Apollo 13 transcript starting at 04 15 56 00 on Spacelog

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04 15 56 00
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): And after you turn BAT 6 on the line, you might as well take a look at the BATs 1 through 4 and so forth, and make sure that it's okay to turn them off.
04 15 56 16
Fred Haise (LMP): Roger. Are you ready, gang?
04 15 56 21
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Yes, we're ready for the POWER AMPLIFIER and the HIGH BIT RATE, and NORMAL VOICE, on the FUNCTION switch, please.
04 15 56 32
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay.
04 15 56 58
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, gang; we've got the HIGH BIT RATE, now.
04 15 57 04
Fred Haise (LMP): Roger.
04 15 57 29
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, we see BAT 6, ON, and it looks good, Fred-o.
04 15 57 38
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. Am I cleared to proceed with the next step, getting 1, 2, 3, and 4, OFF/RESET?
04 15 57 46
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Affirmative. You're cleared for BATs 1 through 4, OFF/RESET.
04 15 57 54
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay.
04 15 58 13
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay. Still looks good.
04 15 59 13
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Houston. We need a call from you when to have Jack to proceed up into the Odyssey and start up there.
04 15 59 31
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, Aquarius; and Jack can get with it right now.
04 15 59 38
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay.
04 16 06 11
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay, Houston; Aquarius. We've completed the powerup and things look good upstairs. Are we GO for proceeding with battery charge?
04 16 06 28
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay, Aquarius; you're GO on the battery charge.
04 16 06 34
Fred Haise (LMP): Roger.
04 16 07 36
Fred Haise (LMP): Boy, this is really a switch, isn't it, Jack?
04 16 07 48
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): That's an understatement. You're not known for that.
04 16 07 54
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. I think if you add up the—Yes—if you add up the operating time, I think the LM beats the CSM by a considerable margin on this flight.
04 16 08 34
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Grumman just hired you.
04 16 08 38
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes.
04 16 08 51
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): You're out there at 134000, coming in at about 4900 feet a second.
04 16 08 58
Fred Haise (LMP): Very good.
04 16 10 04
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): The SUPERCRIT tank went off at about 1937, just about like expected.
04 16 10 11
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. It—it also must of not did very much, except the rates. I was asleep then and I didn't hear a thing.
04 16 10 25
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Is the command—service module still venting?
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04 16 10 36
Fred Haise (LMP): Jack said it was just before he went up. Right now, the Sun's over there, and I can't really tell —
04 16 10 42
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): And —
04 16 10 44
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): We asked him a long time ago if he was able to see any stars out the optics. I don't think we ever got an answer.
04 16 10 52
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay.
04 16 11 04
Fred Haise (LMP): That's a pretty good sleep station I had rigged up, Jack. I took one of the sleep restraints out of the command module, zipped up in it, and then hooked the tie, right at the top of the zipper, onto the LM upper hatch handle. So it kind of held me there, and then just drifted up in the tunnel upside down with my face toward the hatch, so the sunlight didn't get in my eyes and that worked pretty good.
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04 16 11 35
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Did you sleep pretty well that way?
04 16 11 39
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes, no problem at all.
04 16 11 44
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Is Jim sleeping that way now, or is he standing next to you?
04 16 11 49
Fred Haise (LMP): He's standing next to me.
04 16 11 51
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): About time for him to go to bed.
04 16 11 57
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. The voltage upstairs is 34.3 and the charger is reading 2.5 amps.
04 16 12 06
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay 34.3 and 2.5. And … says … —
04 16 12 11
Fred Haise (LMP): — pretty cold. Good.
04 16 12 12
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Say again your last.
04 16 12 16
Fred Haise (LMP): They came—both came down here rubbing their hands, shivering. It's pretty cool upstairs.
04 16 12 26
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Are you keeping warm in the LM?
04 16 12 41
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. It's pretty reasonable down here.
04 16 13 25
Fred Haise (LMP): Okay. And right now, it looks like … right now, it looks like the command module isn't venting, Jack, so I'm going to try to take a look at the optics.
04 16 13 48
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay. You say it is not venting?
04 16 13 52
Fred Haise (LMP): Yes. That's the word. We've just looked through the AOT and you can't see anything back there.
04 16 14 00
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Okay. And everything's fine in El Lago.
04 16 14 06
Fred Haise (LMP): Very good.
04 16 15 42
Jack Lousma (CAPCOM): Aquarius, we're ready to secure the high bit rate.

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