on quads 1 and 4?

Fred Haise (LMP)

I'm saying all of them look clean again. I guess they've fired so clean that they don't seem to … at all. … different color, … copper, bronze, color of the oxygen cell. They've been fired because I watched them fire. Okay. The Earth's going by at an LPD of 42.

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

Roger. Copy LPD 42. Is that affirm?

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

And, Fred, that may be why the COMM is a little bit degraded, more background noise, because we're getting out of attitude a little bit there.

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Fred Haise (LMP)

How do you read on AFT OMNI now …?

Jack Lousma (CAPCOM)

I'm reading you, Fred. I've got a lot of background noise. Looks like it might come and go with attitude.

Fred Haise (LMP)

Yes. I think that's probably—just looking through the command module at you now.

Fred Haise (LMP)

How do you read now, Jack?

Fred Haise (LMP)

Okay. And the Moon just went by at about minus 14 degrees.